Smartphones locate themselves outdoors using a GPS sensor, but those signals are blocked indoors. A new technique uses a device’s camera to get an indoor location fix to an accuracy of within a meter. The technique could enable new kinds of apps, and may be particularly valuable for wearable computers such as Google Glass.
Eight former pro football players learned this year that they have signs of a degenerative brain disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition linked to depression, dementia, and memory loss. These somber findings were uncovered using a new method of brain imaging that, for the first time, enables researchers to spot signs of the condition in the living brain. Previously CTE could only be identified after a victim died.
No, this might not be the sexy new disappearing messages app. However, it’s a startup that takes software and applies it to an unsexy but potentially lucrative market.
KeepTruckin is an eight-person, San Francisco-based startup that’s trying to make it easier for trucking companies to manage their fleets and have their drivers legally log their hours.
American Efficient wants to help everyone in the U.S. switch to renewable power suppliers and products through its energy-efficient-focused marketplaces.
The startup launched today with $2.5 million in funding from Clean Pacific Ventures.
American Efficient has two separate marketplaces: one that connects consumers with “renewable power plans” available through their local and trusted providers. This marketplace is called the Clean Choice Network and really focuses on that trust factor saying people have seen renewable power marketing, but likely thought it was too good to be true.
MONDRAGON Korporazioko Orkli kooperatibak IESE negozio eskolak banatzen duen Bikaintasun Industrial saria jaso zuen atzo, eguaztena. IESEk Celsa katedraren bitartez ematen du saria.
IESE negozio eskolak Celsa katedraren bidez ematen du Bikaintasun Industrial saria. Aurtengo finalistak izan dira CPE eta Bellota Agrisolutions, batetik, eta Ormazabal y Cía, bestetik. Saria Celsa Taldeko presidenteak, Francesc Rubiraltak, eta IESEko zuzendari orokorrak, Jordi Canals-ek, eman zioten Orkliko presidenteari, Jose Luis Perezi.
Before you know it, you may be able to connect your “smart” coffeemaker to your “smart” toaster to ensure a properly timed java and bagel.
A group of over 20 tech companies including LG, Panasonic, Qualcomm, HTC, and Sharp has joined forces with the Linux Foundation in hopes of spurring the development of Internet-connected devices that work together regardless of their manufacturer. The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the spread of the open-source Linux operating system, announced the creation of the nonprofit AllSeen Alliance on Tuesday.
General Electric and Siemens AG compete with each other in key sectors including healthcare, industrials and energy. And in recent years, the two firms have been investing heavily in growing private companies across their competing areas of interest.
With new technologies and markets including the Internet of Things and big data now impacting, disrupting and creating opportunity for their core businesses, we wanted to analyze some high-level trends on where the two conglomerates have been investing over the past four years.
iMedicare, the high growth Medicare decision-making platform, announced today that it now has 1,000 pharmacies as paying customers nationwide and has performed over 100,000 Medicare plan comparisons for seniors enrolling in affordable health insurance plans this year.
By partnering with over 40 pharmacy organizations, including the National Community Pharmacy Association (NCPA) and the Federation of Pharmacy Networks (FPN), iMedicare now directly reaches over 18,000 pharmacies (26% of the market).
It’s no secret that mobility, big data, and cloud computing have changed the way we work, interact, and access data. Today’s workforce has more tools to do more things from more locations than ever before. But what if I told you that it was all built on a foundation ill-equipped to handle the job?
The unfortunate reality is that the underlying infrastructure – the way the information we receive, send, and consume is transmitted – is being stretched beyond its capabilities and that some of the promises of a better future are pinned on technologies that have yet to (and might never) fully emerge.
