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Could This Machine Push 3-D Printing into the Manufacturing Big Leagues?

The inventor of a new kind of 3-D printer says his research group will build a massive machine capable of mass-producing competitively priced plastic parts within two years.

Making plastic parts layer by layer according to digital instructions is a very slow process compared with conventional methods. That’s why additive manufacturing–or 3-D printing, as it is more popularly known–has thus far been economical only for making small batches of niche products like dental implants and hearing-aid shells. The new technique could increase the number of parts that can be made economically this way from thousands to millions at a time, at least for small, complicated objects.

Smartspot, Which Brings Computer Vision To Gyms And Trainers, Raises $1.85M From Khosla, Signalfire,

Moawia Eldeeb has one of the more unfathomable and inspiring stories I’ve ever come across while working in Silicon Valley.

He was born to a farming family in Egypt and then made his way to Queens as a child where he earned $20 a day working in a pizza shop. He was in and out of school for years, then caught up on Khan Academy and later made it into Columbia University’s computer science program.

Now he’s founded a Y Combinator-backed company called Smartspot, which has just raised $1.85 million from Khosla Ventures and Signalfire.

Cisco acquires cloud security company OpenDNS for $635M.

Networking technology giant Cisco has announced that it’s acquiring cloud-based security company OpenDNS in a deal worth $635 million.

Founded out of San Francisco in 2005, OpenDNS provides a cross-platform online threat-protection service which Cisco says it will use to boost its own security, adding “broad visibility and threat intelligence from the OpenDNS cloud delivered platform.”

Intel Capital invests in $39M round for certificate and key management startup Venafi.

Venafi has raised a huge $39 million round of funding from Intel Capital, QuestMark Partners, and Silver Lake Waterman.

The encryption key and security certificate manager says it’s using the money to expand its client base and to create new products for the burgeoning Internet of Things market.

Nueva desinversión de General Electric: vende su división europea Sponsor Finance por 2.200 millones de dólares.

General Electric (GE) ha llegado a un acuerdo con la filial europea de Sumitomo Mitsui (SMBC) para venderle su división europea Sponsor Finance por 2.200 millones de dólares (1.967 millones).

Asimismo, la compañía ha explicado que mantendrá su inversión de 1.000 millones de dólares (894 millones de euros) en las joint ventures 'European Senior Secured Loan Programme' y 'European Loan Programme', formadas por filiales de General Electric y de Ares Capital.

The Economy of Things: Extracting new value from the Internet of Things.

Thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), physical assets are turning into participants in real-time global digital markets. The countless types of assets around us will become as easily indexed, searched and traded as any online commodity. While some industries will be tougher to transform than others – those with physical limitations, such as manufacturing, will be harder to digitize – untold economic opportunities exist for growth and advancement. Our research shows this will create a new “Economy of Things” with significant consequences.

LKS ampliará las instalaciones de PV SONS en India.

LKS INDIA realizará el proyecto, la dirección de obra y la gestión de proyecto y construcción de la ampliación de las instalaciones que PV Sons tiene en Pune. El proyecto de ampliación consiste en la construcción de tres silos, un edificio auxiliar y servicios públicos, en una parcela de 9.000 m². Cada silo, con capacidad para 4.200 toneladas, tendrá 18 m de diámetro y 21 m de altura.

PV Sons es una empresa familiar dedicada a la elaboración de productos y aperitivos de maíz y arroz. Situada estratégicamente en Pune, Maharashtra, cerca del puerto de Mumbai, abastece al mercado de India y a diversos países de todo el mundo.

Puerto Rico entra en bancarrota y pilla a Abertis con 1.000 millones en autopistas.

Mientras los ojos de todo el universo financiero estaban puesto en Grecia, muy lejos del país mediterráneo se estaba cociendo otra crisis financiera de cierta magnitud. Ni más ni menos que el default de la deuda de Puerto Rico, incapaz de hacer frente a los créditos de las eléctricas municipales. Una bancarrota que pilla a Abertis con una inversión de más de 1.000 millones.

El Tribunal de Cuentas cuestiona la solvencia financiera del AVE.

El presidente del Tribunal de Cuentas, Ramón Álvarez de Miranda, ha advertido este lunes al Parlamento de que los 28.396 millones de euros que aún hace falta invertir para completar la red ferroviaria de alta velocidad conllevaría, en función del modelo actual de financiación, un nivel de endeudamiento que pondría en riesgo la sostenibilidad económica de Adif Alta Velocidad.

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