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Student entrepreneurs swap classrooms for startup

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Have you ever wondered what’s driving today’s tech startup funding curve on the university campus? Two words: Student entrepreneurship. Some of the greatest technology companies in Silicon Valley’s were launched by the classroom-to-startup method now popular at tech school and…

Tech Valley NY movers and shakers celebrated by Albany business paper

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

The Albany Business Review has published an informative article and image slideshow celebrating 11 Tech Valley entrepreneurs who “have carved out a niche in the software, video game and manufacturing industries” noting that these are not just regional business. The…

NY Power Authority to Integrate Lidar Tech, Drones for inspections

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has received a $125,000 grant from the American Public Power Association (APPA) Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Development (DEED) program to research and integrate light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology into its existing in‑house…

Work of the Past, Work of the Future

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

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Top 10 strategic technology trends 2018 will be based on ‘intelligent digital mesh’

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

Every year in October, research firm Gartner publishes its top 10 strategic technology trends for the following year. This year, it says the top trends tie into the ‘intelligent digital mesh’ as the foundation for future digital business and ecosystems.…

Over 264 million service robots expected to be in use worldwide by 2026

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

The installed base of service robots reached 29.6 million worldwide at the end of 2016, and will grow to 264 million by 2026. The research from Berg Insight says the global service robot market is dominated by three segments that…

How IoT could cut production costs by up to $30 per barrel for oil and gas industry

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

After decades during which the price of crude oil hovered around 100 dollars per barrel, the impact of the crisis in 2014 caused a crash that brought prices down by up to 60 percent. In this context, the emergence of…

VR and AR device shipments could reach 100 million units in 2021

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

In its latest forecast for update for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices, research firm CCS Insight expects 16 million VR and AR devices to be shipped in 2017, representing growth of 47 percent year-on-year. It anticipates continued…

Eclipsed by Samsung, Intel retreats from wearables, IoT, and the maker market

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Richard Wallace |

Silicon Valley is the place to shop for the flavor of the day, especially when it comes to hyped-up new technology businesses. But some companies, Intel especially, are known to lose their taste for ongoing risk, losses and market uncertainty. Examples…

DISCOVER: Gramercy District, the USA’s smart city in a box

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Richard Wallace |

Welcome to Gramercy District in Loudoun County, Virginia: the USA’s first purpose built-from-the- ground-up smart city. Billed as a prototype smart city in a box, Gramercy District has the backing of key players in technology, infrastructure, and logistics, including Microsoft,…