Plainfield Establishes the Business Evolution Center

On Monday, the Plainfield Villiage Board adopted a resolution to establish a business incubation center with the purpose of assisting new businesses.  The Business Evolution Center would provide an affordable, quality space for startups to conduct new business. Continue reading here.

 

After Splitting Off, Motorola Solutions Schaumburg Sees Good Year

After breaking away from Motorola Inc. in January 2011, the company saw a profitable full year. The company will not only keep its Schaumburg office, but it will be hiring and expanding to a Chicago office. Continue reading here. 

The Motorola Solutions office in Schaumburg

Orland Park to Seek High-Tech Road Report

Traditionally, a township would have to employ workers to dig up the road and gauge it’s quality. However, with advances in technology, Orland Park is considering hiring an engineering firm to employ ghostbuster-style vehicles to drive around taking readings with sensors, lasers, and cameras. Continue reading here.

What's the best way to assess road damage like this across an entire city? - Photo taken by Rick at http://blog.loughlinfamily.com/

Fewer Teens Desperate to Start Driving. Is Internet the Cause?

Stefano Esposito of the Naperville Sun recently interviewed high school students on the cusp of getting their license.  He discovered that teens are not as desperate to get behind the wheel as in the previous decades.  Is this due to the internet and the rise of social media?  Continue reading here.

After reading the article, do you think the internet plays a roll in teens getting their licenses? Photo courtesy of Bill Ryan - The Gazette, Maryland

New High-Tech Simulation Man Gives Nurses Real Life Training

Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet has a new lab with a lifelike human figure that breathes, sweats, and responds realistically to care.  It’s designed to train nurses using the most realistic methods we have today without using a real person. Continue reading here.

Chilinical Nurse Specialist Mary Gniady (right) and Karen Blum, RN, coordinator of the simulation lab. Photo by Matthew Grotto - Sun-Times Media