Orbityl’s earbuds monitor brain activity
Orbityl is a Vancouver, B.C.-based startup that is partnering with a headphone manufacturer to make earbuds which sense and monitor brain activity from inside the ear, including detecting whether the user is asleep. The sensors also use…
World’s First Solar Road Fails to Meet Projections
In 2016, the first "solar road" in France was inaugurated. However, two years later, the project is neither efficient nor profitable. From issues with installation and a large number of broken panels, the solar road's capabilities were…
DisSolves applies for first patent
DisSolves is a food packaging start-up out of Pittsburgh, PA. Seemingly born out of a frustration with the industry standard of protein powder packaging, the company founder has developed a completely biodegradable method for…
Verisim seeks to remove animals from pre-clinical trials
Verisim Life, a San-Francisco based biotech startup, closed $5.2 million in a round of funding from firms including Intel Capital. Verisim acknowledges that the current process to bring a drug to clinical trials, let alone to market,…
Visa is Testing Advanced AI for Fraud Prevention
Visa Inc. (Visa) is releasing its new cloud-based platform for testing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms related to detecting and preventing credit card fraud. The platform has been developed in-house and reflects an increasing trend…
uBiome may be prime for takeover
Once considered a potential biotech unicorn, uBiome has had a difficult 2019. The company, which specializes in using artificial intelligence to sequence the human microbiome, was as previously reported raided by the FBI in April over…
5G’s Role in a Safer, Flexible and More Reliable Power Grid Industry
Recently, at Huawei's 5G is ON summit, a number of discussions took place concerning the role of 5G and potential applications to the smart grid sector. With the shift from safe power supply to reliable power supply, power grid companies…
Panasonic and GS-Solar team up in PV business
Panasonic and GS-Solar, based in Shenzhen China, are teaming up to form a new photovoltaic research and development joint venture. The aim to drive further development of heterojunction photovoltaic technologies through the sharing…
What is Panasonic Planning?
Panasonic, the Japanese multinational electronics corporation, was founded as a manufacturer of lightbulb sockets and has grown to become much, much more. While the company has continued to file for light technologies, their filings…
Under Armour developing a smart shoe that reads blood pressure
Under Armour is developing a smart shoe that tracks a wearer's blood pressure. The smart shoe transmits blood pressure readings to a wearable device, which then adjusts the fit of the show to optimize blood flow. The smart shoe helps the…
Salted Venture’s smart golf shoes
Salted Venture, a Korean company, has created smart shoes that shows how a user's weight shifts during a golf swing. Reminiscent of the orthotic sensing plate which displays a visual representation of pressure distribution, this weight…
Smart Footwear Overview
Purpose This sector provides context around the concept of smart footwear. Big Picture Consumer demand has increased for wearable technology. Smart footwear generally includes at least one sensor and/or at least one haptic device.…
Siemens electrifies trucks
Siemens has developed a hybrid electric truck that draws power from overhead wires but without the need for rails embedded in the road. Power is transmitted directly from the overhead contact lines into the vehicle, enabling an optimal…
Bosch manages your charge from the cloud
Bosch is developing new cloud services to help batteries last longer. Smart software in the cloud continually analyzes the battery status and takes appropriate action to prevent or slow down cell aging. These measures can reduce the wear…
Medtronic Steps into Nutrition
Global health giant Medtronic is further diversifying. Once known primarily for pacemakers, the company has grown over the years to become a leader in spinal and muscoloskeletal therapies and neurostimulation systems, among other things.…
Compostable bowls aren’t compostable
Over the course of a few years, molded fiber bowls have become commonplace in the food take-out industry. Partially a result of bans on styrofoam containers, many companies, such as Chipotle, have happily adopted these bowls as…
The first true BVLOS drone flight
For the first time ever, a drone has made a true flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). A hybrid electric drone made for endurance flight from Skyfront successfully completed an almost 4-mile linear inspection of the Trans-Alaska…
A growing chain of patents
A flock of blockchain-related patent applications by Walmart was published last week. It suggests that the world's largest company is seeking to implement blockchain technology across its wide range of business operations, including…
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