October 2018 Archives - 425 Business

24 Hours with Brian Holers

“It’s not easy being green.” These words were made famous by Jim Henson’s iconic frog, but also ring true for our city trees. The stoic sentinels that line our streets…

Holers started the company Root Cause to promote the survival and wellbeing of city trees through arboriculture. This task is often more daunting than it might sound.

Tech

Cheaper, Greener, Faster Flight

Bothell-based Zunum Aero, an aviation company backed by Boeing and JetBlue Airways, is developing a hybrid electric aircraft designed to fly fewer than 1,000 miles in and out of small…

Bothell-based Zunum Aero, an aviation company backed by Boeing and JetBlue Airways, is developing a hybrid electric aircraft designed to fly fewer than 1,000 miles in and out of small regional airports.

Tech

Game Changers

The Eastside is on the cutting edge of plenty of tech-based innovations, which should come as no surprise considering its status as a major tech hub. We spent some time…

We spent some time with a handful of companies that are developing tools that promise positive impacts on the way we communicate, travel, explore, and engage in environmental preservation.

Tech

University of Washington Bothell Innovations

If you think all the major University of Washington discoveries and research projects are being done across the lake, you are mistaken. The students and professors at UW Bothell constantly…

The students and professors at UW Bothell constantly make headlines locally and around the world. Here are some of the university’s more recent triumphs.

Tech

Colorful Language

It’s not often that a rising tech startup’s roots are traced back to something as lo-tech and analog as a deck of colorful playing cards. But such is the case…

It’s not often that a rising tech startup’s roots are traced back to something as lo-tech and analog as a deck of colorful playing cards. But such is the case with Blue Canoe.

Tech

The Heart of the Ocean

The British passenger ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, is quite possibly the most famous maritime disasters in history.…

With cutting-edge technology, OceanGate is planning a Summer 2019 expedition to the Titanic.

Tech

Cut the Commute

Traffic in much of Western Washington has grown from bad to worse to intolerable. Increasingly more people live in far-out and low-density areas that are underserved or unserved by public…

Many areas have plans in place to try to help alleviate some of the commute problems, including Kirkland and Bellevue, which are jointly developing a plan called CommutePool.

Tech

A Constant Charge

Imagine a world where electronic devices are always charging and where batteries never need replacing. That’s the vision of physicist and technologist Hatem Zeine, who in 2008 chose Bellevue as…

A lot of the developing technologies you hear about sound too good to be true — or at least, too good to be true anytime soon. But the futuristic wireless battery-charging technology currently being developed by Ossia could soon be a reality.

Lifestyle

Time For A Change?

Change is scary — and it can be especially so when it means changing careers. The good news is that with the proper planning, you can elevate your chances of…

Change is scary — and it can be especially so when it means changing careers. The good news is that with the proper planning, you can elevate your chances of landing that dream job and embarking on a road to career happiness.

Tech

Going Green

It’s hard not to think of the late Bradley Edward Meyers as an outsized, almost mythical figure in Hollywood film. Think Edward Bloom, Albert Finney’s character in the movie Big…

At B.E. Meyers & Co., Matthew Meyers continues his family’s interests in entrepreneurship and innovation.