MIT Media Lab alumna and entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir SM '06 wants to help all people worldwide, tech savvy or not, understand and build creatively with electronics. It's the ambitious mission powering her fast-growing startup littleBits, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The use of biomaterials and more benign chemicals in coatings in Europe is accelerating as whole supply chains give greater priority to sustainablity, particularly as a means of protecting the environment. At the same time, however, ...
Tags: standards for biomaterials, sustainability of products
The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has hired two new employees at its headquarters in St. Louis. John Forbes has been hired as manufacturer services director, and Adam Williams has been hired as marketing manager. Forbes spent ...
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Lenovo last night announced that its first LTE smartphone, the Lenovo Vibe Z, will be available in the UAE end of February at all major retailers. The smartphone is equipped with gesture controls and photo enhancement software, and is ...
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CIOs at midmarket and large companies in Europe and the U.S. will spend 4.5 percent more on IT products and services this year than in 2013 as they focus their budget priorities on cloud computing, ERP and analytics software. That’s ...
Tags: IT budget, cloud computing
Dell has opened its Dubai Solution Centre to help customers in the EMEA Emerging region explore, test and deploy end-to-end solutions. The 330 square metre facility consists of a data centre, customer meeting rooms and labs. The new ...
Tags: Dell, cloud computing
DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. announced that Modell’s Sporting Goods, America's oldest, family owned and operated retailer of sporting goods, athletic footwear, active apparel and fan gear, has contracted with DecisionPoint to outfit ...
Tags: Mobile Computing Tool, Textile
Increased competition from online and brick and mortar stores, combined with higher customer expectations driven by the convenience of online shopping, is making it more challenging for retailers to maintain customer loyalty and stay on ...
Tags: Motorola, online shopping
VeriFone Systems, Inc. announced that The Jones Group Inc. has selected VeriFone solutions to enable mobile payment acceptance and enhance customer experience for its internationally recognized brands, including Jones New York and Nine ...
Tags: Mobile Payment Acceptance, Textile
What an idea: remote presence machines that roll around from office to office and on trade show floors, helping professionals save on travel but, even though not with the group, still able to maintain a close-up presence anyway. That was ...
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In a move that echoes Twitter, Facebook is adding a feature to its service that lets users know the topics of discussion that are trending among the site's 1.2 billion users, whether it's the death of a world leader or the Oscars. Users ...
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When Israel founded the Talpiot program to give the Israel Defense Forces a technological edge, it spawned new classes of tech-savvy warriors who went on to build the nation's booming tech sector. Now South Korea hopes to mimic the Talpiot ...
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Ever since, um, stuff happened at Willow Garage about a year ago, there's been some question as to the fate of the 40 or so PR2s out there and those still in stock (yes, they're still for sale). It's not difficult to imagine that existing ...
Tags: PR2, Clearpath Robotics, PR2 support, Willow Garage
At CES last week, we ventured deep inside Suitable Technologies booth to a secret room to meet their latest telepresence robot platform. It's called the Beam+, and while it does just about everything that the original Beam can do, this new ...
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Scientists and engineers in Europe are embarking on a quest to see if they can change the way young people at risk for becoming obese eat. Key to this will be developing unobtrusive technology that monitors how quickly or slowly a person is ...
Tags: young people health, obese eat, eating disorders, healthier pace