County commission warms up for Rays stadium vote

Pinellas County Commissioners are now up to bat regarding plans to replace Tropicana Field with a new $1.37 billion ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays.

The commission held its second and final workshop on the generational project Thursday. It came a week after St. Petersburg City Council members approved a $6.7 billion proposal to anchor a vastly reimagined Historic Gas Plant District with a new stadium.

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Meet the local ‘real world Tony Stark’

Dr. Bill Goodman fancies himself a "real-world Tony Stark," better known as Iron Man in Marvel comic lore, due to his unique work with robotics and nanotechnologies.

Innovative companies use nanotechnology to make stronger, lighter and more durable materials that better conduct electricity, along with myriad other traits. Nanoscale - less than one billionth of a meter - additives enable “smart fabrics” with sensors, ballistic energy deflection in body armor and electromagnetic shielding in next-generation space vehicles.

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