Appolicious is a mobile app discovery service dedicated to helping consumers and businesses find iOS and Android applications. Through web services, companies including Best Buy, OEMs, and carriers license algorithmic-based app search, recommendations, and associated services via APIs developed by Appolicious. The Appolicious algorithms are based on metadata that is generated through social graph and app ownership, user-generated content, and editorial content and classification. The Appolicious network includes Appolicious.com, AndroidApps.com, AppVee.com (video reviews) as well as an iPhone app and an Android app. In addition, Yahoo! Inc. is also a distributor of Appolicious. Chicago-based Appolicious Inc. was founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur Alan Warms, and is backed by Apex Venture Partners.

The Discharge 1-2-3 Composer™, utilizing patent pending technology, allows Emergency Physicians fast “point and click creation” of custom patient instructions in multiple languages. The efficiency of the product can reduce physician time on this mundane task as much as 1½ hours per physician, per shift, while breaking down language barriers between emergency departments and patients. Emergency Medicine clinicians need to create patient instructions on a “patient specific” basis as much as possible without compromise of time. Patient Discharge Instructions inform the patient what their diagnoses were, educate them about their illness, provide clear guidelines for how to continue their care at home, and most important, when to seek further medical attention. The Discharge 1-2-3 Composer has been licensed by leading Information System Vendors for creation of patient Discharge Instructions and is available separately as well. The software functions the way clinicians think facilitating a speed and ease of use that is simply unsurpassed. Clinicians rave about the usability and the improvement in patient understanding.

The EZH2O™ bottle filling station provides a quick, clean, and green way to get drinking water on-the-go, while helping to eliminate bottled water waste. The EZH2O complements Elkay’s industry-leading drinking fountains and allows users to fill reusable bottles conveniently. The EZH2O is available as a stand-alone unit or as a combination unit with a standard drinking fountain. The EZH2O has three main benefits: QUICK: The EZH2O fill rate is three times that of a standard drinking fountain. A standard 16.9 oz. bottle can be filled in less than 6 seconds. No more long waits to fill a reusable water bottle. CLEAN: Electronic sensor provides touch less, sanitary operation. A 3000 gallon filter is available on all models, with a filter status light to let users know that the filter is working. Feel confident using the EZH2O. GREEN: Help the environment by eliminating disposable plastic bottles from your daily routine (and save money too). The innovative Green Ticker™ counts the number of bottles that are being saved from landfills.

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Fresh Moves is bringing fresh fruits and vegetables to Chicago neighborhoods without grocery stores. We have retrofitted a Chicago city bus as a one-aisle produce market on wheels, selling organic and local as well as conventional produce at affordable prices on the West Side. We are advocates for healthier eating in neighborhoods where residents are at higher risk of obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related diseases. Our triple bottom line is a commitment to bringing financial, social, and environmental benefit to the neighborhoods we serve.

The ITW (Illinois Tool Works) Deltar’s Global Capless Refueling System provides automatic sealing while eliminating the traditional Gas Cap on an automobile. The benefits include: customer convenience, faster refueling , avoidance of getting soiled hands and/or gloves during refueling, an accessible design for elderly/arthritic, and no lost or uninstalled gas caps. The Mis-Fuel Inhibitor (MFI) function permits the proper nozzle by discriminating between Diesel and Gasoline nozzles, does not allow the customer to refuel with the wrong fuel type, and enhances security by not allowing siphon tubes. The product deters spillage more than existing systems, as well as meets global fuel system requirements while competitive products only meet regional requirements.

Narrative Science, a Chicago-based technology company, turns data into stories and insights. Our proprietary artificial intelligence platform produces reports, articles, summaries and more that are automatically created from structured data sources. With amazing speed and quality, narratives are created in multiple formats, including long-form articles, headlines, Tweets and business reports. Narrative Science’s technology solution helps customers save time and money by combatting data overload, time constraints, cost restrictions and scale issues. Our products help customers discover the insight that is hidden in their data and allows for the creation of new content at a scale that is simply unreachable given human resources alone.

The Navman Wireless Qtanium 300 is the first universal construction fleet tracking system, making it possible to monitor actual equipment usage and associated costs for all makes and models of construction equipment from a single application. The resulting data – gathered from the outdoor-proofed Qtanium 300 GPS tracking unit as well as sensors connected to machine attachments – gives contractors the data they need to save millions of dollars annually by reducing fuel-wasting idling, optimizing maintenance schedules, and improving other operations. The system also features built-in anti-theft measures that protect contractors against expensive equipment loss, plus the industry’s first combined on- and off-road vehicle tracking capability for efficient cost management across the entire fleet.

Red Frog Events creates fun and extraordinary events through innovation, creativity and top-notch participant service, while laughing all the way. As creators and leaders of the Active Entertainment Industry, Red Frog has grown at a breakneck pace while reinventing the average work place. Red Frog’s headquarters, Camp Red Frog, embraces meetings in the company tree houses, an unparalleled benefits package including unlimited vacation days and is full of passionate people with contagious energy. This work hard, play hard mentality is the foundation of Red Frog’s unconventional company culture and has fostered an office that feels like home with employees that feel like family.

Tripp Lite’s SRCOOL12K is a portable air conditioner designed for supplemental, emergency and off-hour cooling in data center and network environments, warehouses and areas where facility air conditioning can’t reach. The SRCOOL12K features a unique built-in evaporator that expels condensed water through the exhaust duct, eliminating the need for a drain tube or water collection tank. The AC unit uses environmentally friendly R410a refrigerant that complies with the latest EPA standards and features a built-in automatic timer and a standard 5-15P plug.

Trustwave TrustKeeper is a security and compliance management tool that scales from the small corner shop to the largest enterprise. With continued media coverage of large-scale breaches of personal data, the need for data security is at an all-time high. Delivered in the cloud, TrustKeeper provides a single view for businesses to validate compliance with credit card acceptance standards, and layer on the necessary data security functions to lock-down their businesses and protect sensitive data. For businesses, the benefits of this single-source tool are many. Validating compliance to secure cardholder data is a prescriptive step; TrustKeeper gives businesses the ability to assess their compliance status and improve their security posture. The security modules in TrustKeeper are easily added-on to help customers achieve compliance as a first step, and more important, build upon the daily security measures of their organizations to help keep customer information safe.

World Bicycle Relief is a nonprofit organization providing access to independence and livelihood through The Power of Bicycles. World Bicycle Relief was founded in 2005 by SRAM Corporation in response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Since then, the organization has put over 90,000 specially designed, locally assembled, rugged bicycles into the hands of students, healthcare workers and entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia and across Africa. In 2010, Barron’s ranked World Bicycle Relief number 12 among The World’s 25 Most Effective Philanthropies, putting the organization in the company of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Skoll Foundation and Oprah’s Angel Network.