Textile-Based Delivery, Inc. delivers CBD through textiles
Textile-Based Delivery Inc, located in Conover NC, is delivering cannabidiol and other active compounds through textiles. Coatings that are substantially impermeable to the an active compound control the release rates of the active…
Georgetown U clear-cutting 240 acres for solar farm
Georgetown University announced plans in January 2019 for a massive solar farm in Charles County as a major step toward reducing its carbon footprint by half. But residents and environmentalists are raising concerns that it will actually…
IBM Watson Health collaborating with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Vanderbilt on Medical AI
IBM Watson Health announced on 2/13/2019 plans to make a 10-year, $50 million investment in research collaborations with two separate academic centers - Brigham and Women's Hospital, which is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School,…
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Starting February 23, 2019, a new FAA rule will require all small unmanned aircraft to have their registration markings visible on the outside of their body, so law enforcement can easily find their owners.
Bryte Labs announces an AI-driven bed.
Bryte Labs recently released its artificial intelligence-driven mattress, the BRYTE Bed, which is being developed in coordination with sleep scientist, Dr. Matt Walker.
Eight Sleep releases its thermoregulation mattress.
Eight Sleep announced February 13th, 2019, its new temperature controlled mattress, "The Pod," which dynamically warms or cools via a water-based hub and incorporates a thermal-based smart alarm.
Independent inventors continue to lead in new sleep technology.
This week, two inventors continue the trend of independent inventors leading in some areas of Consumer Sleep Technology development. Jason Carl Antonino of Phoenix, AZ was granted a patent directed to an aromatherapy pillow with sight,…
Fujitsu is developing new visualizations for sleep tracking.
Fujitsu is detecting sleep activity and displaying the sleep activity through colored heat maps.
Fitbit releases new, corporate-focused wearables
Fitbit's patent activity indicates development in technology for detecting and classifying periods of sleep based on motion data collected from wearables. The company quietly released their new activity trackers last week, the Fitbit…
AZUR SPACE Solar Power is producing a thin substrate layer by detaching the substrate layer from an ingot.
AZUR SPACE Solar Power, located in Germany, is producing a thin substrate layer by detaching the substrate layer from an ingot.
Utility Associates is using drones to assist emergency response units
Utility Associates, located in Decatur GA, is developing a recording system that can be mounted on drones for assisting an emergency response unit, such as police cars, that records video and audio with an incident identifier and…
Subaru is developing a flying formation setting apparatus for aircraft
Subaru is developing a flying formation setting apparatus for aircraft.
Pictometry International is developing a UAV collision avoidance system
Pictometry International, located in Henrietta NY, is developing a collision detection and avoidance system for UAVs.
Researchers at KAUST are using UAVs to image and detect regions that require additional imaging
Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, located in Saudi Arabia, are developing a method of using a UAV to image an area as well as detect regions that require additional imaging.
Boeing publicly displayed its S-100 Camcopter for the first time
Boeing is developing an automated resin ridge reduction system that uses a guided vehicle, such as a UAV, that moves on a surface of a composite structure to inspect it.The Boeing S-100 Camcopter was publicly displayed for the first time…
BAE Systems is leading a joint effort by the UK and India
Bae Systems is developing an imaging method for imaging terrain using a sensor on an unmanned aircraft.The UK is slated to invite India this month to jointly develop a sixth-generation fighter jet under the Tempest Future Fighter Aircraft…
Aerovironment introduces next-gen precision agriculture drone
Aerovironment, located in Monrovia CA, is developing a method for rapidly landing an aircraft in a tightly controllable manner and landing location.Aerovironment introduced on 2/12/2019 the next generation of its Quantix‚Ñ¢ VTOL hybrid…
The Disruption of Cryptocurrency by Quantum Computing is Coming: What Can We Expect to See?
Quantum computers (QCs) are on their way to being readily available in the next few decades. QCs pose many threats to the cryptocurrency world since they will be able to run algorithms at lightning speeds compared to the PCs of today,…
Microsoft/Google Extending Cybersecurity Tools to EU and Canada Politics
This week, Microsoft and Google announced that they will be offering free cybersecurity tools to political parties and organizations involved in upcoming elections in Canada and across the European Union.Microsoft is developing a system of…
Northstar Battery has a battery monitoring system based on temperature and voltage.
Northstar Battery is developing monitoring systems for energy storage devices, including determining a state of charge of a battery and a reserve time of a monobloc based on at least one of detected temperatures or voltages corresponding…
Heila Technologies uses an optimization platform for DERs and microgrids.
Heila Technologies, an MIT-born startup, is developing an optimization platform to reduce system complexity and cost for integrating and operating individual Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and microgrids.
Mastercard Fined $650 Million for Inflating Fees
Patent data shows that Mastercard is developing a method to add blocks to permissioned blockchains using an efficient consensus mechanism, bloom filters, and audit guarantees. Mastercard was fined $650 million by the European Union on…
Gridpoint is dispatching energy for levelization.
Gridpoint is dispatching energy from distributed resources in a discharge event so that the energy stored in individual devices is levelized.
Demand Energy Networks, Inc. is optimizing an electrical system economically.
Demand Energy Networks, Inc. is developing a control system for economically optimizing an electrical system. Demand Energy Network was acquired by Enel, an Italian multinational energy company, through its subsidiary Enel Green Power…
SynCells is developing a virtual energy platform.
SynCells is developing a virtual energy platform including a plurality of common interfaces coupled to various devices in a power system. The virtual energy platform creates an energy platform that is built on an open standard and provides…
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