Byron Reese, sits down with Lauren Sallata, Chief Marketing Officer & VP, Panasonic Corporation of North America, Inc. to discuss IoT devices, driverless…
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Rob High talks Artificial Intelligence with Gigaom
Rob High is an IBM Fellow, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, IBM Watson. He has overall responsibility to drive Watson technical…
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Indoor farming: Good for cannabis, not so good for food
Marijuana is a natural candidate for experimentation — and not just the kind that leaves New York Times columnists in hallucinatory states…
Read MoreWhite House shines spotlight on health care tech companies
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and it goes hand-in-hand with one of the most tedious deadlines of all — at…
Read MoreThis food quality startup ruined Thanksgiving by analyzing turkey products
There are many ways for tech companies to ruin Thanksgiving dinner. Facebook could send a push notification to all your relatives to…
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Ario crowdfunds a mood-enhancing lamp that mimics natural lighting
Winter can wreak havoc on a person’s internal clock. Energy tends to fade along with the sunlight, and a subset of the…
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Clear Labs uses kickstarter to fund ‘consumer reports’ for food quality
Have you ever spent a little more money on a supposed “premium” brand of hot dogs? You know, the ones that claim…
Read MoreWith a $20M incentive, Carbon XPRIZE takes aim at climate change
Unless you’ve been camping out under a rock for the last decade, you probably know that we’re totally destroying the Earth. We…
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Why Google is taking a closer look at disrupting health care
In its first investment since the announcement that Google would become Alphabet, Google Capital has put a major vote of confidence into the…
Read MoreWhat’s in your food? Clear Labs nabs $6.5M to help the food industry find out
While a large portion of people in the U.S. may have a fascination with the quality of food that goes into their bodies,…
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In Detroit, Mcity wants to fast track a future of driverless cars
Driverless cars that know our schedule well enough to arrive at our front door exactly when we need one, that allow us…
Read MoreSee Tesla’s massive battery factory under construction
Tesla is moving incredibly fast getting its massive battery factory built, and plans to have batteries made there as early as 2016…
Read MoreSolar-powered plane takes off for round-the-world flight
Two pilots aboard a solar-powered aircraft took off at 7:12 a.m. local time from Abu Dhabi for the first leg of what they…
Read MoreHow DNA barcoding can prevent foodborne illness outbreaks
In 2012, when several hundred people fell ill in the U.S. amid a salmonella outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration was quickly able to…
Read MoreHands on with the HTC Valve Vive virtual reality headset
When people put on a virtual reality headset for the first time, they almost always try to do two things: look at…
Read MoreReport: Android OS coming to virtual reality headsets
Google has reportedly hired a team to build a version of the Android operating system for virtual reality headsets, the Wall Street Journal…
Read MoreHands on with Sony’s Project Morpheus virtual reality headset
The big guns are coming for virtual reality, and they know what they are doing. A hands-on demo with Sony’s Project Morpheus…
Read MorePersonal drone registration will become necessary, U.K. Lords say
A U.K House of Lords committee has recommended that, in the long term, people operating drones for leisure may need to register…
Read MoreAs growth slows, Opower looks beyond energy efficiency
Opower has long been the energy software player to beat. But almost a year after it went public at $25 per share…
Read MoreSunEdison acquires battery project startup Solar Grid Storage
Solar developer SunEdison has acquired a young startup called Solar Grid Storage, which develops battery projects in conjunction with solar projects. The…
Read MoreSamsung’s Gear VR slated for full release by the end of the year
While Oculus is still “baby stepping” out its app store for the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus CTO John Carmack said the company…
Read MoreDo you want to own a solar panel in a farm far away?
Business model innovations have been crucial for the solar industry in recent years. Community solar — where people can buy into community…
Read MoreMindMaze’s headset brings your brainwaves into virtual reality
Swiss startup MindMaze is moving its technology from the medical field to the mainstream with a virtual reality headset that reads the…
Read MoreNvidia reveals Shield, a $199 console for 4K TV and gaming
Nvidia has revealed an Android-based smart TV console and gaming system that pairs high-resolution video with an accessible interface for $199, plus a…
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