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DIYers Rejoice: North Carolina's Bristles Has An AI-Powered Way To Visualize Your Next Project

DIYers Rejoice: North Carolina's Bristles Has An AI-Powered Way To Visualize Your Next Project

Like many young homeowners, Tina Tang and Anthony Alers were on a budget when it came time for home renovations. So DIY projects – like building built-in shelves, revamping light fixtures, and upcycling second-hand furniture – seemed like the right move. But even though TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, and HGTV programs

Startup helping startups: Meet the NC team making cybersecurity easier for early-stage businesses

Startup helping startups: Meet the NC team making cybersecurity easier for early-stage businesses

Torrence Reed and Richard Berryman don’t think about cybersecurity just as a big business problem. For them, it’s ultimately a social problem. Be it major cities like Atlanta getting hacked or individuals losing their homes during cyber scams, digital vulnerabilities create real-world headaches for people and businesses

You Have Your Credit Score. Now a NC Startup Wants To Give You A Cybersecurity Score.

You Have Your Credit Score. Now a NC Startup Wants To Give You A Cybersecurity Score.

Our call with founders Edward Carroll and Jeremiah Smith started with the small talk you might expect from those in the startup space: there just aren’t enough hours in the day. But while chatting about their new venture, Asheville, North Carolina-based Edison Marks, I’m fairly convinced they

How One Recent NC Idea Grant Recipient Is Building The Modern School Security Alarm System

How One Recent NC Idea Grant Recipient Is Building The Modern School Security Alarm System

Security alarms are key for school safety. But one North Carolina entrepreneur has created a more accurate and robust system to help keep students, teachers, and staff safe on campus. Active Defender is a campus emergency tool and app that provides location-specific alerts for fires, natural disasters, lockdowns, or

The Gig Connected Marketplace Brings Construction Work Into the Gig Economy

Southeastern readers looking at the below chart of the U.S. from the Brookings Institute may very well feel discouraged. This 2018 visualization demonstrably shows how the Southeast is the worst region in the country when it comes to upward economic mobility. "Social and economic mobility is just a

This Concentration Wearable Vibrates to Refocus Users' Attention

This Concentration Wearable Vibrates to Refocus Users' Attention

During his time as a school psychologist, Rich Brancaccio saw students struggle to stay focused in the classroom; and worked with helpless parents that wanted to find a new way to approach the issue. When a student has difficulty with reading or math, the school can gather data to help