Bytemarks

Each week I pore through Google alerts to find Hawaii’s science and tech news. These are the finds for August 24th:

• ATLAS Telescope To Keep an Eye Out for Asteroids – Softpedia – The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) will be capable of observing Earth’s neighborhood for any potential threats while keeping mission costs affordable.
• VSE Corporation Acquires Akimeka LLC – MarketWatch – VSE Corporation announced today that it has acquired Akimeka LLC, headquartered in Hawaii with offices in Virginia, Florida and Texas.
• First frozen bank for Hawaiian corals created in an attempt to protect them from extinction and to preserve their diversity in Hawaii – Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have created the first frozen bank for Hawaiian corals in an attempt to protect them from extinction and to preserve their diversity in Hawaii.
• Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit and Expo – The Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit and Expo will be held Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2010 at the Hawaii Convention Center.
• Spacenet gets funding to build Hawaii broadband service – Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – Broadband internet access will be extended to unserved regions in Hawaii thanks to a $7.5 million grant awarded to Spacenet Inc.