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Year in review: Maine innovation & technology news in 2023

From electronic ear tags for dairy cows to TimberHP’s high-performance wood insulation produced in Madison, technology and innovation news in Maine spans the practical to the unexpected.

Here are links to 10 stories published in 2023.

Fitbit for cows: Innovative tech could boost productivity at rural dairy farms

Global tech company with Maine base has just raised $91M in private equity

Pumpspotting, a Kittery startup, raises another $22M to fund growth

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Amy Van Haren standing in front of pump spotting bus (teal color)
Amy VanHaren, founder and CEO of pumpspotting, was honored on the Mainebiz Next list in 2021. COURTESY / PUMPSPOTTING

Bookclubs to start new chapter with $50K LaunchPad prize

Class app: ReachMyTeach wins $25K Top Gun prize 

‘Clyk’ and win for UNE grad on ‘Greenlight Maine’

After $125M retrofit, TimberHP’s Madison mill will produce high-performance insulation

Mill exterior
TimberHP has brought a defunct paper mill in Madison back to life with a new product: high-performance wood fiber insulation. FILE RENDERING / COURTESY OF TIMBERHP

Put the ‘inn’ in ‘innovation’: HospitalityMaine panelists say small steps go a long way 

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Maine wins designation as a federal tech hub for forest bioproducts

In growing trend, robots will venture onto UMaine campus this fall 

2 small robots on college campus
Food-delivery robots, called Kiwibots, were set to make their debut at the University of Maine campus this fall. FILE PHOTO OURTESY / UMAINE DINING
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