The future of news: modes, lived experience, and solutions

Modes Are you a sifter, substantiater, studier, socializer, or sensemaker? Answer carefully — the future of the news industry may depend on it. If you’re like me and other people mentioned in Next Gen News report on the future needs and wants of info-hungry folks, you’re probably all of them. From one second to the … Read more

Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: Sandia becoming center for microsystems tech

Almost 20 percent of the United States’ electricity goes toward lighting, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and Daniel Barton at Sandia National Laboratories wants to do something about it. With two new facilities at the labs, he says he’s better positioned than ever to do his work. Two buildings – the MicroFab and MicroLab … Read more

Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: Intel’s upgrade provides opportunity for young engineers

Intel’s getting bigger in New Mexico — $650 million and more than 350 jobs bigger — and the microchip manufacturer’s expansion is music to the ears of university engineering schools around the state.  “They hire an awful lot of our chemical engineers, but also certainly electrical engeiners and mechanical engineers,” said Kevin Malloy, associate dean … Read more

Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: Intel’s new testing facility brightens economic hopes and draws a New Mexican back home

After nine years of living abroad, New Mexico native Carol Elliott has two words for what she misses most about her home state: “Green chile.” “And the weather,” says the 38-year-old Intel employee stationed in Costa Rica. “I actually really miss thunderstorms and the snow storms. It doesn’t snow in Costa Rica.” As manufacturing manager … Read more