12th Annual Cade Prize Winners AnnouncedGainesville, Fla. (October 1, 2021) –The Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention is pleased to announce SPKL, LLC of Tampa, Florida is the winner of the 2021 Cade Prize for developing the rbSEE blood flow monitor, a vastly better way to measure blood flow and improve treatment of traumatic brain injuries, stroke and a variety of diseases. The company developed a non-invasive, wearable blood flow monitor that can be used on any tissue surface of the body - the arm, leg, brain, or wounds - to obtain continuous blood flow measurement of a localized area at the patient's bedside. Other Cade Prize winners are: Second place – EcoaTEX of Athens, Ga. for its sustainable, nanoparticle textile dyeing process that will save enormous amounts of water; third place – Aurita of Gainesville, Fla. for its three-dimensional tool to help researchers defeat cancer; fourth place – Versatile Sensor Technology of Gainesville, Fla. for its rapid Covid test that uses a handheld electrical sensor to detect COVID in saliva; and, fifth place – ResonanceDX, Inc. of Atlanta, Ga. for its rapid test to diagnose and help treat septic shock. Versatile Sensor Technology won the People’s Choice Award. Judging took place prior to the Cade Prize Awards Ceremony on September 30 at the Cade Museum in Gainesville, Florida. In addition to first place winner SPKL, LLC, four more Cade Prize winners were chosen from a field of 21 Fibonacci Finalists and will share $64,000 in cash prizes: $34,000 for first place, $13,000 for second place, $8,000 for third place, $5,000 for fourth place, $3,000 for fifth place, and $1,000 for the People’s Choice. The winners will each receive $2,000 of in-kind legal services. This year’s Cade Prize drew innovators from research universities and the private sector whose work addresses critical issues impacting the Southeast: Agriculture/Environmental, Healthcare/Biomedical, IT/Technology, Energy and a Wild Card category. “This is twelfth year the Cade Prize has celebrated innovators with groundbreaking, early-stage, inventions that can one day change the world,” said Richard Miles, Cade Prize Committee Chair. “Funding and recognition from winning the prize is a catalyst for nascent companies. It will be exciting to see how this year’s life-changing inventions will make a difference when they come to fruition years from now.” Past winners and finalists have included the NEWgenerator, whose technology is being adapted to grow food on the Moon and Mars, and On Running Shoes, now worn and promoted by celebrity athletes like tennis star Roger Federer. “Winning the Cade Prize validated our idea, funded the research to advance it, and now we’ve become part of the supportive Cade family,” said 2014 Cade Prize Winner, Dr. Daniel Yeh, PhD, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of South Florida. Yeh and his team developed NEWgenerator, a solar-powered machine that converts human wastewater into clean water, renewable energy, and nutrient fertilizer, providing a solution to the clean water and sanitation problem in the developing world. Since winning the Cade Prize, NEWgenerator has been field tested in India and South Africa through a partnership with the Gates Foundation. In the future, NEWgenerator could be used in natural disasters – such as hurricanes – domestically and worldwide. This is the second year the competition has extended beyond Florida to include Georgia and Alabama, with plans to expand across the Southeast. The Cade Prize is sponsored by Scott R. MacKenzie, Florida Trend, Modern Luxury, the Community Foundation of North Central Florida, James Moore Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, Rhys Williams and Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk Intellectual Property Law. Visit cademuseum.org/cadeprize to learn more. About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum’s mission is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. In 2004, Dr. Robert Cade and his family established the Cade Museum Foundation to build the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Cade, a physician and professor of medicine at the University of Florida, was best known as the lead inventor of Gatorade in 1965. The Cade Museum is located at 811 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601. An independent 501(c)(3) public foundation, the museum receives no operational funding from federal, state, or local governments, or the University of Florida. Visit CadeMuseum.org for more information. ### Photos: SPKL, LLC of Tampa, Florida won the 2021 Cade Prize for their invention, rbSEE blood flow monitor EcoaTEX of Athens, Ga. presents their sustainable, nanoparticle textile dyeing process at the Cade Prize Awards Ceremony
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Grownups unleash their inner child at Cade After Dark 21+GAINESVILLE, FLA., September 29, 2021—Close your work emails, set aside your textbooks, hire a sitter—the Cade Museum’s Cade After Dark 21+ is a night just for grownups who need a break from adulting. The after-hours event premieres Oct. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m., and recurs the third Friday of the month (Nov. 19, Dec. 17) for the remainder of 2021. At Cade After Dark, adults can channel their inner child and have at the museum, getting their hands sticky with gooey slime and testing their strength and endurance in the museum’s Sweat Solution exhibit while learning about Dr. Bob Cade, the lead inventor of Gatorade -- a Renaissance man who never outgrew his joy of discovery. In Toys & Games, the Cade’s fall theme, big kids can revel in the nostalgia of board games, playthings and Gen X-era video games. Explore inventions related to play from PlayDoh to Lincoln Logs to Nintendo, play an intense game of Jenga, experiment like a mad scientist, and learn fun facts like why Pacman was revolutionary and that Pokémon was inspired by bug catching. Activities will occupy each space of the museum during Cade After Dark. At the cash bar, guests can redeem one free drink ticket with the price of admission ($10 per person) and additional drinks will be available for purchase. Educational, humorous tours and electrifying demonstrations add to the fun. Guests can nosh on appetizers and work off the extra carbs by climbing a “mountain” to arrive at the Petty Family Gallery. Once there, visitors can relive old days of Nintendo marathons by learning the stories behind popular video games like Legend of Zelda. Local sponsors include nearby First Magnitude and Goldie’s in Depot Park. First Magnitude beer will be served at the cash bar and Goldie’s will provide coupons to visitors with reserved tickets to get dinner before the event. Says Cade Museum President & Executive Director Stephanie Bailes, “Our hope with Cade After Dark is that we can regain some of that childlike sense of wonder and discovery we lose in our everyday routines. We are never too old to have our minds blown by an explosive science experiment or see what we think of as cut-and-dried concepts from a new perspective—how much do you weigh in chickens? How tall are you in pennies? You’ll find out at Cade After Dark.” Cade After Dark 21+ takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, Nov. 19, and Dec. 17 (third Fridays of the month for the remainder of 2021). Adults 21 and older only will be admitted. Admission is $10 per person and includes a drink ticket. Learn more at cademuseum.org. Registration links below: Oct. 15: https://bit.ly/Oct15AfterDark, Nov. 19: https://bit.ly/Nov19AfterDark Dec. 17: https://bit.ly/Dec17AfterDark About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, a museum in Gainesville, Florida is committed to transforming communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Since opening in 2018, more than 100,000 visitors have experienced the Cade’s unique hands-on programming for children designed to spark imagination and inspire creativity. The Cade’s programs also help to build bridges to the innovation economy for those without access, low-income families, underserved communities, and those needing assistance to access education and start on the career paths available to them to fulfill their dreams. To learn more about the Cade Museum’s mission, visit cademuseum.org. Located at 811 S Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Hours of operation: Thursday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday from 10 a.m - 5 p.m. ###
Cade Museum Celebrates Dr. Bob Cade’s BirthdayGAINESVILLE, FLA., September 13, 2021—He was a man before his time. He made groundbreaking discoveries long before expressions like “game-changer,” “think outside the box” or “disrupt the status quo” entered our everyday vernacular. Dr. James Robert Cade sought solutions in the most unexpected places, was a force for good in the community, and defied stereotypes around what it means to be an inventor and an entrepreneur. He was a doctor—a kidney specialist—who played violin. He was a scientist, a man of deep faith, a writer, a poet, and a collector of vintage automobiles. He invented a pneumatic football helmet and discovered an autism link in the amino acid chain of milk protein. Most famously, Dr. Cade led the team that formulated the sports drink we now know as Gatorade. Celebrate the man and the legacy on his birthday, Sunday, Sept. 26. The Cade Museum invites the public to a celebration to commemorate the date that would mark Dr. Cade’s 94th birthday with cupcakes served on the patio from noon to 2 p.m. or as long as supplies last. In 2004, Dr. Cade and his family established the Cade Museum Foundation to design and build a museum in Gainesville. The Cade Museum, named in the late doctor’s honor, opened to the public on May 19th, 2018. “Our museum reflects Dr. Cade's unstoppable spirit and new ideas and his constant, genuine interest in helping, motivating and encouraging people of all ages and experience,” said Stephanie Bailes, the Cade Museum’s President & Executive Director. Dr. Cade was born on September 26, 1927 in San Antonio, Texas. After serving in the Navy at the end of World War II, he attended the University of Texas. In 1953, he married Mary (Strasburger) Cade, a nurse from Dallas. In 1961, after completing a post-doctoral fellowship at Cornell University Hospital in New York City, he took a position at the University of Florida medical school, where he remained the rest of his life. When Dr. Cade invented Gatorade in 1965, it was a revolutionary invention that spawned a new industry—sports drinks. When the University of Florida first gave Cade’s Gatorade to Gator football players in a game against Louisiana State University in October 1965, in 102-degree heat, the L.S.U. Tigers succumbed to the Gators in the second half. In 1967, when Florida beat Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl, Bud Carson, Tech’s coach, said his team lost because they did not have Gatorade. In 1969, Hank Stram, coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, credited his team’s Super Bowl title to Gatorade. Gatorade became a Super Bowl tradition in 1985 when New York Giants players dumped it on coach Bill Parcells after his team beat the Washington Redskins. Together Dr. and Mrs. Cade raised six children and helped raise twenty grandchildren. Dr. Cade died in Gainesville on Nov, 27, 2007 and Mrs. Cade died in Gainesville on September 1, 2021. Dr. and Mrs. Cade were philanthropic pillars in the Gainesville community. They provided founding donations for the Community Foundation of North Central Florida and for the Cade Museum. The Cade Museum’s mission is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs and visionaries. Dr. Cade often quoted his favorite line from Tennyson's Ulysses "I am part of all that I have met; yet all experience is an arch where through gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades forever when I move." About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, a museum in Gainesville, Florida is committed to transforming communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Since opening in 2018, more than 100,000 visitors have experienced the Cade’s unique hands-on programming for children designed to spark imagination and inspire creativity. The Cade’s programs also help to build bridges to the innovation economy for those without access, low-income families, underserved communities, and those needing assistance to access education and start on the career paths available to them to fulfill their dreams. To learn more about the Cade Museum’s mission, visit cademuseum.org. Located at 811 S Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Hours of operation: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday-Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. ### Photos: Dr. Bob Cade and Mrs. Mary Cade
Invent Play at the Cade MuseumGAINSEVILLE, FLA. – The Cade Museum is on a new quest and is calling for all voyagers, tinkerers, and gamers to come explore the inventions of play. The Cade’s latest museum-wide theme, Toys and Games, and exhibit, The Great Indoors, welcomes explorers young and old to build their own fortress and accept their very own quest into some of their favorite video game worlds. Toys and Games Toys and Games is a museum-wide theme that explores inventions related to play, from PlayDoh to Lincoln Logs to Nintendo, with all new activities, experiments, and informational exhibit panels in the museum’s Rotunda, Creativity Lab, and Fab Lab. The Rotunda will be home to PolyCade, recently back from its voyage across the “big pond” to London. The paper polyhedrons are perfect for building fortresses tall and wide. Also in the Rotunda, visitors can explore the lands of Creativity Coaster and Rigamajig to build roller coasters and machines. On the way to the Cade’s Labs, children and families will discover that some toys were invented by accident— whoops! They can stumble into their own brilliant accidents at the Creativity Lab. Mix ideas together and stir in basic ingredients to make an oozy concoction to take home. In the Fab Lab, visitors can become game designers and explore the horizons of videogame mechanics, gameplay, and experience. The Cade’s 3D modeling program brings to life any hero or villain that might be lurking around the game designer’s imagination and using the Pay-to-Print program allows game designers to take home their new friend—or foe. That’s not all it takes to be a game designer though, visitors will also get an introduction to basic coding and then see coding in action as Ozobots, guided by code tiles, navigate mazes built by the Cade’s designers. The Great Indoors Explorers can accept their own quest after climbing a “mountain” to arrive at The Petty Family Gallery. Once there, explorers encounter challenges and activities as they learn the stories behind popular video games like Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Animal Crossing, or Katamari Damacy. With each activity, gamers take an in-depth look at the game’s inventor, learning the inspiration and the mechanics behind the games. Once gamers complete their quest, they receive a special password that unlocks a unique character in the Cade Quest arcade game, an 8-bit style video game developed by Cade Museum staff. The Toys and Games theme and The Great Indoors exhibit work together to showcase the imagination and mechanics used to build and design basic toys and the digital gaming world. Gaming techniques used in the digital world (collecting, exploring, and communicating) translate into the real world as visitors navigate the diverse challenges and activities placed around the museum. About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, a museum in Gainesville, Florida is committed to transforming communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. The Cade offers unique hands-on programming for children designed to spark imagination and inspire creativity. The Cade’s programs also help to build bridges to the innovation economy for those without access, low-income families, underserved communities, and those needing assistance to access education and start on the career paths available to them to fulfill their dreams. To learn more about the Cade Museum’s mission, visit cademuseum.org. Located at 811 S Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Hours of operation: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. ### Photos: Recently featured in London, the Cade’s exhibit PolyCade returns as a part of the Cade’s new theme Toys and Games. The paper polyhedrons can be built up to towering heights and torn down again to start over.
The power of imagination is thriving in Gainesville’s Depot Park and its bright and shiny anchor, the Cade MuseumGAINESVILLE, FLA.—Since opening in 2016, Gainesville’s Depot Park has sprung to life. The idyllic patch of land teems with picnicking families, joggers, cyclists, couples playing catch with their dogs, life-size chess matches and other boisterous outdoor activities. Sidewalks weave around ponds surrounded by wispy grasses and wildflowers, luring shorebirds, turtles, butterflies and other wildlife to the centrally located patch of land. They join the flocks of humans of all ages attending special events, movie nights, food truck rallies and art festivals. A 20-foot-wide promenade wraps around the park’s main pond, where visitors can get a closer view of the wildlife on one of the overlooks or take it all in by relaxing on a nearby bench. Blending seamlessly with Depot Park’s family-friendly vibe, the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention opened at the park three years ago and features fun, seasonal themes focused on innovations that have changed the way we live today, appealing to kids (and kids at heart) of all ages. Named in honor of Dr. James Robert Cade—the UF-based physician who, in 1965, led the team that formulated Gatorade—the museum entertains and informs with colorful exhibits, two labs full of experiments and hands-on activities, and diverse, upbeat programming that embodies the inventive spirit of its namesake. Dr. Cade, after all, lived life to the fullest as a scientist, poet, musician, polymath and collector of violins and Studebakers. The Cade’s appeal to children and families blends seamlessly with the atmosphere of Depot Park, where a playground cajoles kids into cavorting and climbing safely and easily with inclusive and accessible equipment. Swings and ramps lead to jungle gyms, and a panel with plastic spinning gears encourages sensory play. Spinning seats and a slide with rollers keep hands and feet busy. On Saturday mornings, you can take your little ones to a crafting and story hour in the museum and a trip to the playground before grabbing lunch at one of the many venues located along Depot Park. In a rehabilitated train depot are Parkside Subs & Shop for hot and cold sandwiches and craft sodas; Goldie's Burgers, serving up Florida-grown beef patties, Po' Boys and vegan options; Humble Wood Fire presenting craft pizzas; and Boxcar Beer & Wine Garden to help parents and other grown-ups unwind with Chardonnay, Merlot and craft brews. On the other side of Depot Park is First Magnitude Brewing, offering craft beers, ciders and sodas and live music and trivia nights. The City of Gainesville presents an array of activities in Depot Park to dazzle and inspire crowds from holiday light shows and DJ dance parties to pop-ups by local museums, story time with Alachua County Librarians, and free, weekly 5K runs. Depot Park is also a launching point for bicycle rides through the miles of trails connected to the park. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Depot Park celebrates Gainesville’s mid-19th century train station, which presided over a track connecting Florida’s east and west coasts. In 2012, the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency rehabilitated the Old Gainesville Depot, and today, informative displays detail the area’s rich history while hungry and thirsty visitors belly up to the depot’s bars and cafes for much-needed refreshments. Depot Park was literally overhauled from the ground up -- and down. Gas, cement and other industrial operations anchored the area in its previous life. In 1997, a federal grant helped the City of Gainesville remediate the site. The “Big Dig” included removing more than 147,000 tons of contaminated soil. When Dr. Cade and the museum’s co-founders started the Cade Museum Foundation in 2004 to build the Cade Museum (which opened in 2018), they chose Depot Park as the location because they believed in what the once industrial site could become. Today, the Cade and Depot Park work together to inspire visitors with both natural beauty and the spirit of invention. About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum’s mission is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. In 2004, Dr. James Robert Cade and his family established the Cade Museum Foundation to build the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention on Depot Park in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Cade, a physician and professor of medicine at the University of Florida, was best known as the lead inventor of Gatorade in 1965. The Cade offers unique hands-on programming designed to spark imagination and inspire creativity, not only in the museum building but also out in the community. The Cade’s programs help to build bridges to the innovation economy for those without access, low-income families, underserved communities, and those needing assistance to access education and start on the career paths available to them to fulfill their dreams. Hours of Operation: Thursday-Friday, 12pm-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm Location: 811 S. Main, Gainesville, FL 32601 Visit CadeMuseum.org for more information. About Depot Park Depot Park is the crown jewel of the City of Gainesville’s municipal parks, home to 32-acres of trails, tree canopy and wetlands. Since opening in 2016, Depot Park has become a popular place for walking, cycling, and splashing in our one of a kind play area with custom splash pad. This signature greenspace celebrates the history of Gainesville as a mid-19th century stop along the Florida Railroad connecting Florida’s east and west coasts from Fernandina to Cedar Key. In 2012, the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) rehabilitated the Old Gainesville Depot, a historic train station listed on national register. Today, visitors to the park can learn more about the area’s historic past while picking up refreshments at any of the shops within the station. 
Measurement Rules comes to the Cade MuseumGainesville, Florida, August 31, 2021 – How many chickens do you weigh? How tall are you in apples or inches or pennies? Can you use your foot as a ruler? The answers to these and other questions can be explored at Measurement Rules, an interactive exhibit at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention on display from September 19, 2021 to January 2, 2022. It might be common to measure using standard tools such as measuring tapes and vessels, but the Measurement exhibit will explore some nonstandard ones such as balancing scales, odometers, calipers, 3-D imaging and counting "Mississippis." “We’ve designed this exhibit to enable kids to work together and become more confident in the language of measurement,” explains Anne Fullenkamp, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh’s Director of Design. Measurement Rules was created by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and locally sponsored by Visit Gainesville, Alachua County and CAMPUS USA Credit Union. You can explore concepts of length, time, volume and weight in a variety of ways: LENGTH
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“At the Cade Museum we believe that anyone can be a problem solver, a builder of new things, an inventor—they just need to develop the right mindset,” says Stephanie Bailes, Cade Museum President and Executive Director. “We are thrilled to bring Measurement Rules to our community because it encourages visitors to think outside the box and see mass, weight, and length in new ways. Thinking creatively about the ways in which we measure our world helps develop that inventive mindset and fuels the innovators in all of us. With the coming fourth industrial revolution, our children and communities need this mindset now more than ever.” About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum’s mission is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. In 2004, Dr. James Robert Cade and his family established the Cade Museum Foundation to build the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Cade, a physician and professor of medicine at the University of Florida, was best known as the lead inventor of Gatorade in 1965. An independent 501(c)(3) public foundation, the museum receives no operational funding from federal, state, or local governments, or the University of Florida. Hours of Operation: Thursday-Friday, 12pm-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm Location: 811 S. Main, Gainesville, FL 32601 Visit CadeMuseum.org for more information. About Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is a place that delights and inspires children, where they can take off on fantastic flights of imagination daily, and return to earth to splash in a river, hammer a nail and ink a silkscreen. With 80,000 square feet of space the Museum welcomes more than 302,500 visitors annually and provides tons of fun and loads of “real stuff” experiences for play and learning. Permanent hands-on, interactive exhibit areas at the Museum include The Studio, Theater, Waterplay, Attic, Nursery, Backyard and MAKESHOP®. The Museum’s award-winning, three-story, center building is screened by a shimmering wind Sculpture and connects two historic structures (Allegheny Post Office Building & the Buhl Building). In 2006 the Museum became a certified green building and was honored by the American Institute for Architects and the National Historic Preservation Trust. In 2015 Parents Magazine named the Museum one of the nation’s fifteen top children’s museums .and in 2017 the Children’s Museum was Voted One of the Nation’s Ten Best Museums for Families in USA Today 10Best Reader’s Choice Contest for Best Museum for Families in America. 
Cade Prize Fibonacci Finalists showcase their prize-worthy discoveries at Q&A From high-performance running shoes to medical breakthroughs, the annual Cade Prize for Innovation awards the thinkers and tinkerers whose inventions make our lives safer, healthier and happier. On Saturday, Sept. 11, the Cade Museum will commemorate the top 21 finalists of its prestigious competition with the Virtual Fibonacci Finalists Q&A. Special events throughout the day will celebrate the milestone both virtually and inside the state-of-the-art museum. It all starts at 10 a.m. on Zoom, when museum Co-Founder and Chairman Phoebe Cade Miles — daughter of the museum’s namesake, Dr. James Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade — will address the forum with welcoming remarks, followed by her husband, Richard Miles, Cade Prize Committee Chair and museum Co-Founder. The finalists will then share their inspirations during virtual Q&A sessions from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Each session will last about 30 minutes and will reflect a different prize category: Agriculture/Environmental, Energy, Healthcare/Biomedical, IT/Technology and Wildcard. The free, informal virtual event is great for viewers of all ages: from high school and college students wanting to learn more about career paths to anyone excited about cutting-edge technologies and glimpses of the future. The Virtual Fibonacci Finalists Q&A will also be played in the Cade Museum for visitors to watch. Activities inspired by past Fibonacci Finalists’ inventions will complement regular museum programming. “We are excited to hear from our 2021 Fibonacci Finalists about the market potential of their groundbreaking inventions,” says Stephanie Bailes, Cade Museum President and Executive Director. “Past winners and finalists have included NewGenerator, currently being adapted by NASA for use on the Moon and Mars, and On Running Shoes, now worn and promoted by celebrity athletes like Roger Federer. It’s thrilling to imagine the ways this year’s group of finalists could change the world.” Five of the 21 finalists will be selected as Cade Prize Award winners on September 30. “We are proud to have supported innovators over the past eleven years with some of the most generous cash seed-money prizes in the U.S,” says Richard Miles, Cade Prize Committee Chair. “This prize is a catalyst for nascent companies. Invention continues to fuel billion-dollar economies and many of our Cade Prize winners have played roles in advancing important business sectors. We are looking forward to seeing what the twelfth year of Cade Prize brings.” Since 2010, the Cade Prize has celebrated innovation by identifying, recognizing and rewarding inventors and entrepreneurs from research universities and the private sector, who, through an invention, demonstrate a creative approach to addressing problems in their field of expertise. This is the second year the competition has expanded beyond Florida to include Alabama and Georgia, with the goal of expanding across the Southeast. In the past, the Cade Prize has awarded a total of $50,000 in cash prizes. Thanks to a generous pledge from Scott. R. MacKenzie, the Cade Prize will award $64,000 in 2021: $34,000 for first place, $13,000 for second place, $8,000 for third place, $5,000 for fourth place, $3,000 for fifth place and $1,000 for the People’s Choice. Final judging will take place at the Cade Prize Awards Ceremony at the Cade Museum on Sept. 30. The Cade Prize is sponsored by Scott R. MacKenzie, Florida Trend, the Gainesville Sun, Modern Luxury, Community Foundation of North Central Florida, and Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk law firm. To learn more, visit cademuseum.org/cadeprize. Register for this free, virtual event at: https://38646.blackbaudhosting.com/38646/Cade-Prize-Fibonacci-Finalist. A Zoom link will be provided. About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum’s mission is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. In 2004, Dr. James Robert Cade and his family established the Cade Museum Foundation to build the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Cade, a physician and professor of medicine at the University of Florida, was best known as the lead inventor of Gatorade in 1965. The Cade Museum is located at 811 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601. An independent 501(c)(3) public foundation, the museum receives no operational funding from federal, state, or local governments, or the University of Florida. Visit CadeMuseum.org for more information. *In mathematics, Fibonacci numbers, form a sequence called the Fibonacci sequence. Fibonacci numbers are strongly related to the golden ratio, a proportion commonly used in classical architecture and the design of the Cade Museum.
12th Annual Cade Prize Announces Fibonacci Finalists Gainesville, Fla. (August 16, 2021) – Judges for the 2021 Annual Cade Prize for Innovation have selected 21 Fibonacci Finalists from Florida, Georgia and Alabama, who will be competing for $50,000 of prize money. The winners will be announced September 30, 2021. Since 2010, the Cade Prize for Innovation has drawn creative thinkers affiliated with research universities and from the private sector who submit groundbreaking, early-stage inventions with significant market potential. This year’s 21 Fibonacci Finalists are:
“The Cade Prize captures the excitement of new, early-stage ideas that can change the world we live in,” said Richard Miles, Cade Museum co-founder. “We help inventors move beyond invention and take the first step into the marketplace – whether it's paying for a patent or hiring a researcher - so they can go to the next level and attract significant investors. The funding and recognition from winners’ inventions often takes years to materialize and make a difference." Final judging will take place at the Cade Prize Awards Ceremony at the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention in Gainesville, Florida on September 30. $50,000 in cash prizes will be awarded: $21,000 first prize, $13,000 second prize, $8,000 third prize, $5,000 fourth prize and $3,000 fifth prize. This is the second year the competition extended beyond Florida to include Georgia and Alabama, with plans to expand across the Southeast. The Cade Prize is sponsored by Florida Trend, the Gainesville Sun, Modern Luxury, Community Foundation of North Central Florida, and Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk law firm. To learn more, visit cademuseum.org/cadeprize. About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention’s mission is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. It was established by the family of Dr. Robert Cade, a physician and professor of medicine at the University of Florida, best known as the lead inventor of Gatorade in 1965. The Cade Prize is one of the museum’s capstone initiatives.
Celebrate Fibonacci Day with the Cade MuseumGainesville, Florida, August 5, 2021—The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention is celebrating Fibonacci Day on Friday, August 13, 2021 from noon to 5 p.m. Did you know the Cade Museum’s building was designed using the Fibonacci Sequence, a mathematical golden ratio? Learn more in architectural tours of the museum and grounds offered throughout the day. Read a mini-exhibit on Fibonacci numbers and learn hands-on how the numbers work in nature and design through activities and experiments. While you may have heard of Pi Day celebrations, you likely haven’t heard of Fibonacci Day celebrations. That’s because they are so rare. August 13, 2021 (8-13-21) will be the last date that corresponds with the sequence until nearly a hundred years from now. The Fibonacci sequence is named for Leonardo (Fibonacci) De Pisa who introduced the mathematical concept to Europe in the 11th century. The series of numbers starts with 0 and 1, and each number after is found by adding the two previous numbers (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34...). The last “Fibonacci day” fell on May 8, 2013 (5-8-13) and the next will fall on January 1, 2102 (1-1-02). The Fibonacci sequence is often referred to as the golden ratio. The numbers are related to spiral growth and are found in nature in the spirals of pinecones, pineapples, or snail shells and more. The numbers are associated with beauty and patterns that appeal to the eye. Renaissance architects often used the golden ratio in their building proportions and artists like Leonardo Da Vinci incorporated it into their paintings. The Cade Museum was built using the golden ratio to create a sense of harmony, balance, and beauty in the physical space. It also represents the Cade’s mission to transform communities and the vision to spread an inventive mindset around the world. “We took the classical divine proportion of the ancient Greeks and we put it on a spiral,” says Phoebe Cade Miles, co-founder of the Cade Museum. “The spiral starts in the very center of the rotunda. It spirals out and out and out. We actually tracked it through the whole world to see where the spiral would go and it’s pretty exciting.” About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, a museum in Gainesville, Florida is committed to transforming communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Since opening in 2018, more than 100,000 visitors have experienced the Cade’s unique hands-on programming for children designed to spark imagination and inspire creativity. The Cade’s programs also help to build bridges to the innovation economy for those without access, low-income families, underserved communities, and those needing assistance to access education and start on the career paths available to them to fulfill their dreams. To learn more about the Cade Museum’s mission, visit cademuseum.org. Located at 811 S Main Street. Hours of operation: Friday-Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. ###
Aviation Academy Co-Pilots with the Cade to Uplift Youth Gainesville, Florida, July 6, 2021—The Cade Museum has partnered with the nonprofit 100 Black Men of Greater Florida GNV to present the 2021 Aviation Academy. The two-day event launched at the Cade on June 25 with an Aviation Night celebration. The gala invited local youth and their parents to hobnob like the VIPs they truly are before hearing guest speaker James Albury, director of Santa Fe College’s Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, give a compellingly star-struck talk. After his speech, Albury engaged the dressed-up students in an educational Q&A. Designed to inspire and educate teens about the world of aviation, the two-day academy guided parents and their kids through a series of information stations that delved into weather, aerodynamics, flight patterns and aviation careers. After learning about flying, the teens headed skyward for the full experience with guest pilot Courtland Savage of The Culture Inc. "The 100 Black Men of Greater Florida Aviation Day has provided an opportunity for young people in the greater Gainesville area to learn about all things aviation, STEM, and to ultimately to get a head start on life,” said Matt Bowman, the organization’s Co-Founder and Vice President. Bowman acknowledged that teens make a large consumer demographic when it comes to technology, and given their ability to learn video games, computer software and electronic devices at a breakneck pace, they are uniquely positioned to become the innovators of the future. “We are trying to help them become creators of technology," Bowman added. Paving the way for more experimentation and learning in the year to come, the Cade has also provided Aviation Academy youth with free community memberships to the museum. “We are extremely excited to host our kickoff event at Cade Museum,” Bowman added. “The Cade Museum is one of the top creative centers in the South. Our partnership highlights our commitment to aviation and the future of technology in Gainesville.” The mission of the Cade Museum is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs and visionaries. “We are a mission with a museum,” says Senior Director of Outreach Jody Farmer. “100 Black Men gets to the core of what the Cade is all about—believing and investing in the future and encouraging young people in our community. What I love about this partnership is the ‘I can do’ factor. This event allows youth to see a pathway of possibilities for a future of innovation—and not just a future, but a pathway forward today.” About 100 Black Men The 100 Black Men of Greater Florida GNV Chapter is a group of Black Men committed to making a meaningful difference in the community they serve. The influence of this chapter is achieved through the cultivation of partnerships with respected social and professional organizations who share a similar passion for affecting positive change. The first chapter of the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. was founded in 1963. The organization was initially a loose association of nine independent groups located in different metropolitan areas. Successful businessmen from a variety of social, educational, and economic sectors came together for a common purpose – to make a difference in the lives of African American youth and their communities. In 1986, these groups joined forces to create a national non-profit federation now known as 100 Black Men of America, Inc. Since its founding, the “100” has grown to 106 Chapters with approximately 10,000 African American men committed to the organization’s founding mission- to enhance the quality of life in African American communities by improving the educational, economic and social status of African Americans. The organization now serves more than 125,000 youth annually through its mentoring, training and development programs. For more information about 100 Black Men of Greater Florida-Gainesville, visit 100blackmenfl.org or facebook.com/100blackmengreaterflorida. About the Cade Museum In 2004, Dr. James Robert Cade and his family began work on the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention in Gainesville, Florida. The Cade’s mission is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Dr. Cade, a physician and professor of medicine at the University of Florida, was best known as the leader of the team that invented Gatorade in 1965. The Cade Museum is located at 811 S. Main St., Gainesville, FL 32601. An independent 501(c)(3) public foundation, the museum receives no operational funding from federal, state, or local governments, or the University of Florida. Visit www.CadeMuseum.org for more information.
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