May 28, 2016
The sweep of the Internet of Things, garbage cans and all
Who could imagine being wowed by a garbage can? Not much floors us anymore in our age of technological whiz-bang, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the lowly…
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May 27, 2016
Tesla’s patent strategy opens the road to sustainability for transport and for itself
What makes Tesla unique? How about everything. Mention patents to most people and their eyes glaze over. Worse, they think of patent “trolls” that some say are harming…
Read articleMay 26, 2016
Meet the latest cohort of Acceleprise startups, and the apps they built to make work easier
Acceleprise, a San Francisco-based accelerator for enterprise tech and software-as-a-service startups, held a Demo Day for its third cohort of companies today. The accelerator invests $50,000 into each…
Read articleMay 24, 2016
The business case for fighting climate change
Chilling news regarding climate change continues to arrive on a regular basis, even as Antarctica warms dangerously and further troubling global symptoms emerge. It’s a shame global governments…
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ChargePoint raises $50 million to charge more cars
ChargePoint announced this month that it had raised $50 million in its latest round of funding, thanks in large part to Linse Capital. That makes a total of…
Read articleMay 20, 2016
The Europas — It’s time for a different type of tech conference
Let’s face it. Some tech conferences have lost their way. While TechCrunch Disrupt remains a firmly curated, media-driven, event, with hundreds of journalists attending, a couple of other…
Read articleMay 19, 2016
Edyn debuts smart water valve to put home gardens on autopilot
Oakland, Calif.-based Edyn started selling a new, smart gardening device this week: an Internet-connected water valve that lets users irrigate their gardens or lawns automatically. The Edyn Water Valve uses…
Read articleMay 10, 2016
Embedded fuel cells power smartphones for a week… and could run the world
People love their smartphones but hate poor battery life. We love having access to the world’s information at our fingertips but tire of the need to constantly plug…
Read articleApril 28, 2016
Solar startup M-KOPA leapfrogs Africa’s electricity grid
Across East Africa more than 300,000 households previously without electricity are powering homes and devices with solar panels and using mobile money to pay for it. Read More…
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Mercedes home batteries are a potential rival for Tesla’s Powerwall
The batteries developed for the high demands of all-electric Mercedes-Benz cars are finding a new application as in-home energy storage units. Sound familiar? Yeah, it’s a lot like…
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