San Diego-based GlySens says it has raised $12 million in Series C funding to advance its wireless technology for an implantable sensor that could be used to monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes.
No investors were identified in the statement issued by GlySens, which says only that several new investors participated in the round, along with a group of existing investors.
From new survey methodologies to building techniques, 2014 has shown many noteworthy milestones. Here are some of the best trends and new technology in the construction industry that have made news in 2014.
Reality Capture Technologies. AEC may stand for architecture, engineering, and construction, but before any of that can happen, there has to be a survey. So it’s no wonder that 2014 brought some interesting advances to this very fundamental industry.
The company can now offer predictive maintenance and optimization services for more than $1 trillion worth of Internet-connected industrial equipment, ranging from medical equipment to jet engines.
The square, squat robot scuttles across the stage on command, pausing next to a massive model depicting a locomotive engine.
Its sensors probe the surroundings, collecting and analyzing temperatures. Detecting an unusually high reading, it calls for help from a field service agent. When his human colleague arrives, the robot sends its report to his smart eyeglasses, offering step-by-step repair instructions it downloaded from a cloud database.
"I watched the piles of feces go up the conveyor belt and drop into a large bin," Gates, the Microsoft cofounder and billionaire philanthropist, wrote in a blog post on Monday. "They made their way through the machine, getting boiled and treated. A few minutes later I took a long taste of the end result: a glass of delicious drinking water."
There’s no doubt that cancer is one of the world’s most vicious diseases. For decades, scientists have been trying to find a cure for cancer, a terminal illness that kills 8 million people worldwide every year. With 14 million new cancer cases diagnosed around the globe every year, according to the World Health Organization, the need for prevention is vital. Now, an Israeli biotechnology company is developing a vaccine for cancer, which is not designed to treat the disease – but to prevent it from returning.
A smart home hub is a dumb purchase if most of your appliances aren’t smart, too. So Ukrainian startup Branto developed a hub that has a built-in 360-degree camera and speaker for security and telepresence, in addition to being able to operate gadgets over Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and infrared. That’s a lot of functionality for $399, and it works even if your power or Wi-Fi goes down.
Today, Branto unveiled its stylish little smart orb at TechCrunch’s CES Hardware Battlefield, and its now available for pre-order on Kickstarter.
Sutro, a startup presenting at TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield in Las Vegas, is aiming to remove one of the big headaches of owning a backyard swimming pool or spa.
Now, I don’t have a pool myself (weird, I know), but co-founders Ravi Kurani and Amanda Nagai told me that owners are expected to constantly check and adjust the chlorine and pH levels of their pool — otherwise they could end up with water that has a nasty chlorine smell, burns their eyes, or ruins the lining of their pool.
2014 was a successful year for Germany’s Energiewende green energy project, with a study stating that for the first time, renewables led power production in Germany. EurActiv Germany reports.
Germany’s green energy transition project, Energiewende, is boasting significant progress compared to one year ago. For the first time, 2014 renewable energy sources were the most important source in the country’s power mix.
Más de 150 profesionales y expertos del sector sanitario nacional se dieron cita en la VI Jornada organizada por MONDRAGON Health, SEDISAy Osakidetzaque tuvo lugar en el Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo y en el que se presentaron los nuevos modelos de gestión que se están implantando en las instituciones sanitarias de todo el Estado.El nexo adjunto permite acceder a las ponencias de esta jornada:
