Baltimore's new technology incubator Wednesday, June 04, 2003 Baltimore is launching a new technology incubator. Emerging Technology Center @ Johns Hopkins Eastern, will be on the third floor of an old high school building, which is owned by the Johns Hopkins University. It is a collaborative effort involving the university and several city, state and federal agencies. EDA is investing $200,000. Read more. If you are interested in technology incubators, download the most recent benchmarking report from the Department of Commerce, Technology Administration. (Remarkably, the TA has not optimized its files for download, so the original benchmarking report is huge: 4MB. I have reduced the size to 1MB, and you can download it from this page. Thanks to Don Iannone for pointing out this report in his weblog.) Today in our history of innovation... In 1896, the first road test of the first Ford car was delayed an hour because the car was wider than the door of the shed in which Henry Ford built it. With an ax, he ripped out the door frame. After that problem was solved, he made a successful first test run with his car on a nighttime drive through the streets of Detroit. This self-propelled vehicle, the Quadricycle , had four wire wheels that looked like heavy bicycle wheels, was steered with a tiller like a boat, and had only two forward speeds with no reverse. posted by Ed Morrison |		This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. links Some Background on EDPro Weblog The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it. One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information. So, spread the word...Share the knowledge. Tell a friend about EDPro Weblog. If you are using a news reader, here is the link to syndicate this site: Here's the link if you are a bloglines subscriber: Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking. Background on Ed Morrison Download some background information on me here.

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