Purdue educational startup to partner with PASCO Scientific on global distribution
Explore Interactive, a Purdue University-affiliated startup that created the award-winning MindLabs product, has entered a worldwide distribution agreement with PASCO Scientific. (Image provided)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Explore Interactive, a Purdue University-related startup that markets augmented reality-powered, gamified learning sets to help students in grades 3-5 understand science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), has entered an agreement with PASCO Scientific Inc. to distribute the award-winning MindLabs product around the globe.
MindLabs, which was named by Forbes in 2020 as the STEM product with the best hands-on and AR integration, will be sold in English-language markets as part of the PASCO Blueprint packages for summer and year-long learning enrichment in the sciences. The Blueprint packages are especially of interest for schools and districts with access to ESSERIII ed
Adranos receives $5.1 million in incentives for Indiana-based manufacturing plant
Adranos plans to construct a facility in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette to manufacture solid rocket fuel. (Image provided)
Plant will enable large-scale manufacturing of Adranos’s proprietary solid rocket fuel, ALITEC
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Adranos Inc., a Purdue University-affiliated company that has developed a high-performance, solid rocket fuel called ALITEC for long-range missile and space launch systems, announced plans Wednesday (Feb. 3) to construct a facility in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette to manufacture ALITEC in support of various launch systems, including hypersonic systems.
The company has obtained $5.1 million in land, funding and tax credits, collectively from Purdue Research Foundation and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.
Residential village in Purdue’s Discovery Park District progressing
The grand opening for models in the Provenance community is scheduled for early May. (Image provided)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Progress is being made on a major housing development to create a “sense of place” in a walkable, traditional, yet modern community adjacent to the Purdue University campus.
Old Town Design Group of Carmel, Indiana, is the lead developer for the Provenance project. The new urbanist neighborhood development will set center stage for people who seek a quality of life that is adjacent to the energy of a university campus.
Vertical construction is underway, with units ready for move-in this summer.