Semiconductor Device, Photoelectronic Device, and Method for Manufacturing Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Thin Film
Researchers at SungKyunKwan University, located in South Korea, are developing a semiconductor device and a photoelectronic device, both of which include a transition-metal dichalcogenide thin-film.
Method for Manufacturing Multijunction Photoelectric Conversion Device
Kaneka, located in Japan, is developing a method for manufacturing a multi-junction photoelectric conversion device.
Thin Film Type Solar Cell and Manufacturing Method Therefor
Jusung Engineering, located in South Korea, is developing a thin film type solar cell that prevents short-circuiting between electrodes due to burrs.
Self-Patterning Devices
Flisom, located in Switzerland, is developing a method for fabricating patterns on the surface of a layer of a thin-film device, which is advantageous for nanopatterning of devices without using templates and for the production of…
Intuit and BitcoinTaxes Partner for Cryptocurrency Taxes
Intuit provides financial, accounting, and tax preparation software and related services for small businesses, accountants, and individuals. Patent data show that Intuit is currently optimizing the management and security of digital assets…
Lexaria Bioscience Acquires Poviva Tea
In November 2017, the Canadian company Lexaria Biosciences acquired the final 49% of their subsidiary Poviva Tea, based in Arizona, for their intellectual property. Poviva was acquired for $70,000, relieved of certain debts, and will…
Virtual Wall of Drones
Some have suggested an alternative to President Trump's proposed wall along the US-Mexico border: a "virtual" wall of surveillance using drones. If a drone spots individuals threatening to cross the border, it can circle around the targets…
Market Highlight
Products based on artificial intelligence should be regulated like drugs, and those that are deemed unsafe should be removed from the market, according to a new report commissioned by NHS Digital (UK). Some other recommendations made in…
System and Method for Distributed Wireless Communications
Boeing is developing a communications system with radio frequency equipment to generate a forward link configured for wireless transmissions of a base-to-user data stream from UAVs to terminals.
Aclara is managing power consumption of a meter during communication activities.
Aclara is detecting communication activities of a meter board and using that detection to trigger management of power consumption of the meter.
Itron is building a utility application store.
Itron is providing a utility application store comprising a repository of applications available for download and installation on one or more smart utility meters or other smart sensors.
Conectric is minimizing real time energy consumption in a built environment.
Conectric is building an end-to-end building energy management platform, which prioritizes instructional control strategies affecting operational behavior and states of a plurality of energy consuming devices. The technology reduces…
Sonnen is developing a remote battery management system.
Sonnen provides home energy storage systems for private households and small businesses. It is developing a remote battery management system operating a battery system to supply electric power to an external power grid.
Audi is improving energy management systems in electric vehicles.
Audi is improving an energy management system of an energy storage device in a motor vehicle by controlling a state of charge of the energy storage device.
Toyota is enabling EV users to determine whether or not to charge.
Toyota is developing an electric vehicle that enables a user to appropriately determine whether or not to perform external charging.
GE is providing flexible reserve power for the power grid.
GE is providing flexible reserve power for the power grid by optimizing the participation of heterogeneous loads and distributed energy resources (DERs).
Systems and Methods for Managing Mobility of Users in a Network of Moving Things at the Edge
Veniam, located in Mountain View CA, is developing communication network architectures and systems for supporting a network of mobile nodes, such as UAVs.
System and Method for Modular Unmanned Aerial System
NASA is developing a modular UAS with a UAV parent module and multiple UAV children modules. The child modules can fly together with or independently from the parent module.With the growing demand for the commercial applications of drones,…
Navigation System for a Drone
Top Flight Technologies, located in Malden MA, is developing a UAV configured to navigate a UAV highway. Its navigation system includes a sensor for collecting environmental data and a computing system.
Remotely Controlled Motile Device System
Spin Master, located in Canada, is developing a remotely controlled motile device system in which a user uses a mobile smart device with a display screen to communicate with the motile device.
Launchable Communications Device for a Distributed Communication System
Northrop Grumman is developing a launchable communications device, such as a UAV, for a distributed communication system.
Method and Apparatus for Positioning an Unmanned Robotic Vehicle
Motorola is developing a method for positioning an unmanned robotic vehicle via autonomous navigation based on a 3D model associated with a nearby object.
Researchers discover humans can learn while asleep.
Researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland have discovered that humans have some capacity for learning during sleep. Their research found that word associations delivered via headphones while subjects were sleeping resulted in a…
Method for Adaptive Mission Execution on a UAV
DroneDeploy, located in San Francisco CA, is developing a method for adaptive mission execution by a UAV.Multivista, part of Hexagon, has announced a partnership with DroneDeploy to expand project management capabilities for the…
Calm closes on $88 million fund raising round.
Calm, the company behind the meditation app of the same name, closed an $88 million Series B fund raising round at a valuation of $1 billion. Notably, the Calm app provides a "Sleep Stories" subscription for sounds and stories designed to…
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