by Jason Harper | Jun 10, 2015 | Government Innovation
Part 1. Staging the Hackathon This past weekend in the hallways, student lounges, classrooms and mock courtrooms of the UMKC School of Law, nine teams of 60 community leaders, do-gooders, and web developers worked together to build technology tools to make Kansas City...
by Jason Harper | Jun 1, 2015 | Telehealth Pilot
From its base in Grandview, Mo., The Medina Clinic provides low-cost health care and a variety of simple but powerful digital health services to some 800 Kansas Citians per year. As co-founder Wael Mourad, a family physician Truman Medical Center Lakewood, told...
by Jason Harper | May 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Access is the first step. Inclusion is the second. Google Fiber has already brought about tremendous progress in bridging Kansas City’s digital divide by placing its network in many of our poorest neighborhoods. But all that fiber won’t make a difference...
by Jason Harper | May 27, 2015 | Digital Infrastructure
Comcast announced a few days ago that it will be launching a new tier of 250 Mbps Internet speed to customers in the company’s entire Independence and Olathe service area. Called “Extreme 250,” the upgrade is being heralded as a precursor to the...
by Jason Harper | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Gigabit “Guinea Pigs” Wanted for New User Test Group As more and more consumers get gigabit fiber at home, tech enterprises will produce software applications, products and media experiences that will rely on high-speed broadband to deliver unprecedented...
