The countdown was underway Friday for the launch of the world's first commercial rocket powered by biofuel, set to take off from Loring Commerce Centre in Limestone.
The developers of an ultraviolet light sanitizing machine, designed to kill surface contaminants like the coronavirus, have built six of the machines and are seeking test markets.
The sanitizer uses a conveyor belt to move objects through a housing equipped with ultraviolet light to combat viral surface contaminants.
The development and testing of the equipment is being conducted at the Saco Industrial Innovation Center at 10 Mill Brook Road in Saco.
The center was founded by Kevin Roche, who is part of the machine’s development team. Roche is also a principal of BBK Investments, which is investing in the project.
The Portland-based Maine Center for Entrepreneurs on Thursday said it had selected 32 businesses across the state for the 2021 version of its Top Gun business accelerator program.
This year s group consists of businesses from Bangor, Portland, Lewiston and Waterville, representing a wide range of enterprises from food and foodie tours to health care and wellness.
Besides working with a mentor and getting insights into finance, business law, marketing and other aspects of business development from experts leading group learning exercises, each participant will have the chance to compete for a $25,000 cash prize.
The prize, funded by the Maine Technology Institute, will be awarded at a final statewide showcase pitch-off in May.
bluShift Aerospace’s successful test Tuesday afternoon of its hybrid rocket engine puts the Brunswick company in position to launch its first rocket prototype, likely later this month.
Called a “static fire test” because the engine is secured so it can’t move, the test occurred within a concrete blast wall in a field at Brunswick Landing, where bluShift is headquartered. A blast of combustion lasted for a few seconds, followed by smoke and then an afterburn. The test was livestreamed. One commenter wrote, “I hope bluShift puts New England on the map as a orbital launch site.”
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By Staff
A new cookbook released Thursday aims to draw consumer interest to Maine’s growing industry for farmed scallops.
“Recipe Ideas for Farmed Sea Scallops” was co-authored by fisherman Marsden Brewer and natural history writer Marnie Reed Crowell, both Stonington residents.
Coastal Enterprises Inc. announced the release of the publication as part of a three-year initiative, funded by the Washington, D.C., nonprofit Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, to further develop scallop farming efforts in Maine, according to a news release.
The publication was funded with support from CEI, Maine Technology Institute, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Maine Sea Grant Program Development Funds and Maine Community Foundation.