Does Place Matter?

By Dean Whittaker For those of us in the economic development profession, we like to think that place matters. And, I would argue that it does. According to David Houle, in his TEDx Pittsburgh and TEDx Sarasota talks, place shapes who we are. To a degree, it shapes...

Nanotech: The Future of Medicine?

By Sailesh Dhungana The desires to be healthy and to live longer are two of the most important traits that have helped our species survive. Since ancient times, people have tried new approaches for the preservation of health and longevity of life – from the use of...

3D Printing: A Follow-Up

By Raphael Wieland As the newest member of the Whittaker Associates team, I have spent the past month trying to figure out what exactly it is that we do here. I still don’t have a perfect definition of what it is we do, but our company tagline of “Giving Information...

Networking and Connecting

By Zach Rehfus The professional world has everything to do with who you know. The way you do business can usually be reflected by how you treat people on a personal level and connect with them in a non-business setting. My goal when meeting someone is always to learn...

Quantum Computing

By Sailesh Dhungana With a growing need for more storage and better efficiency to perform various tasks, universities, research centers, and companies have started looking at a radically different way of computing. Quantum computing uses concepts from quantum...