Smart speakers will likely continue to be a popular holiday gift, but smart home market growth is far short of meteoric. Though the smart home market is far from mature, it is gaining momentum. Based on Strategy Analytics’ data presented at Smart Home Summit in Burlingame, California, some 46% of U.S. broadband households have at […]
Padua, Italy, February 27, 2021 (Solar Business Hub) — Eurostat figures show that Northern-European countries are keener on using renewable energy such as Latvia where the gross consumption of renewable energy sources (RES) amounts to 41.0%, which is the third-highest share of RES in the European Union (EU) after Sweden and Finland. Latvia’s primary renewable […]
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Robot HMI for Projects Automation To customize a robot interface, the only thing required is the robot HMI. However, there is a wide array of HMIs that differ from each other based on several factors. The challenge is to determine which is the best HMI. Shortening Sales Cycles; A Top Priority for Manufacturers Trade publications […]
The startup is helping bring smart home technology to the multi-family rental market. Five years ago, a Portland, Oregon real estate developer approached Sce Pike, a mobile design developer, to help him differentiate one of his new apartment properties. He knew his demographic well, and a younger generation of apartment renters was looking for a […]
Former First Solar CTO brings years of industry knowledge to long-duration battery storage company WILSONVILLE, Ore., Feb. 23, 2021 — ESS Inc., a manufacturer of long-duration iron-based flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, announces the addition of renewable energy industry veteran Raffi Garabedian to their board of directors. Prior to joining the […]
Visa is set to take advantage of Brexit to raise interchange fees on cross-border transactions between the UK and EU, according to the Financial Times. The move comes as the payments giant faces an investigation by the US Justice Department over possible anticompetitive practices in debit card transaction routing. Source link
Scientists make a big leap in development of soft robotic grippers by integrating sensing mechanisms into 3D printable fingers. Source link
By Erik Fossum Færevaag, Founder and President of Disruptive Technologies. The Internet of Things (IoT) has been slowly building for a decade, with m2m (machine to machine) communication being applied to more sectors and applications every year. But with the advent of Covid-19 and the unprecedented requirement for remote working, the need for smarter, faster […]
Researchers demonstrate a new method to fabricate solar perovskite solar cells in ambient air bringing their efficiency up to 18.3%, which could boost perovskite technology towards production and commercialization of high performance and stable devices. Incredible progress has been made in Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs) in the last 10 years, with their power conversion efficiency […]