Technology
Waze for Jets: IBM and Gogo Join Forces to Dodge In-Flight Turbulence
June 26, 2016
In what might seem like an unlikely partnership, IBM's Watson division and Gogo Inc. (the people who bring you in-flight WiFi) have joined up to make flying a little bit smoother for everyone. As the Wall Street Journal reports, IBM is leveraging its $2 billion purchase of The Weather Company and Gogo's internet connection to give airline pilots a heads up on turbulence. According to The Weather Company CEO and General Manager Cameron Clayton, the concept is fairly...
June 26, 2016
In what might seem like an unlikely partnership, IBM's Watson division and Gogo Inc. (the people who bring you in-flight WiFi) have joined up to make flying a little bit smoother for everyone. As the Wall Street Journal reports, IBM is leveraging its $2 billion purchase of The Weather Company and Gogo's internet connection to give airline pilots a heads up on turbulence. According to The Weather Company CEO and General Manager Cameron Clayton, the concept is fairly...
Newly-Expanded MIT Entrepreneurship Center Opens
June 25, 2016
Alumni of MIT have launched 30,200 active companies in two years, employing about 4.6 million people and generating about $1.9 trillion in annual revenues, according to the Cambridge university. The surge of interest in entrepreneurship has resulted in the newly-expanded and renovated Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship at One Amherst Street in Cambridge.
June 25, 2016
Alumni of MIT have launched 30,200 active companies in two years, employing about 4.6 million people and generating about $1.9 trillion in annual revenues, according to the Cambridge university. The surge of interest in entrepreneurship has resulted in the newly-expanded and renovated Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship at One Amherst Street in Cambridge.
UT Researchers: We Can Add Hours to Your Phone’s Battery Life
June 25, 2016
Reddi and Zhu created a set of web programming language extensions, available to the public at WattWiseWeb.org. After integrating GreenWeb into Google Chrome on their Android phones, the researchers reported energy savings of 30-66 percent compared to the default settings. For smartphone users who spend nearly two-thirds of their time browsing the internet, that means 20-40 percent more battery life. The average smartphone gets around 14 hours of battery power but energy-efficient browsing could...
June 25, 2016
Reddi and Zhu created a set of web programming language extensions, available to the public at WattWiseWeb.org. After integrating GreenWeb into Google Chrome on their Android phones, the researchers reported energy savings of 30-66 percent compared to the default settings. For smartphone users who spend nearly two-thirds of their time browsing the internet, that means 20-40 percent more battery life. The average smartphone gets around 14 hours of battery power but energy-efficient browsing could...
Like Comcast, Google Fiber Now Forces Customers Into Arbitration
June 21, 2016
Fiber customers have two months to opt out of binding arbitration clause. Google Fiber's new terms add a clause familiar to subscribers of other large Internet service providers: customers who want to sue the company must now instead submit to arbitration. The Google Fiber terms were updated last week with a note that they now "require the use of binding arbitration to resolve disputes rather than jury trials or class actions." While the clause allows cases in small claims court, it otherwise...
June 21, 2016
Fiber customers have two months to opt out of binding arbitration clause. Google Fiber's new terms add a clause familiar to subscribers of other large Internet service providers: customers who want to sue the company must now instead submit to arbitration. The Google Fiber terms were updated last week with a note that they now "require the use of binding arbitration to resolve disputes rather than jury trials or class actions." While the clause allows cases in small claims court, it otherwise...
When It Comes To The Future, Google Doesn’t Need To Be First
June 18, 2016
The search giant’s annual developer conference revealed that Google is playing catch-up to its Big Tech competitors and it doesn’t seem to care one bit. Today, Google convened 7,000 developers and journalists at a popular outdoor concert venue in Silicon Valley and gave a two-hour state of the union on the future of arguably the most powerful and ambitious company in the world. In front of a packed crowd and tens of thousands watching via live stream, the company brought its best...
June 18, 2016
The search giant’s annual developer conference revealed that Google is playing catch-up to its Big Tech competitors and it doesn’t seem to care one bit. Today, Google convened 7,000 developers and journalists at a popular outdoor concert venue in Silicon Valley and gave a two-hour state of the union on the future of arguably the most powerful and ambitious company in the world. In front of a packed crowd and tens of thousands watching via live stream, the company brought its best...
Self-Driving Taxis are Becoming a Reality with MIT Startup
June 17, 2016
The prospect of a world with self-driving taxis might be about two years away, with a recently-closed venture capital deal for an MIT-born startup. Cambridge's nuTonomy Inc. has landed $16 million in venture funding to invest in testing software for self-driving passenger vehicles, mostly in Singapore to start. Investors include Highland Capital Partners, Fontinalis Partners and Signal Ventures. Total funding to date for the three-year-old startup is now about $20 million. "This field has been...
June 17, 2016
The prospect of a world with self-driving taxis might be about two years away, with a recently-closed venture capital deal for an MIT-born startup. Cambridge's nuTonomy Inc. has landed $16 million in venture funding to invest in testing software for self-driving passenger vehicles, mostly in Singapore to start. Investors include Highland Capital Partners, Fontinalis Partners and Signal Ventures. Total funding to date for the three-year-old startup is now about $20 million. "This field has been...
NOAA’s Forecast Model Improved Yet Again, Now in 4-D
June 12, 2016
NOAA’s powerful new supercomputers paved the way for another upgrade to the U.S. Global Forecast System (GFS), NOAA’s primary model for weather prediction. The upgrade builds on last year’s significant boost to the GFS, which more than doubled the resolution of the model grid from 27 kilometers to 13 kilometers, resulting in higher resolution model output and more precise weather forecasts and warnings. Today’s shift to four-dimensional ensemble hybrid data assimilation takes into account...
June 12, 2016
NOAA’s powerful new supercomputers paved the way for another upgrade to the U.S. Global Forecast System (GFS), NOAA’s primary model for weather prediction. The upgrade builds on last year’s significant boost to the GFS, which more than doubled the resolution of the model grid from 27 kilometers to 13 kilometers, resulting in higher resolution model output and more precise weather forecasts and warnings. Today’s shift to four-dimensional ensemble hybrid data assimilation takes into account...
PwC: World Drone Market Seen Nearing $127B in 2020
June 5, 2016
Drones will soon be boosting crop yields, verifying insurance claims, and assisting in future Hollywood blockbusters in a business that’s due to boom by more than 6,000 percent by the end of the decade. The global market for commercial applications of drone technology, currently estimated at about $2 billion, will balloon to as much as $127 billion by 2020, consulting group PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said in a report published on Monday.
June 5, 2016
Drones will soon be boosting crop yields, verifying insurance claims, and assisting in future Hollywood blockbusters in a business that’s due to boom by more than 6,000 percent by the end of the decade. The global market for commercial applications of drone technology, currently estimated at about $2 billion, will balloon to as much as $127 billion by 2020, consulting group PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said in a report published on Monday.
Uber-Ized Corporate Law: Toward a 21st Century Corporate Governance for Crowdfunding and App-Based Investor Communications
May 22, 2016
J. W. Verret, Assistant Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, has published an interesting article entitled “Uber-Ized Corporate Law: Toward a 21st Century Corporate Governance for Crowdfunding and App-Based Investor Communications,” Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 101, 2016; George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 16-14. In his scholarly publication, Professor Verret explores the idea of resolving shareholder claims against a corporation by increasing...
May 22, 2016
J. W. Verret, Assistant Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, has published an interesting article entitled “Uber-Ized Corporate Law: Toward a 21st Century Corporate Governance for Crowdfunding and App-Based Investor Communications,” Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 101, 2016; George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 16-14. In his scholarly publication, Professor Verret explores the idea of resolving shareholder claims against a corporation by increasing...
Lenovo Plans Invests $500 Million in Tech-Startup Fund for AI
May 22, 2016
Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's largest personal computer maker, plans to invest $500 million in a technology start-up fund, the Beijing-based company said on Wednesday. The fund Lenovo Capital, which will be funded and managed by Lenovo Group, is looking to invest in sectors including artificial intelligence, robot and cloud computing, said the company's senior vice president He Zhiqiang at an event in Beijing. Lenovo has invested $100 million in more than 30 companies in areas including mobile...
May 22, 2016
Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's largest personal computer maker, plans to invest $500 million in a technology start-up fund, the Beijing-based company said on Wednesday. The fund Lenovo Capital, which will be funded and managed by Lenovo Group, is looking to invest in sectors including artificial intelligence, robot and cloud computing, said the company's senior vice president He Zhiqiang at an event in Beijing. Lenovo has invested $100 million in more than 30 companies in areas including mobile...
