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UNR has a tiny CS department. There is a small startup community in Reno but it's not very developed and there's not a ton of support for it. If you've been in
by ktsmith 11y ago
UNR has a tiny CS department. There is a small startup community in Reno but it's not very developed and there's not a ton of support for it. If you've been in a hackerspace in SF and then visit the one in Reno you'd be hard pressed to say they were the same thing. It's also hard to find any startups that are doing anything interesting here.
- avelis 11y agoI appreciate the insight! The innovation sector is not limited to software/internet businesses. There is also digital entertainment, advanced machining/robotics, and bio pharmaceuticals. With the announcement of Tesla's gigafactory in the greater Reno area I would make this the best opportunity to create an intersection of innovation that Reno can be starting point for. Maybe Reno should host a tech conference. Or even the next formula-e race circuit. Just ideas. I see so much potential for Reno. :-D
- ktsmith 11y agoVery late response to your comment here (sorry) so I doubt you'll see it but I wanted to respond anyway. There are VERY interesting things going on in Reno, especially at UNR. MEMS research, solar cell research, biology, biotech, computer vision etc. There's also Sierra Nevada Corp in Sparks which was founded by two former UNR graduate students and is a very successful aerospace company. They are working on their own re-usable space craft in the dream chaser project: http://www.sncspace.com/ss_space_exploration.php http://www.sncspace.com/ss_space_exploration.php Robocoin (bitcoin atm) is here but it's been rather disappointing. One of the big flaws with this area is that casino gaming and mining have been the biggest draws on the talent pools for engineering. Gaming isn't the big money maker for the state that it once was and innovation wasn't a huge part of the business in the first place.