Chicago Inno (Aug. 14) -- Two Illinois students participating in last month’s ThinkChicago program spoke about what the city could do to make them decide to start their tech careers in Chicago.
Related story: Chicago Tribune (Aug. 26) -- Illinois student Shandale Prince Watkins says he drew inspiration from his daily life and came up with a business idea. Watkins, 18, says he developed a code using Arduino, an open-source platform, to save and verify fingerprints into memory, enabling students to open their lockers with a single touch. He says he has developed a full-fledged hardware research-development company in Chicago, Unequel Innovations, which he plans to build on during his time at Illinois.