Cybathlon: A Success for the Maxon Teams

The CYBATHLON 2020 Global Edition is history. Due to the Covid-​19 pandemic, the teams had to compete in different time zones and…

The Smart Home Market Continues to Lack a ‘Killer App’

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’…

FuturaSun’s solar panels power largest self-consumption photovoltaic park in Courland, Latvia

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%,…

Brush up on your Microsoft Excel skills with this $34 comprehensive training

Make 2021 the year you take your career in a whole new direction. There's no need to take time away from your current job to learn new skills, nor any reason to take lengthy courses. It can…

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Start-up Brings Smart Home Technology Experience to Apartments

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…

ESS Inc. welcomes Raffi Garabedian to board of directors

Former First Solar CTO brings years of industry knowledge to long-duration battery storage companyWILSONVILLE, Ore., Feb. 23, 2021 — ESS Inc., a manufacturer of long-duration iron-based flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy…

Visa hikes UK-EU online interchange fees; faces US investigation into debit card practices

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…

Getting the Right Grip: Designing Soft and Sensitive Robotic Fingers

Scientists make a big leap in development of soft robotic grippers by integrating sensing mechanisms into 3D printable fingers. Source link

IoT News – How Covid-19 accelerated the dominance of the Internet of Things

By Erik Fossum Færevaag, Founder and President of Disruptive Technologies. The Internet of Things (IoT)…