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(M. SPENCER GREEN/The Associated Press) In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, Marc Lazar, autism specialist for Aspiritech, a nonprofit enterprise that specializes in finding software bugs, works with employee Alan Sun, as they test a new program in Highland Park, Ill. Aspiritech hires only people with autism disorders. Traits that make great software testers intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail also happen to be characteristics of autism.

Company hires adults with autism to test software

Last updated Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 7:55am

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — The software testers at Aspiritech are a collection of characters. Katie Levin talks nonstop. Brian Tozzo hates driving. Jamie Specht is bothered by bright lights, vacuum cleaners and the feel of carpeting against her skin. Rider Hallenstein draws cartoons of himself as a DeLorean sports car. Rick Alexander finds it unnerving to sit near other people.

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) The Real Time Crime Center was unveiled Tuesday at the Ogden Police Station. Dave Weloth, center director, says the new technology will help officers become more proactive in dealing with crime among Ogden’s population of nearly 83,000 residents.

New Ogden crime center watches for trouble

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 10:59pm

OGDEN -- The Real Time Crime Center debuted Tuesday at the Ogden Police Station, designed to help officers use technology to cut crime in the city.

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Utah company develops test for hospital infections

Press release Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 11:29am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Great Basin Corporation, a privately held life sciences company, has announced the initiation of its first clinical trial evaluating its molecular diagnostic test for Clostridium difficile, one of the most common and deadly hospital-acquired infections.

The company expects the trials to take place at four sites across the United States. This trial was initiated after pre-clinical study results exceeded the company's expectations for both sensitivity and specificity of the test. The Great Basin C.

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