Daily Business Report-Nov. 30, 2018
Winner in the Cleantech, Sustainability, and Energy category: the patented EnergiPlant by Primo Wind provides data collection and security using an LTE or 4G camera for direct streaming of data and video capture.
CONNECT names winners of 31st annual
Most Innovative New Product Awards
CONNECT announced the winners of its 31st annual Most Innovative New Product Awards Thursday night at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine.
Twenty-three finalists pitched their products live in front of an expert judging panel in October, from which the seven winners were selected.
“The winners of tonight’s Most Innovative New Product Awards are changing the world. The companies and products showcased in this event demonstrate the incredible talent and drive that exists in San Diego’s innovation ecosystem,” said Greg McKee, CEO of CONNECT.
The winners, listed in their respective categories:
Aerospace, Robotics, and Transportation:
Citadel Titan — Citadel Defense Counter-drone (C-UAS) technology detects and classifies Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s or “drones”) threatening combat troops. The system uses AI-based search and classify methods as well as Electronic Counter Measures to detect and interdict UAV-Controller communications, causing the UAV to leave the field. Currently deployed with US troops.
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Cleantech, Sustainability, and Energy:
Primo Wind — EnergiPlant. The patented EnergiPlant provides data collection and security using an LTE or 4G camera for direct streaming of data and video capture. The camera includes a noise detector that deciphers gunshot alerts. The EnergiPlant also includes: an 800W wind generator, 200W solar panels, a camera with data and security, a noise detector, two-way calling, WiFi hot spot, LED lighting, 6 USB ports, energy controller, and AGM batteries.
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Defense and Cybersecurity:
Formalloy — L-Series 3D Printer. Formalloy’s L-series metal 3D printer is the first system to utilize a blue laser for additive manufacturing applications. The L-series can build 2-100x faster than competing technologies, and can process the most comprehensive range of metal alloys on the market. The L-series is scalable for prototyping to production.
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Information Communication Technologies and Software:
Qubitekk — Quantum Transceiver. Qubitekk has developed an advanced cybersecurity encryption and authentication technology for defense and energy applications. This new technology, called Quantum Key Distribution (or QKD), uses physics, not algorithms, to guarantee the integrity of communication channels. The Qubitekk QKD Transceiver is the product which transmits and receives QKD.
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Life Science Diagnostics:
Banyan Biomarkers — Banyan BTI. The Banyan BTI is the first in vitro diagnostic blood test developed to aid in the evaluation of patients with suspected mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion.
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Life Science Products (Clinical Stage) and Pharmaceuticals:
Biological Dynamics — OmniVerita. OmniVerita is a benchtop platform for genomic analysis of cancer biomarkers directly from blood without needing to pre-process samples. OmniVerita’s approach takes as little as thirty minutes, instead of hours or days required by conventional diagnostics. It is being developed for use in real-time treatment response monitoring for cancer patients.
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Life Science Research Tools and Medical Devices:
StemoniX — microBrain 3D Assay Ready Plate. microBrain 3D Assay Ready Plates are a human neural spheroid screening platform. Each plate contains 384 functioning spheroids comprised of neural cells that fire spontaneously. Delivered to customers under ambient conditions, the plates are easily implemented as a reliable high throughput screening platform for drug discovery and neurotoxicology.
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Carlsbad multi-tenant office
property sells for $3.43 million
A two-story, multi-tenant office property at 3150 Pico Drive in Carlsbad has been sold for $3,425,000 to N&G LLC. Waters Edge Properties was the seller.
The property is occupied by four tenants: Viking Commercial Construction, Warranty Escrow, Wave Therapy and EBD Group, who will continue operations in the building. The building features a contemporary creative office layout, a modern patio common area and close proximity to the Carlsbad Villages’ restaurants and services.
Colliers International San Diego Region represented the seller in the transaction. Million Real Estate represented the buyer.
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Grossmont Healthcare District board
candidates to be elected by zones
The Grossmont Healthcare District (GHD), a public agency that represents more than 500,000 people residing in the district’s 750 square miles in San Diego’s East County, has started a transition to a new system for voters to elect its five-member board of directors.
Since forming in 1952s, GHD has used an at-large election system where board members have been elected by voters of the entire district. To meet the requirements of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001, GHD will now be transitioning to district-based or “zone” elections in which elections are within an area that is a smaller part of the whole district. With district-based election systems, board members are elected only by the voters residing within that specific election district or zone.
GHD will host an initial public hearing starting at 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 3, at the GHD Conference Center at 9001 Wakarusa St. in La Mesa. At the hearing, details will be available about the transition process. A presentation will be made by representatives from a company that specializes in demographics and mapping. In addition, the public will be invited to provide input regarding the composition of the new districts. Written correspondence also can be sent to Barry Jantz, GHD CEO, at bjantz@grossmonthealthcare.org.
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General Atomics’ SkyGuardian Aircraft
secures FAA special worthiness certification
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The Federal Aviation Administration has certified General Atomics to operate in national airspace a remotely piloted aircraft designed for civil flight use.
The company said it obtained Special Airworthiness Certification in experimental category for a second MQ-9B SkyGuardian unit.
David Alexander, president of aircraft systems at General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, said the permit allows the company to further develop the aircraft for military customers.
GA-ASI developed SkyGuardian over five years through a company-funded project as part of efforts to deploy an unmanned platform in non-segregated airspace and address NATO’s airworthiness type-certification requirements.
MQ-9B performed its debut flight in July from Grand Forks, N.D. to a military air base in Gloucestershire, England.
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SANDAG receives $80 million
for Mid-Coast Trolley Extension
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Wednesday that SANDAG will receive an $80 million supplemental appropriation in Capital Investment Grants (CIG) funds to build the Mid-Coast Trolley project that will allow SANDAG to save on long-term financing costs.
The Mid-Coast Trolley, an 11-mile expansion of the Metropolitan Transit System’s Blue Line, broke ground in 2016. At that time, the FTA guaranteed a $1.04 billion matching grant for the $2.17 billion expansion project, over a 10-year period.
The Mid-Coast Trolley will provide a much-needed transit alternative along its corridor, which stretches from Old Town in the south, to UC San Diego and University City in the north.
The FTA $1.04 billion grant guarantee, was allocated over a 10-year period beginning in FY2016. The second-year federal allocation for the project in 2017 was $50 million (rather than the expected $125 million). The $80 million provided Wednesday fulfills the $125 million federal funding commitment for FY 2017, and also provides an additional $5 million that will allow SANDAG to save on long-term borrowing costs.
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C.W. Driver breaks ground on nation’s
first zero net energy archive facility
C.W. Driver Companies has broken ground on the county of San Diego’s new Assessor, Recorder, County Clerk (ARCC) office in Santee. The building will be the nation’s first zero net energy archive facility and will maintain strict temperature and humidity conditions to preserve delicate archive materials properly.
The single-story, 25,000-square-foot structure will be home to the East County Branch Office and Archives.
The ARCC building will unite a variety of county of San Diego functions and support the agency’s growth and expansion of services. The structure will house tax collector and recorder facilities in the north portion, with assessor and staff support services in the south. The county archives will be located within the building’s northeast corner and include highly insulated concrete walls that create a vault-like feel.
To accomplish zero net energy – and generate enough renewable energy to meet its own consumption requirements – the ARCC building and parking lot will support approximately 375 highly efficient photovoltaic cells and incorporate all building systems on electrical power. The ARCC building will also leverage natural daylight and breezes from the surrounding environment to maintain warm and cool temperatures in the building.
Designed by international architect and planning firm The Miller Hull Partnership, the ARCC facility is located at 10144 Mission Gorge Road. It will accommodate approximately 60 county employees, with construction slated for completion in late 2019.
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ViaCyte raises $80 million for diabetes therapy
Diabetes therapy developer ViaCyte has raised $80 million, its largest financing to date, the San Diego biomedical company said Wednesday.
ViaCyte will use the money to advance its stem cell-derived therapies, said Paul Laikind, president and CEO of the privately held company. ViaCyte is combining a variety of technologies for its quest, including stem cell biology, materials science, and ultimately, even genetic editing.
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The final congressional race is decided
TJ Cox defeated three-term Republican Rep. David Valadao on Wednesday, giving Democrats a gain of seven House seats in California and 40 nationwide — the party’s strongest midterm showing since the Watergate era in the mid-1970s. LA Times.
