First Friday at MBL
Since Woods Hole is the site of the prestigious 6th International Oyster Symposium (the first time held outside the Far East), the Cape Cod Technology Council invited Roger Williams University…
The science and technology of oysters
Previously only held in the Far East, the International Oyster Symposium came to Massachusetts in October, at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole and at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel…
July’s First Friday: buried treasure
In 2010 Tom Keyes and his wife bought an 1817 colonial in Sandwich – or at least he thought they did. At our First Friday Breakfast in July, Tom told…
Anne Marie Fallon: Paving the way for digital natives
Things have changed. College students today have not known life without Google, Skype and cellphones. As students change, campuses change with them. In 2013 Mass Maritime Academy created a new…
Technology and visual arts: John Sullivan at First Friday
For someone who thought of computers as glorified typewriters, John Sullivan has come a long way. “I’m probably the worst person to talk about technology,” John admitted at our August…
Hands on Archaeology for the public!
Participate in a public dig with the North Atlantic Archeological Collaborative at the site of an extremely rare, intact, early 17thCentury home site in Sandwich. There is also evidence that the…
Dara Bryan: Building a community
Cape Cod Technology Council Board member Dara Bryan moved here four years ago for the summer, and liked it so much she came back the following spring in search of…
Cape Light Compact Presents at CCTC Infrastructure Committee
Maggie Downey of the Cape Light Compact presented to the Infrastructure Committee on June 10, 2015. Some highlights below. A more detailed power point presentation on the 2016-2018 Energy Efficiency…
What Western MA towns are doing about municipal broadband
Great story from the Globe on how small towns in Western Massachusetts are leveraging community broadband for the economic benefit of their citizens. What lessons may be applied to Cape…