8th Continent Project Recognized as “Economic Developer of The Year”

That Space 2.0′s star is ascending in the global economy was brought home on March 25 when the 8th Continent Project was recognized by business leaders working right where it all began. The Jefferson Economic Council awarded 8C its 2009 Genesis Award, with its designation “Economic Developer of the Year,” for creating new jobs, investment opportunities, [...]

8C Welcomes New Sponsor Polsinelli Shughart

The 8th Continent Project is pleased to announce that the law firm of Polsinelli Shughart PC has become a member and sponsor. Senior Partners Glenn Lenzen (intellectual property) and Peter Moore (corporate law) are the key contacts for the firm. Polsinelli Shughart is a national law firm with approximately 500 attorneys in fourteen cities stretching from [...]

Metzger Associates: Voice of the 8th Continent

“It’s a natural fit.” This according to both Burke Fort, director of 8C, and John Metzger, founder and CEO of Metzger Associates, about their 4-years-and-counting partnership. Both are pioneers in their fields. Both believe in supporting leading-edge organizations and initiatives. Both have built national reputations for results, creativity, aggressive execution and out-of-the-box thinking in the [...]

8th Continent’s “Help For Haiti” urgently requests your help

All 8C members and Space 2.0 organizations are invited to join in. You can…. Add to the List>> Tell us about your organizations’ Haiti relief activities. Email us at info@8cproject.com Take Action >> Ways to help: + Free Access to Haiti Imagery (DigitalGlobe)….<more> + Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts (DigitalGlobe)….<more> + Text “Haiti” to 90999 (American [...]

Oenoview improves French wine with satellite imagery

While many people enjoy gazing at the galaxies while sipping a glass of Cabernet on their back porch, very few know that in fact space technology is being used to help make better wine. Vintners in France are using satellite imagery to improve their grape harvests, adding space-age technology to the quintessentially French art of [...]

From Surgical Lasers to Optics in Satellites to Prints at Walgreens, ATFilms is a Leader in High-End Precision Laser Optics

From high-end surgical lasers used in operating rooms, to the optics in satellites mapping the polar ice caps, to the processes Walgreens uses to print the pictures of your family’s trip to the Florida Keys, Advanced Thin Films has taken high-end precision laser optics to a new level of diversity and quality. The Boulder, Colo.-based [...]

Earth and lunar orbit just like home for Broad Reach

8th Continent Project Founding Sponsor Profiles Though “Broad Reach” is a nautical term, 8th Continent Project founding sponsor Broad Reach Engineering prides itself on its wide range of talents, agility and ability to develop new products specifically for unique spaceflight missions. What this means, Christian Lenz said, is that “Broad Reach looks at available technology [...]

PowerBeam moves electricity without wires

According to Chris Surdi, marketing specialist for PowerBeam, a member of the 8th Continent Chamber of Commerce, wireless electricity really is as simple as it sounds. PowerBeam is revolutionizing power transmission by integrating optical technology to produce safe, reliable and abundant wireless power. Through its patented technology, PowerBeam can “beam” power over great distances to [...]

8C Chamber Profile: Emergent Space Technologies

There is something deeply inspiring and deeply American about the notion of starting a business from the ground up, literally in a garage, supported only by vision, brains and drive. That’s how amazon.com – now a global brand – got its start. And, it could also quite literally be the way Space 2.0 evolves. Emergent [...]

8C Chamber Profile: Planehook Aviation Services

Posted on June 11, 2009 by the 8C Project When most people think of space, they don’t often think of corporate espionage. But since 2004, Dave Hook, founder and President of Planehook Aviation Services, has not only been thinking about it but has built his business around doing something about it. “People working in the [...]