The sticky effect seen when you rub a balloon on your hair could be used to help robots pick things up, greatly expanding what machines can do in factories.
Grabit, a spinoff of SRI International, has developed a simple and cheap robotic hand that makes use of electrostatic attraction. Grabit’s robot hand, which was demonstrated at the RoboBusiness conference in Boston last week, is a little more complex than the balloon trick: for example, it uses powered electrodes to sustain the electrostatic attraction, and alternating polarities to avoid charge buildup and keep the device from collecting dust.
Eibar et Barcelone vont faire partie des trois villes test choisies pour mener à bien un projet européen de création d'une plateforme futuriste de mesure et de gestion de la consommation d'énergie au sein des agglomérations. Baptisé EURB-GRADE, ce projet rassemble plusieurs entreprises, entités locales et centres technologiques espagnols, parmi lesquels le centre technologique IK4-TEKNIKER d'Eibar, ainsi que d'autres acteurs du Danemark et de Finlande. Ses promoteurs souhaitent explorer le potentiel d'un concept, dit le DaaS (District as a Service), pour la gestion énergétique des villes européennes.
La Cour des comptes a rendu public jeudi 23 octobre un rapport sur la grande vitesse ferroviaire.Elle évoque « un modèle à bout de souffle, au coût devenu non soutenable » . Les magistrats soulignent la responsabilité que portent les collectivités locales et l’État dans la baisse régulière de la rentabilité du TGV.
Le TGV, fierté française, serait-il en train de dérailler – et même d’entraîner avec lui tout le système ferroviaire français ? La situation n’est sans doute pas aussi grave.
Frantziako Kontuen Auzitegiak abiadura handiko trenaren (AHT) inguruko txostena aurkeztu zuen atzo. Abiadura Handiko trernarekiko jarrrera ezezkorra nagusitu da
Abiadura Handiko Trenaren(AHT) kontrako jarrerak areagotzen ari dira. Frantziako Kontuen Auzitegiak atzo plazaratutako txostenak, AHT-ak ekar ditzakeen ondorioak aurkeztu zituen: ondorio ekonomiko negatiboak, ingurumena kaltetu eta onuragarritasun eza nagusitu ziren txostenean. CADE kolektiboak nabarmendu duenez, txostenak, kolektiboak 1992a geroztik salatzen dituen hainbat puntu berresten ditu.
LEINN graduko lehen mailako ikasleek hartuko dute parte Mondragon Unibertsitateko Enpresagintza fakultatearen Oñatiko kanpusean gaur egingo duten jardunaldian. Estatuan bakarra den Lidergo Ekintzailea eta Berrikuntzako gradua 2009an jarri zuten abian. Guztira 160 leinner bilduko dira gaurko ekitaldian, eta taldean lan egiteko hainbat ekimen jarriko dituzte abian. Oñatiko eta Bidasoako kanpusetako ikasleez gain, LEINN graduak Bilbon, Madrilen, Bartzelonan, Valentzian eta Amsterdamen dituen guneetako partaideak izango dira bertan.
The Internet of Things, or IoT, is emerging as the next technology mega-trend, with repercussions across the business spectrum. By connecting to the Internet billions of everyday devices – ranging from fitness bracelets to industrial equipment – the IoT merges the physical and online worlds, opening up a host of new opportunities and challenges for companies, governments and consumers.
In research cutting across sectors and regions, the Global Investment Research Division at Goldman Sachs examines the drivers that are bringing the Internet of Things to reality now and assesses the implications for the first industries being impacted.
Diseinu Berrikuntza Zentroa (DBZ) de Mondragon Unibertsitea promueve el proyecto INBEDI (Industri Berrikuntza sustatzeko Diseinu metodoen Ikaskuntza), que pretende empoderar y acompañar a las empresas gipuzkoanas en su metodología de diseño.
En este marco de este proyecto, Diseinu Berrikuntza Zentroa - DBZ organiza un Taller Formativo a través de la Experimentación sobre “User Driven Innovation & Design Thinking”.
How much is the hot ‘Uber for X’ category of startups booming? Total funding to ‘Uber for X’ (or ‘AirBnB for Y’) startup companies has hit $1.46 billion in the last four quarters, 94% of which came in the first three quarters of 2014. Of note, 2014 has seen nearly 20 deals per quarter go to on-demand mobile startups.
As funding piles in, this analysis takes a data-driven look at the financing trends, investors and company performance of the expanding category of on-demand mobile services startups (ODMS).
One of the most important companies driving the next generation of wireless communications is Qualcomm. Its chips and wireless modems are in just about every phone on the market, and have made it possible for much of the world to go online via wireless technology. So when I got an invite to its recent developer conference in San Francisco, I decided to go and see what else it was doing in wireless technology that might advance the world of communication.
Ford is giving its cars the ability to spot—and avoid hitting—pedestrians using a combination of radar and camera sensing. The system will appear in Europe next year on Ford’s Mondeo sedan.
Although similar technology is available in some high-end cars, like the Mercedes S-Class, the move from Ford shows how rapidly automation is coming even to modest vehicles. The pedestrian detection that Ford is developing could also prove crucial to fully automated vehicles capable of driving in complex situations—something that remains out of reach.
