Over these next few days, we’ll be publishing five stories from the latest special section that ran in The Reader, an Omaha weekly alternative newspaper. This special section, titled disRUPT (left: cover, courtesy of The Reader, photo by Marlon Wright), is a partnership between The Reader, Scott Technology Center and us, Silicon Prairie News.

Here’s the introduction to the series, also published in The Reader’s November 4-10, 2010 issue:

Disruptive Technology: A term coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen to describe a new technology that unexpectedly displaces an established technology.

disRUPT? Think Google, the iPod and Facebook. These are examples of disruptive business that changed the way we gather information, listen to and purchase music, and connect with friends. The publication is designed to give a glimpse into the lives of our region’s top disrupters – leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists, creatives and innovators.

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This partnership is unique. It brings together three seemingly disparate organziastions that are vested in our community – a traditional media company, and emerging technology incubator and a young blog and events producer – to share knowledge and resources to cover and support unique individuals across the ends of the experience spectrum.

Contributing Editor: Steve Brewer

Photography: Marlon Wright

Contributors: Jesse Claeys, Jasmine Maharisi and Sean McCart

Here are the five articles you’ll see published in the coming days:

• A Firm Grip: Omaha doctor invents ergonomic medical instruments
• Healthy Economy: UNeMed helps get new breakthroughs to patients
• Digital Records: Nebraska Health Information Initiative works toward better healthcare database
• Spin Doctors: Nanotechnology research is tiny, but important to IT development
• Way to Pay: Financial Transmission Network Inc. helps clients streamline payments

To view the articles from the first disRUPT series, see: siliconprairienews.com/tags/disrupt-i.