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Lafayette, Ind.-based Tactile Engineering, inventor of the Cadence electronic braille tablet, won the award for Product Innovation of the year during TechPoint’s 24th annual Mira Awards gala honoring the best of tech in Indiana. Against a backdrop of nearly 30 years of consistent warnings that their concept was “impossible,” to achieve, the Tactile Engineering team […]

Solinftec’s $60 million growth investment round secured in May 2022, will be recognized as the Deal of the Year during TechPoint’s 24th annual Mira Awards gala this Saturday. The investment, which was led by Lightsmith Group in New York, is enabling Solinftec to expand availability of its digital-ag operating system in North and South America   […]

Recognizing small teams within companies or service providers that have achieved a significant milestone. Having a great product or service only gets you so far. In order to be successful, tech companies must have great people who believe in the work they’re doing and have the talent to execute the vision. The Tech Team of […]

Indianapolis native Captain Ryan Lynch, a Republic Airways commercial airline pilot, founder of the National Aviation Youth Resources (NAYR) Foundation and director of the Indianapolis/Indiana ACE Academy, will receive the TechPoint Foundation for Youth (TPF4Y) Bridge Builder Award during TechPoint’s 24th annual Mira Awards gala honoring the best of tech in Indiana.   Also at the virtual gala, […]

More than 63,000 faculty, staff and students rely on Purdue’s wireless network for teaching, learning, research and entertainment annually. On the West Lafayette campus alone, there are approximately 100,000 unique devices connected to the wireless network daily, with 4.6 million logins to the wireless system each day.    Purdue Information Technology (Purdue IT) is continuously innovating to ensure […]

Winners will be announced during the awards gala at the JW Marriott Indianapolis on Saturday, April 22, 2023  INDIANAPOLIS — (Feb. 14, 2023) — TechPoint, the industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s digital innovation economy and overall tech ecosystem, today announced the nominees for its 24th annual Mira Awards program presented by UKG. The Mira Awards […]

Blackjack tables, sports betting and slot machines weren’t on the minds of Indiana tech companies and economic development focused organizations when they visited Las Vegas last week for the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES.) They had higher stakes in mind: ensuring the world knows that Indiana-born innovations are a key part of the digital transformation […]

Born from the challenge to more quickly develop the university’s IP, the Purdue Foundry has guided 203 new ideas into launchable business ventures and secured nearly $350 million in venture funding.