While electric cars have become truly mainstream, companies like EV West are choosing to go their own route. It’s true that cars like the Tesla Model 3 and the Nissan Leaf are more popular than ever, but some auto enthusiasts … Continue reading
Category Archives: Technology
Cellular Tower Diagnostics
The hundreds of thousands of cellular towers that dot America’s landscape are meant to be inconspicuous. In many cases, they are designed to camouflage into the surrounding environment. But don’t be lulled into thinking that these towers are maintenance-free. On … Continue reading
A Robotic Vacuum Designed for Hotels
As a freshman at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Management, Micah Green was required to spend a day as a room attendant to pass a course called “Introduction to Hotel Operations.” Mr. Green recalls his shift cleaning fourteen hotel rooms … Continue reading
Ghost Pacer Provides Runners with a Holographic Workout Partner
Ghost Pacer produces a set of mixed-reality glasses designed specifically for runners. These glasses allow the user to set the path and speed of a holographic avatar and then race against it in real time. This company has created the … Continue reading
Healthy Data Nourishes Strong Business
Data to a business is like nutrition to a human: a vital ingredient for health. The quality of the data ultimately determines how much an organization can thrive. Unfortunately, many of today’s enterprises are subsisting on junk food and empty … Continue reading
Turning Cars into Communications Platforms
Antennas are crucial components for morphing vehicles into communications platforms. Today’s antennas (largely of the shark fin variety) are unsightly, limited in terms of where they can be placed on vehicles, expensive for auto makers to install, and ill-equipped for … Continue reading
Kardia Provides Elderly Generations with Peace of Mind
Kardia is one of only two commercially-available, FDA-cleared mobile-phone operated ECG products–the other is the Apple Watch. And Kardia is currently the only ECG product that works with Android. AliveCor has sold hundreds of thousands of its Kardia units, and … Continue reading
Real Estate Industry Gets Shot in the Arm with Powerful 3D Platform
Imagine an advanced platform powerful enough to increase real estate virtual walkthroughs by over 300%. Matterport founders Matt Bell and Dave Gausebeck accomplished that by conceptualizing the 3D equivalent of a camera in 2011. Matterport’s free iPhone app and 3D … Continue reading
Flesh-Sensing Technology Prevents Injuries from Table Saws
David Butler still has all 10 fingers. Unremarkable perhaps, but one must take into account that he has been a machine woodworker for over 60 years. (Some veteran woodworkers can count all of their fingers on one hand.) According to … Continue reading
The Hair Color Industry: Long Overdue for a Makeover
The hair coloring industry is in need of a makeover. Beauty salons are fragmented, capital constrained and resistant to embracing technology. Stylists tend to store client records on index cards. As a result, clients’ hair coloring treatments are not always … Continue reading