Google and Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis announced this morning that they will be collaborating on bringing Google’s smart contact lens technology, which contains sensors for tracking things like blood glucose levels for diabetics, to consumers.
Google announced the smart lens project back in January, but at the time it was clear the company would need some sort of partner to make it a reality. The project came out of Google X, the skunkworks shop that also developed Google Glass and the company’s self-driving car initiative.
El grupo no desarrollará cinco parques en A Coruña y Ourense por falta de viabilidad económica.
Gas Natural Fenosa ha revisado su cartera de proyectos eólicos en Galicia y ha decidido continuar con el desarrollo del 58,4% de los megavatios que le habían sido adjudicados en el concurso eólico de la Xunta de 2010, mientras que desiste de instalar 141 MW en cinco parques, debido a la "falta de viabilidad económica" tras el nuevo marco regulatorio que define la retribución de la generación eólica.
GE is taking mass production to a lofty new level. The company is pulling 3D printing out of the lab and installing it at the heart of the world’s first factory for printing jet engine fuel nozzles in Auburn, Ala.
The company has spent the last several years developing technologies ranging from data analysis to machine monitoring and preventive maintenance to get 3D printing ready for production prime time. “We need to have systems in place that anticipate a failure before it happens,” says Steve Rengers, principal engineer for additive manufacturing at GE Aviation. “This has not been done before.”
Google, through its Nest Labs home automation division, today announced another major step toward the formation of an ecosystem for connected home devices and apps.
Nest, along with Samsung, ARM, and four other partners, today announced a new home automation network protocol called Thread, along with a new industry group (the “Thread Group”) that will guide the adoption of the new protocol, the companies say.
The lock maker Yale Security, chip makers Silicon Labs and Freescale Semiconductor, and ceiling fan maker Big Ass Fans round out the group’s founding members.
Euskalduna jauregian Stirling teknologiari buruzko 16. Nazioarteko Kongresua ospatuko da. Hiru egun efizientzia energetikoari eta teknologia “berdeei” buruzko ezagutza eta aplikazioak konpartitzeko. Efizientzia energetikoa eta energia berritzaileari aplikaturiko Stirling teknologiaren mundu mailako elitea batzartuko du hiriak. Kongresua Bilboko Euskalduna Jauregian ospatuko da irailaren 24, 25 eta 26an.
Eusko Jaurlaritzako eta Diputazioko ordezkariez gain, Paul Verhoef, Energia Berri eta Berritzaileen Europako Komisarioa, eta Carlo M. Bartollini, Stirling Internationaleko Presidentea ere bertaratuko dira.
Home Depot is bringing a high-tech twist to its do-it-yourself wares.
The world’s largest home-improvement chain now sells 3D printers from MakerBot in a dozen of its stores across California, New York, and Illinois, MakerBot announced today.
The pilot program, as MakerBot describes it, includes kiosks in each store with trained representatives hosting regular demonstrations to educate shoppers about 3D-printing tech. The companies hope to attract the attention of builders, architects, designers, and general consumers, who can use the printers to produce replacement parts, product prototypes, architectural designs, and more, MakerBot said in a statement.
Comcast has acquired PowerCloud Systems, according to Tyson Marian, who works in Strategic Development at Comcast. The company is not disclosing any financial information related to the deal.
PowerCloud Systems builds web monitoring tools and analytics software, including Wi-Fi management system Skydog. Last week, Skydog noted on its website that it had been acquired but didn’t provide further details. Earlier this morning Tech Crunch surmised that Comcast bought the company in a bid to offer new services to its growing audience.
Corporate venture capital (CVC) investing is back in style. Some of the most prominent names in the corporate landscape, including BMW Group, General Electric (GE), and Google, have established formal venture-capital units and made well-publicized investments in start-ups.
Venture capital investment climbed to a level not seen since 2001 in the second quarter, according to private company research firm CB Insights, whose "Financing and Exit Trends" report for the second quarter of 2014 was released on Thursday.
The way we navigate in cities has been revolutionized in the last few years by the advent of GPS mapping programs. Enter your start and end location and these will give you the shortest route from A to B.
That’s usually the best bet when driving, but walking is a different matter. Often, pedestrians want the quietest route or the most beautiful but if they turn to a mapping application, they’ll get little help.
