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Highlights
BusinessTN Magazine: Mercury Rising?
By Donnie Snow, BusinessTN Magazine
Published: March 2008
"We're capitalizing on missing components, connecting smart tech
people with the business community. We increase deal-flow."
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Financial Times: Big business taps into expertise of smaller neighbours
By Sarah Murray, Financial Times
Published: Feb 28, 2007
"Large companies have a hard time keeping up with it all. They'll have an R & D group, but there's only so much that group can cover. So we are a force multiplier for them. We're scouts for new technologies." View full article
Yahoo News: For US artist James Clar, technology is art
Published: Feb 26, 2006
"Science and art should be stirred up . . . science in a new way." View full article
Baseline Magazine: FedEx Personal Touch
By Deborah Gage
January 13, 2005
One reason for this expenditure is that the cost of a customer being frustrated by the company Web site is incalculable, and most customers are easily frustrated given the current state of Web design. People are willing to encounter one or two obstacles in a system, maybe three at most, says Eric Mathews, associate director of the FedEx Institute of Technology. But then, "they totally abandon it . . . the call center will be the nexus for all customers who need to interact with companies like FedEx." View full article
Other news
Biz Startup Event Slated for Late May, 2008.03.06 Rosalind Guy, Daily News.
Mercury Rising, 2008.03.01 Donnie Snow, BusinessTN Magazine
Street Talk, 2008.02.22 Memphis Business Journal.
Mercury hot for text messaging, 2008.02.22 Einat Paz-Frankel, Memphis Business Journal.
Mobile marketing start-up will target real estate first, 2008.02.22 MSNBC.com.
The Weigh In, 2008.02.01 Memphis Business Journal.
The Weigh In, 2007.11.30 Memphis Business Journal.
U of M using technology to allow students to carry classrooms with them. 2007.11.09 Michael Sheffield, Memphis Business Journal.
Entrepreneurs Bank On Fractional Ownership Market, 2007.10.30 Rosalind Guy, Daily News.
Computable Genomix Software Package used like Google for Gene Researchers, 2007.10.08 Michael Sheffield, Memphis Business Journal
Conceived in research, NanoTect becomes first spinoff business at U of M 2007.07.13 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Last year's FedEx Institute Business Plan Competition winner, Eugene Pinkhassik, offers advice to those competing this year, 2007.01.28 Daniel Connolly, The Commercial Appeal.
Contest looking for seeds of business greatness: FedEx competition offers prize money, networking, 2007.01.28, Daniel Connolly, The Commercial Appeal.
FedEx Institute veterans launch venture to bring intellectual property to market, 2006.10.16 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Latest Top 40 under 40 winners represent up-and-coming young professionals, 2006.10.02 Andy Ashby, The Memphis Business Journal
Comcast on its way to smooth landing in Memphis, officials hope for easy transition, 2006.09.25 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
National Science Foundation grant boosts nanotechnology research at FedEx Institute, 2006.08.14 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Technology programs aimed at principals, high school students, 2006.07.31 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Grant to drive interest in computer science, 2006.07.24 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
FedEx Institute makes move toward building bioinformatics program, 2006.07.10 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Two more hatched: Emerge Memphis lands new companies, new board members 2006.06.12 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
FedEx Institute launches center: Research will focus on advanced nanosystems, 2006.05.29 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Where, Robot? Philip K. Dick, version 2.0, has gone missing, 2006.05.01 Donnie Snow, Business TN Magazine
NanoTect wows contest judges: Business plan rewarded with funds, free services, 2006.04.10 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Artificial Intelligence Gains Momentum: New robotics center plans to develop machines to do human tasks, 2006.03.01 Rosalind Guy, The Daily News Vol. 121, No. 49.
Applicants sought for business plan contest at U of M, 2006.01.23 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
FedEx veut accélérer le futur de la, 2006.01.21, Génération NT.
Philip K Dick and FedEx, 2006.01.16, RU Sirius Show 006
FedEx Institute launches Technology Business Plan competition, 2006.01.16 Scott Shepard, The Memphis Business Journal
FedEx invests $5 million for development of four research centers on U of M campus, 2006.01.09 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Verizon picks Memphis among first cities to introduce wireless broadband network, 2005.12.19 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Mathews Named to New Post at FedEx Institute, 2005.12.07, Rosalind Guy, Daily News, Vol. 120, No. 244.
Team Sets New Standards in E-Learning: Workforce Co-Lab serves as catalyst for new technologies, 2005.12.02 Rosalind Guy, The Daily News, Vol. 120, No. 241.
Nanotechnology captures imagination, 2005.11.14 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Sharing Knowledge: CEO In Residence aims experience at healthcare, 2005.09.22 Maria Burnham, The Commercial Appeal.
Cash flow projects: NSF, NIH deliver nearly $2 million for FedEx Institute research, 2005.09.19 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
FedEx Institute's robot captivates visitors to 'Wired' NextFest 2005.07.04, Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Hi-tech is set to get personal, 2005.06.18 Robert Boyd, Gold Coast Bulletin (Austrailia).
Pentagon envisions electronic office assistant for busy human bosses, 2005.06.01, Robert S. Boyd, Knight Ridder Newspapers.
Checking in on the Arts: Philip K Dick Robot Exhibition, 2005.06, WKNO-FM (NPR Affliate)
Value added: MBI adds service focus after 9/11 to keep business strong, 2005.04.04 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Private money filters down to students at Institute, 2005.03.07 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Cognizant computers: Memphis, other centers take next logical steps, 2005.02.01, Staff and Wire Reports, The Commercial Appeal.
Left behind: Technology sees the music biz in the rearview mirror, 2005.01.31 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
A.I. researchers struggle with human toll of automation, 2005.01.31 John Scruggs, The Memphis Business Journal
Street Talk, 2005.01.17 Scott Shepard, The Memphis Business Journal
FedEx Institute gaining solid reputation for research acumen, 2004.12.13 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
In 'The Zone' Conferencing Design, 2004.12.01 John Andrews, Archi Tech Magazine.
Glowing reviews: U of M's FedEx Institue of Technology surpassing expectations, 2004.11.15 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
MIT professor to direct special projects at FedEx Institute, 2004.11.15 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
Small Biz Focus
Basically what we see drive profitable and cash flow: Langston Helps Professionals Direct Their Futures, 2004.09.01 Andy Meek, Daily News.
National Champion BDPA High School Computer Team sets sights on another win with help from the U of M, 2004.08.11, Tri-State Defender.
FedEx Institute lauds new technology tools: New Technology Fosters Collaboration, 2004.05.13, Andrew Bell, The Daily News
Bells, whistles for digital workforce: Nortel donates multimedia gear to FedEx Institute, 2004.05.02 Mark Watson, The Commercial Appeal.
eLearning Dynamics Looks to Leverage ADL Co-Lab to Expand into Corporate Training Market, 2004.04.16 Michael O'Brien, Lifelong Learning Market Report, Vol. 9, No. 4.
Top Lab for E-Learning is Emerging from the FedEx Institute - Major Companies Attracted to Research Center, 2004.04.08, Thompson, Memphis News Bureau.
FedEx Institute testing Palm technology, 2004.04.05 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal
U of M seeks $50 million NSF grant, 2004.02.02 Scott Shepard, The Memphis Business Journal
U of M starts new company for research inventions, 2004.02.02 Scott Shepard, The Memphis Business Journal
FedEx Institute lands exclusive DoD laboratory, 2003.09.15 Michael Sheffield, The Memphis Business Journal