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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">There’s a lot happening in our own backyard—projects, companies and new technologies are being created
right here in Grand Rapids.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">This month, aimWest will have a new event format called <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">New
Tech Meetup</span></strong>. Five local companies and individuals will talk about their cool new tech. Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their exciting new technology followed by 5 minutes of Q/A.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">Joe Johnston – </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666"><a href="http://aimwest.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=070e09bdfdb01078ca26807a1&id=e4182c8e7e&e=913a627833" title="Universal Mind" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";text-decoration:none">Universal
Mind</span></em></a><br>
Hot off winning the iPad Table won the People’s Voice Webby in the Experimental & Innovation category in 17th Annual Webby Awards. Universal Minds iPad table explores what’s possible when 15 iPads are set up as a table and controlled by an iPhone application.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">Daniel Morrison – </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666"><a href="http://aimwest.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=070e09bdfdb01078ca26807a1&id=e293ba9c3b&e=913a627833" title="Downside App" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";text-decoration:none">Collective
Idea</span></em></a><br>
Downside is an iOS social game that encourages you to ignore your phone and talk to the people around you.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">Ben Lambert – </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666"><a href="http://aimwest.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=070e09bdfdb01078ca26807a1&id=dba61ce22c&e=913a627833" title="Be Bert" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";text-decoration:none">be-bert.com</span></em></a><br>
Inspired by classic puzzle games like Tetris and Dr. Mario, Hungry Munchers is a simple, quick, and challenging game for everyone (regardless of how many stomachs you have).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">GRMakers – </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666"><a href="http://aimwest.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=070e09bdfdb01078ca26807a1&id=18db9191aa&e=913a627833" title="GR Makers" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";text-decoration:none">GRMakers.com</span></em></a><br>
A home for our local Mad-Scientists and makers, GRMakers will share a neat industries project being built within GR’s newest Maker Space.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">Paul Kortman – </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666"><a href="http://aimwest.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=070e09bdfdb01078ca26807a1&id=5529c72c9c&e=913a627833" title="Thing Share" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";text-decoration:none">ThingShare</span></em></a><br>
A platform for sharing tools and things focused on bringing the sharing economy to the maker movement.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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