Automatic, the smart driving assistant that combines a small hardware device that plugs in your car and a mobile app that provides drivers with data about their vehicle and their driving habits, is now available on Android. Previously an iOS-only application, this release also delivers a couple of new features as well, including an Android-exclusive “do not disturb” mode and a Crash Alert functionality.
Google isn’t the only high-tech group working to produce driverless vehicles. While the Silicon Valley tech giant is still experimenting with driverless technology for use by civilians, the IDF has been using unmanned vehicles for at least five years to protect Israelis.
The army announced this week a program to upgrade its driverless fleet, to include vehicles that can scout areas before soldiers move in and warn of possible dangers before they arrive, and vehicles that will safely and autonomously transport weapons and equipment to soldiers already in the field.
Zurich-based travel startup Nezasa, which offers a “one-stop shop” to design and book your personalised travel itinerary, has closed an $800,000 second round of funding from an unnamed family office, various business angels and existing investors.
The company competes with traditional travel agencies and similar custom/personalised travel upstarts, such as Evaneos, and Trip.me. Evaneos recently closed a much larger Series B round of $6 million, led by XAnge Private Equity, with participation from previous investor ISAI.
If your company puts you in charge of developing a foreign market or a new line of business, your challenges are in many ways similar to those facing a startup. Before you can scale the business, you have to understand what your customers really want and value, and how to deliver it to them — and that process requires a lot of flexibility.
A través de colaboración con la startup española Wattio, Leroy Merlin continúa apoyando a las pequeñas y medianas empresas y ofreciendo soluciones a los consumidores que permitan controlar el gasto energético de casa y ahorrar en la factura de la luz.
Wattio es un kit completo para el control y monitorización de la calefacción y la electricidad a través del móvil o internet, que permite reducir la factura energética de la casa. Se compone de diferentes dispositivos fáciles de instalar y de utilizar: un gateway con pantalla táctil a color (GATE), un termostato inteligente conectado a internet (THERMIC), un monitor de electricidad para controlar el consumo del hogar (BAT) y un enchufe inteligente (POD) que mide la energía eléctrica en los enchufes y elimina el standby.
Pathbrite makes a tool that students can use to create web-based portfolios showing what they have learned. It seems to be working: More than 500 organizations, the vast majority of which are colleges, use Pathbrite to help their students create e-portfolios.
And now the company has raised a new $3.7 million in capital from Cengage Learning, a Boston-based company that provides educational content, services, and technology.
A few years ago, if you had told someone that a light fixture in a store was sending you signals, they would probably think that you had lost it. Say the same thing today and you’ll be a hip early adopter.
GE and the Boston tech company ByteLight just unveiled an LED lighting system that can communicate with customers’ smartphones and tablets while they are shopping.
Des chercheurs de l'Institut Karolinska et de l'Université d'Uppsala ont découvert une nouvelle molécule capable d'éliminer les cellules cancéreuses se trouvant en état de dormance au sein d'une tumeur. Ces cellules cancéreuses sont localisées dans les parties les moins oxygénées des tumeurs solides et sont généralement résistantes aux traitements classiques. Cet article est publié dans la revue Nature Communications.
The Internet evolves quickly and its “state” changes a lot in a year. One big shift highlighted in Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist Mary Meeker’s annual report on online trends: four of the top 10 most popular Internet properties are now held by Chinese companies—up from just one a year ago.
DNA Data se ha llevado el premio gordo de los Toribio Echevarria de este año, los más prestigiosos que desde hace 24 años se entregan a statups en Euskadi. La agraciada tiene su sede en Miramón y está especializada en el diagnóstico molecular de enfermedades genéticas con la ayuda del análisis del ADN. Con su tecnología se pueden hacer pruebas de paternidad, conocer el sexo de un bebé y secuenciar genes, que es la aplicación con mayor potencial.
