[00:00.000]From VOA Learning English,
[00:02.550]this is the Technology Report.
[00:06.910]New York City and the State of New York
[00:11.560]are investing hundreds of millions of dollars
[00:15.420]to become a major player
[00:17.820]in the development of high tech industries.
[00:22.230]They have developed 40 workspaces known as incubators
[00:27.510]to assist start-up businesses.
[00:30.960]Harlem Biospace is an incubator for biomedical engineering.
[00:37.980]It gives young entrepreneurs a low-cost way
[00:42.490]to develop their ideas and businesses.
[00:46.750]For a low monthly payment,
[00:50.150]they are given desk space and use of a laboratory.
[00:55.320]The young people pay for their own raw materials.
[01:00.240]"This is great.
[01:01.410]The reason is because it is so cheap
[01:03.210]and it has the wet lab that we need.
[01:07.630]So, I order chemicals that I need,
[01:09.890]and I'm given the facilities here
[01:11.840]to do my experiments," said Tyler Poore.
[01:14.390]Tyler Poore and his partner are developing a product
[01:20.160]that will kill bacteria.
[01:22.010]It can be put on household goods,
[01:24.920]like a sponge for cleaning.
[01:26.720]He and 17 others at Biospace share a common goal
[01:32.630]to find solutions to biomedical problems.
[01:36.790]Edwin Vazquez is investigating the mystery of diseases,
[01:42.650]such as Alzheimers and Parkinson's.
[01:45.710]He says suggestions from others in the building
[01:49.370]make the work environment at Biospace a real plus.
[01:54.080]"There's nothing better than sitting down in a room like this
[01:56.380]when there is a lot more people around and got something
[01:59.680]that is exciting and go to the lunchroom
[02:02.850]and you start talking to your other colleagues.
[02:04.690]All of a sudden, somebody knows a researcher
[02:07.550]that is doing something similar to you
[02:09.000]who can complement your research,
[02:10.290]you get in contact and things happen," said Vasquez.
[02:12.600]Leading hospitals and science centers
[02:15.220]are supporting innovators like Kate Rochlin,
[02:18.180]founder of a company called Immunovent.
[02:21.900]She has developed a brush to test for allergic reactions,
[02:26.670]the device is placed in the nose or mouth.
[02:30.520]The test results are correct more often than skin or blood tests.
[02:36.360]"And from one single sample from the nose or mouth
[02:39.900]we can test for a whole panel of 72 allergens.
[02:42.510]And we found that the blood test only identified
[02:45.370]peanut allergies 50 percent of the time,
[02:47.670]and we could find it 99 percent of the time.
[02:50.270]So, we are far more accurate with peanut diagnosis.
[02:53.230]That's really important because that one in particular
[02:55.480]is really life-threatening," said Rochlin.
[02:57.180]Matthew Owens is the Executive Director of the Harlem Biospace.
[03:02.740]He says there have been real signs of success
[03:06.350]since the company was launched last November.
[03:09.910]"We do have companies that are already shipping,
[03:13.070]getting revenue and getting products out to customers.
[03:17.130]So, I think it's a testament
[03:19.130]that it's absolutely a success," said Owens.
[03:20.260]And that is the Technology Report from VOA Learning English.