UW, Nordstrom, Costco and SDOT Partner to Improve Urban Deliveries

Puget Sound Business Journal | Coral Garnick | October 13

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2016/10/uw-nordstrom-costco-surban-delivery-research.html

“Cities and retailers are trying to figure out how to cope and compete in the age of Amazon, when customers can have almost anything they desire within one or two hours. That is where the University of Washington’s new Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center and its Urban Freight Lab come in. The center and lab opened Wednesday. Researchers there will collaborate with the Seattle Department of Transportation and Puget Sound-area retailers, logistics companies and developers to figure out how businesses can quickly deliver to a growing number of customers when streets are already packed with freight trucks, commuters and cyclists.”

 

Seattle Among Greenest Cities in America

Seattle PI | Daniel Demay | October 12

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Seattle-among-greenest-cities-in-America-9967861.php

“Thanks to a new study from WalletHub, we now know that Seattle is one of the greenest cities in the U.S. Shocking news, I know. Still, the Emerald City is hardly the greenest. That trophy goes to our tech sister city to the south, San Francisco, where the four categories of the study added up to the best green-city score among America’s 100 largest cities.”

 

Seattle Leading the Way in VR as Tech Giants and Startups Wade into the Emerging Field

GeekWire | Nat Levy | October 11

http://www.geekwire.com/2016/seattle-leading-way-virtual-reality-market-tech-giants-startups-wade-emerging-field/

“The Seattle area is rapidly becoming a leader in virtual and augmented reality, with tech giants, mid-sized companies and startups all wading into the cutting edge technology. Bob Berry, Envelop VR founder and CEO kicked off the Immerse 2016 Immersive Technology Summit on Tuesday, a growing virtual reality/mixed reality/augmented reality conference in Bellevue, Wash. Berry said the West Coast — Seattle, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles — owns the industry, and Seattle in particular is leading the way. “As a region well-used to disruptive technologies, we are the people actually creating this multi-billion dollar industry,” Berry said.”

 

Amazon’s Hiring Hunger Transforming Seattle Economy

Seattle TImes | Ángel González | October 8

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-hiring-hunger-transforming-seattle-economy/

“Washington’s Employment Security Department says that between May and August, Amazon.com posted 11,042 job openings online in King County, double the number from the same period last year. The runner-up was the University of Washington, with 2,757. Microsoft had 1,611. The numbers mean that the tech and retail giant’s Pantagruelian appetite for workers dwarfs that of every other employer in Seattle’s red-hot market for tech skills.”

 

Fred Hutch, Virginia Mason Picked for National Consortium to Fight Deadliest Type of Cancer

Puget Sound Business Journal | Casey Coombs | October 7

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/health-care-inc/2016/10/fred-hutch-virginia-mason-picked-for-national.html

“Fred Hutch and Virginia Mason have been selected to participate in a national consortium organized by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network to fight the deadliest type of cancer. The consortium – called Precision Promise – is the first large-scale precision medicine trial for patients with pancreatic cancer, bringing together doctors, researchers and drug developers from 12 sites around the country. Precision promise aims to advance PANCAN’s goal to double the survival rate by 2020.”