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I just saw this article on the Washington Business Journal website stating that Maryland Technology Development Corporation (a public/private company which, according to their website, is Maryland's leading source of funding for technology transfer and development programs and entrepreneurial business assistance) "awarded six Maryland Technology companies nearly $450,000 in combined funding."

The companies that received funding are:

• Hygea BioPharma which is working to develop a vaccine against infectious bursal disease virus, or IBDV, in chickens,
• Immunomic Therapeutics which is working to license a protein to use as a novel enhancement for DNA vaccines,
• MobiLaps which is working to provide a suite of technologies that empower Internet service providers to become portals for e-commerce activities among local users and local businesses,
• BCG Wireless which is working to commercialize advanced signal processing technology for use in radio frequency systems and networks,
  
• Nano Solutions (which only employs one person!) and is working to develop an energy storage device, and
• Dockside Vision which is working to develop a highly visual and interactive information system.
  

Personally, just from reading the article, I think that the most promising ones (based just on their short descriptions above) are Nano Solutions and Dockside Vision. Maybe it's just me but I'm a sucker for energy companies and from the name (Nano Solutions), it could be that the person may be looking at licensing nano storage devices or batteries. Interesting...

As for Dockside, I like anything that makes it more natural to interact with computers. Maybe that's what they are looking to do...

One other note is the fact that single person companies (like Nano Solutions) are able to obtain funding to do stuff. Very cool...

Remember, you heard it hear first, Nano Solutions and Dockside are my picks!

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I have been following Coghead ever since Guy Kawaski mentioned it in his blog and Business 2.0 recognized Coghead as a disruptor that will "[i]nitially [disrupt], custom-software developers, but potentially almost all software-tool makers."

My only thing is why didn't I do this?! I actually predicted this a couple of years ago (though I didn't  post it out on the Internet, darn! :) that software development would take this route. For me, it makes perfect sense, why not let the people that know most about the business create the applications. Let Coghead work on the hardcore software or component development and allow tech-savvy business folks create their own interoperable apps. It's a no-brainer!

Now if I could only partner with them to help them develop the government market space... HINT! HINT! ;-)

So what do you think about Coghead?

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