21Jul
21Jul
Earthgrid aims to re-wire the USA using super-cheap tunnel tech
Bay Area startup Earthgrid says it's developing a plasma boring robot that can dig underground tunnels 100x faster and up to 98% cheaper than existing tech, and it plans to use it to start re-wiring America's energy, internet and utilities grids. You can do this without touching the rock walls at all, so the equipment can do entire tunnels without stopping if necessary. It can run entirely on electrical power, opening up the possibility of entirely emissions-free drilling, and both...
20Jul
Landsdowne Labs Awarded Competitive NSF Grant to Develop Novel Battery Coating
Landsdowne Labs, LLC, a spinout from the laboratories of MIT and Harvard scientists Drs. Robert Langer and Jeffrey Karp, has been awarded a $256,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further develop and design a novel battery coating to help prevent injury and reduce risk to the thousands of children who ingest batteries each year. “Every year, thousands of children swallow 'button batteries' ---small, high density, coinlike batteries increasingly used in consumer devices,” said Melissa Fensterstock, the Landsdowne...
19Jul
Three insights you might have missed from the ‘Secure Storage Hot Takes’ event
...During the recent “Secure Storage Hot Takes” event, cloud storage experts from Wasabi and The Hotchkiss School joined theCUBE’s industry analyst Dave Vellante to discuss modern storage solutions and give theCUBE’s community insights into why Wasabi’s hot storage solution has the hyperscalers looking over their shoulders. Read more >>
19Jul
ZetrOZ Systems Shares Successful Strategies for Managing a Robust Intellectual Property Portfolio
Running a successful medical device company requires deep knowledge of complex and specialized technologies, how to navigate regulatory requirements, and a thoughtful intellectual property (IP) protection strategy. ZetrOZ Systems' Dr. George Lewis, inventor of the sam® soft tissue healing pain relief ultrasound device, shares insights on how effective IP portfolio management can improve organizational efficiency that creates a competitive edge in today's health technology industry. Read more >>
16Jul
The 24 Best Canned Wine Releases of 2022
The canned wine market is being pulled in different directions. One way is chock full of affordable, mass-produced, widely available products of middling quality, often sharing shelf space with ready-to-drink cocktails and hard seltzers. Sales numbers continue to show that canned wines' popularity is growing. Marketing firm Grand View Research reported the canned wine market in 2021 was at $235.7 million in sales and forecasted that the global canned wine market will continue expanding, surpassing $570 million by 2028. Recent...
14Jul
The team will research insulation that incorporates silica aerogel developed by UB researchers, along with plant-based products
A University at Buffalo-led research team will seek to develop eco-friendly insulation materials through a new $2.2 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The grant is part of the DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) Harnessing Emissions into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere (HESTIA) program, which recently announced $39 million in awards to multiple institutions to advance technologies that can transform buildings into net carbon storage structures. The UB-led team will research carbon-storing...
13Jul
Wasabi next-gen cloud storage solution tackles data protection, security and data sovereignty
It may be summer, but cybercrime doesn’t take a vacation. Last year 76% of organizations suffered from a ransomware attack, according to a recent “2022 Data Protection Trends” report. The report also shows that only 19% of companies outsmarted the criminals and recovered their data without paying a penny. It doesn’t state how they managed that feat, but theCUBE may know. During the “Secure Storage Hot Takes” event, theCUBE and Wasabi Technologies Inc. assessed today’s core security themes; data protection,...
10Jul
Regroup Mass Notification Competes in 6th Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards
Regroup Mass Notification®, which empowers better mass communication to keep people safe and informed during critical and daily events, is delighted to announce its platform has been nominated for the Sixth Consecutive Year in the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program. Regroup’s easy-to-use system enables administrators to send up to 20,000 voice calls, 65,000 SMS, 100,000 emails, and 540,000 push notifications per minute, rapidly alerting large groups of recipients to danger. Administrators can also expand their reach by distributing messages...
09Jul