We’ve got StackSearch and its Qbox getting a national plug; a list of the biggest VC exits from New York; the rise of ag tech, and a Memorial Day look at the innovation behind the Ghost Army of WWII.

InvoTek, an IA client based in Alma, recently received a grant from the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority to support FCC certification of the latest version of its Safe Laser System.

IA client NanoWatt Design has received a $150,000, Phase 1 SBIR grant to support its new circuit architecture, Sleep Convention Logic.

Ten participating teams will be chosen this month from among 92 teams representing 14 countries that applied. The ARK, which debuted last fall in Fayetteville, will return for 14 weeks from June through early September.