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"Asian nations continue to represent seven of the state’s top 10 trading partners in 2005, accounting for for 56 percent of all exports sales," said Commerce & Labor director Roger B. Madsen.

Madsen added that Gov. Dirk Kempthorne is asking Idaho lawmakers for $300,000 to help establish a part-time office in Japan to foster future partnerships like the Episciences/Rohto Pharmaceutical deal.

The labels, which can stick to a cardboard box or crate, track the temperature every five minutes for up to four weeks and then transfer that information to a computer.

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You could say Idaho is a cinematographer’s dream: gorgeous mountains, vintage ghost towns, expansive deserts and sparkling lakes.

Idaho TechConnect is a newly chartered private non-profit organization established to implement part of the commercialization strategy in the Idaho Science and Technology Strategic Plan, a roadmap document for developing Idaho’s technology sector developed by the Governor’s Science & Technology Advisory Council.

"We have been aggressive in our efforts to expand opportunities for Idaho businesses and these numbers reflect our great success story in our continued efforts to sell Idaho goods and services around the world," Kempthorne said. "Our trade missions to Asia and Mexico have opened doors for Idaho exports and built relationships that are producing amazing results."

Hull is now looking for representatives to sell the product, and for dealers to stock them. He’s also working on a version for airplane tie-downs.

TenXsys is developing the sensors and BSU’s Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanics Research (COBR) is testing the accuracy of the sensors using computer animation technology at COBR’s lab. It is the first time COBR — a lab run by BSU’s engineering and kinesiology departments — has collaborated with an outside company on research.

According to Mulholland’s owner, the move can’t come quick enough.