Myco Technologies uses mushrooms to transform the food industry in Aurora

Myco Technologies is well-known for its innovative solutions to some of the biggest issues in the food industry.  It uses the humble mushroom to solve major industry needs like reducing sugar in food and creating new plant-based proteins and even fixing the flavor profile of food products.  The company grew from only a couple employees to now nearly 100.  To do this, the company used the Fitzsimons Innovation Campus and the resources it offers to bioscience innovators to execute R&D and create a path to commercialize its products.   It is now located in a state-of-the-art facility in Aurora.  

• Myco Technologies http://redesign.mycotechcorp.com/ 

Innovators come to Colorado to get closer to space 

Colorado Air and Space Port in Adams County is one of only 11 space ports in the United States and has already started attracted innovative companies since receiving its designation and license in 2018.  Japanese company PD Aerospace is developing reusable spacecraft that could be used for space tourism, gravity testing, and point-to-point sub-orbital transportation.  UK-based Reaction Engines develops technology needed for a new class of innovative hypersonic propulsion system.  It now has a test facility at Colorado Air and Space Port – a high-temperature airflow test facility where it is currently running a test program to validate the performance of the pre-cooler heat exchanger technology.  

• Colorado Air and Space Port aerospace partners https://coloradoairandspaceport.com/aerospace-partners 

Healthcare innovation starts at the UCHealth CARE Innovation Center in Aurora

Innovation is at home on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.  In the UCHealth CARE Innovation Center, more than 500 companies have been vetted and 15 startup and 10 multinational partnerships have been created.  It’s here that academia and innovators test, pilot, optimize, and commercialize the most innovative new technologies in healthcare.  Here are a few of the companies working with the CARE Innovation Center:

• AgileMD has provided a solution that allows clinicians to quickly access information about diseases and treatment options for patients. It also includes medical guidelines, training and other information to improve the care of a patient while decreasing the risk of medical error.
• Ambulnz is an on-demand ambulance service that lets users schedule and track medical transportation in real time. Working with UCHealth, Ambulnz provides transparency and stress alleviation to patients and families through services provided by highly motivated and trained emergency medical technicians (EMTs).
• BioIntelliSense offers a low cost, effortless, medical grade wearable sensor platform enabling baseline condition assessment and remote patient monitoring.
• Catapult Health brings advanced preventive checkups to the worksite at about half the cost of what most practices charge for in-office checkups.
• LeanTaaS uses predictive analytics to transform health care operations with data science and machine learning. In partnership with UCHealth, iQueue has been deployed to improve patient access and wait times in infusion centers through optimized scheduling and predictive visibility.
• RxRevu is a prescription decision support company focused on improving the value of healthcare through more informed and consistent prescription decisions.  The Innovation Center partners with RxRevu to deliver real-time, patient-specific cost information, electronic prior authorization, and therapeutic alternatives to UCHealth’s providers at the point of prescribing.

• UCHealth CARE Innovation Center  https://www.uchealth.org/innovation 

A solar innovation hub that calls Aurora home

The 74-acre SolarTAC (technology acceleration center) site is the largest test facility for photovoltaic and concentrated solar power technologies in the United States.  It provides a venue for research, demonstration, testing, and validation of a broad range of solar technologies at the early commercial or near-commercial stage of development.  SolarTAC includes common areas for performance validation testing of new solar energy system components, including areas for proprietary testing by its member companies.  

SolarTAC supports testing for:

• Solar Technologies— Photovoltaic and Thermal
• Balance of System Components (inverters, trackers, controls, turbines, batteries)
• Performance Testing and Validation
• Standards Development
• Grid Interconnection
• Dispatch-ability
• Reliability
• O&M
• Energy Storage

• http://www.solartac.org/ 

Printed circuit board assembly company in Colorado spurred by Internet of Things and Industry 4.0

Advanced Assembly is the original and industry-defining quick-turn PCB Assembly service. The company has assembled over 40,000 unique designs in the last decade, more than any other PCB assembly service providers. It created a new way of assembling boards in days – Quick Turn PCB Assembly.  Its team of engineers, innovators, and problem solvers work with customers spurred by the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 to create the foundation (boards) for inspiring innovations around the world.  Its customers include 3M, Apple, Boeing, Delta Airlines, Facebook, Google, Nasa, and more.  

• Advanced Assembly https://aapcb.com/