The vacuum created when NASA left the Michoud facility in New Orleans East has been filled by a range of new, innovative aero-space and robotic manufacturers. Among them, Crescent Unmanned Systems and NVision Solutions. Charles Easterling, co-founder and CEO of Crescent Unmanned Sytems, came to lunch with his Google Glass. While you’re doing whatever it is you do…

Do you diet and exercise but don t lose weight Those days are over. And how about this for an idea going to the doctor and getting medication that works just right the first time. New Orleans DNA research companies Renaissance RX and GenoVive are changing our concept of dieting and of medication. GenoVive founder…

Cam Marston tells a great story that illustrates how our attitudes to parenting have changed: today babies are brought home from the hospital strapped down in a rear-facing car seat in the back seat of a car. In the previous generation babies were carried in mom’s lap in the front seat while mom wore no seat…

Sure, we all know New Orleans business is doing better than it ever has, but in your wildest imaginings of exactly what that means it’s unlikely you’ve had any idea that “they sky’s the limit” has in the last few years gone from being a visionary fantasy to an aerospace reality. While many of us…

New Orleans is celebrated across the country and around the world as a center of extraordinary live entertainment. Not just in the French Quarter but all over the city there’s a vast amount of live music, theater, and comedy every night of the year. However, on the inside of what appears to be a thriving…