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A Packet Approach to Transportation & More
Near-empty buses, low-frequency service and the resulting poor fare recovery are the hallmarks of too many public transportation systems. Using a combination of smaller, electrified vehicles with built-in autonomy, next future transportation, Inc. has a plan to disrupt public transportation by greatly increasing efficiency. Emmanuele Spera, CEO of next future transportation, inc. explains that by reducing…
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A New Way of Powering IoT Devices – Wood @IDTechEx
Harvesting forests may soon yield wood that allows harvesting of energy, thanks to researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and with help from the USDA. Speaking at the 2016 ID-TechEX conference, Chunhua Yao, co-founder of EWPanel and Xudong Wong, Associate Professor at UW-Madison explain that an electrode is embedded into the wood fiber. The wood…
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IoG – Internet of Gardens or Data Science for the Micro Farm
“It really comes down to recipes,” said Vince Kimura, co-founder and CEO of Smart Yields. He was referring to the idea that the needs of a crop are different and are location dependent. The goal of Smart Yields is to help farmers understand what they should plant and how to take care of it to most…
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From Connected Smart City to Smart Region
The promise of remote sensors, always-on connections and artificial intelligence-powered decision-making promises to create what might be called the smart city on the hill. Getting to that utopia will not be easy, as city policy makers must address many questions on things such as business models, standards, technology obsolescence and citizen privacy. The biggest challenge may be what…
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Shape-shifting Network Hardware #CNV2016
A knock against software defined hardware using “white-box” CPUs is its performance compared to purpose-built hardware that incorporates ASICs or FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) perform, but cannot adapt as needed. FPGAs provide flexibility, but programming in VHDL isn’t a skillset of the typical IT network administrator. Enter Netcope Technologies and…
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The Instant Electric Fill-Up #CES2017
One of the hurdles to the mass adoption of electric vehicles is the time it takes to recharge the batteries. Simply, even the fastest charge doesn’t compare to the refuel time of an internal combustion powered vehicle. Atmo Auto Power aims to change that with its robotic battery changing platform. Instead of 30 minutes of…
