Thirst for innovation continues

Six Gulf Coast companies are among 16 finalists for the $50,000 Cade Museum Prize for Innovation.

The sixth annual statewide competition for early-stage inventors and entrepreneurs in Florida is named for Dr. James Robert Cade. A medicine and physiology professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Cade invented Gatorade. The Cade Museum, according to a release, is scheduled to open later this year, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the invention of Gatorade.

The six area finalists, listed alphabetically, include: