Video: Witness a high-tech response to mock active shooter situation

Kansas City Police on Thursday hosted a live demonstration of a high-tech, drone-enabled response to a mock active shooter situation in Kansas City.  The event, which was part of the inaugural Smart City Tech Summit, featured such public safety tools as gunshot detection tech, drones, social media monitoring, data analytics and more. Here’s a video recap of the…

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Events Preview: #OneDayKC

There are a boatload of entrepreneurial events hosted in Kansas City on a weekly basis. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, supporter or curious Kansas Citian, we’d recommend these upcoming events for you. WEEKLY EVENT PREVIEW #OneDayKC When: April 1 @ 8:00 am – 8:00 pm Where: Kauffman Foundation At #OneDayKC, college and high school students this day…

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Kean: From Hong Kong to Kansas City, coffee’s the constant in startup life

Kean Hong Kong

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone.   My story began in 2012 as the startup scene in Kansas City was just blossoming. An ever-expanding group of motivated individuals from diverse backgrounds were launching awesome companies, and tech events were occurring more often and with bigger turnouts. When Matt Berkland…

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Five years later: Google Fiber celebrates a Kansas City milestone

Five years ago today, the Kansas City area heard the news that it would receive a transformative, residential gigabit Internet service. Hundreds of cities lobbied to be the first to receive Google Fiber, but ultimately, Kansas City, Kan. won the highly-sought-after service. And the world learned that on March 30, 2011. Five years later, Google…

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