Six Things you Didn’t Know about the Design of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology
by elyons
Posted on July 27, 2018 08:40 AM
- The WGCIT was designed specifically with collaboration and idea generation in mind.
- Furniture manufacturer Steelcase helped Western Growers design a furniture layout that is extremely fluid and allows the WGCIT space to be used for a multitude of diverse functions.
- There is an informal common-space for residents to hold impromptu meetings, complete with a couch, laptop connectors, rolling white boards and a presentation screen.
- Vibrant orange dividers make the space feel warm, while igniting creativity and productivity.
- The WGCIT Conference Room is open and filled with natural light, and can host everything from live groups to virtual, international meetings.
WGCIT Innovators TracMap & Food Origins Collaborate in the Field
by elyons
Posted on July 20, 2018 11:32 AM
Innovators at the Western Growers CIT are working together in exciting new ways! Earlier this week, Food Origins and TracMap—two startups working out of the WGCIT—collaborated on a confidential project. Food Origins CEO Nathan Dorn needed to be able to have people drive a golf cart at a precise speed, in exactly prescribed locations, with no errors. TracMap Founder Colin Brown was sure he could implement a solution for Food Origins.
“Driving at exactly 3.6km/hr, how hard can it be?,” said Brown on his Twitter account. “With Nathan Dorn from Food Origins [and] testing his ability to drive at an exact speed for a research project he has on the go.”
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