There are 7 article(s) tagged FedEx Institute of Technology:

• July 2025

  • Socks that track heart rates? Just one idea from kids at the Code Crew Hackathon.

    Middle schoolers and high school students got to explore computer science and coding during a three-day event at the University of Memphis.

    By Jody Callahan July 19, 2025

• April 2024

  • 901 AI launches at FedEx Institute

    The quarterly meetups will include expert guest speakers or panelists discussing the uses of AI in work and other settings. 

    By Jane Roberts April 09, 2024

• September 2020

  • FedEx Institute offers all-female hackathon

    The virtual hackathon is designed for women of all tech abilities and will be held Sept. 11-12.

    By Jane Roberts September 11, 2020

• April 2020

  • Techies among us invited to virtual hackathon, starting Monday

    Organizers at the FedEx Institute suspect the session could pack a wallop: Some 3,800 people are registered with Meetup.com’s Memphis Technology Users Group. 

    By Jane Roberts April 19, 2020

  • Students provide sales pitch for technology developed in Memphis

    Challenge is developing marketing and commercialization paths for local technology, then stepping up to the plate to sell it.

    By Jane Roberts April 16, 2020

• February 2020

  • Big data may be watching you; now you could be watching it

    The University of Memphis has received more than $6 million to help a modern but untrained workforce learn data science without having to attain a university degree in statistics.

    By Jane Roberts February 12, 2020

• December 2019

  • Patent expert at U of M carries flag for Carnegie Research status

    Hai Trieu, a former R & D researcher at Medtronic, has trained his brain to find solutions. Now he has 130 U.S. patents to his name, including more than 100 in spinal surgery alone. This week, he's among 168 fellows around the world elected to the National Academy of Inventors.

    By Jane Roberts December 08, 2019