Your next pour-over may be Liberica or excelsa
Climate change has coffee growers searching for alternative crop strains. Enlarge (credit: Diana Gitig) Coffee is uniquely vulnerable to climate change. It grows in tropical regions, where temperatures and rainfall are b.....»»
Tom Brady and Salesforce Ventures pour millions into Class, a Zoom-friendly edtech startup
Class, an edtech startup that integrates exclusively with Zoom to make remote teaching more elegant, has raised $12.25 million in new financing. The round brings Salesforce Ventures, Sound Ventures and Super Bowl champion Tom Brady onto its capital t.....»»
Which DNA is floating in the ditch?
You pour a scoop of ditch water in the DNA scanner, and voilà: you know exactly which plants and animals the ditch accommodates. Well, it is not that simple yet, but according to Ph.D. candidate Kevin Beentjes, we can already use DNA techniques to m.....»»
Cool Crowdfunding: Ceramic 3D Prints, Tiny Pottery, Modular Robotics
We receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects, considering that many of them may not ever.....»»
Taiwan"s TSMC is pouring $100 billion into chipmaking to prevent another shortage
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest contract chipmaker, announced Thursday that it expects to pour $100 billion into advanced chips over the next three years to keep up with rising demand......»»
SoftBank, Tencent backs IP analytics platform PatSnap in $300M round
As enterprises around the world pour more money into research and invention to stay competitive, the need for analyzing the worthiness of R&D expenses also grows. One company serving that function is PatSnap. When co-founder Jeffrey Tiong was working.....»»
Giant Gravitational Wave Detectors Could Hear Murmurs From Across Universe
sciencehabit writes: Just 5 years ago, physicists opened a new window on the universe when they first detected gravitational waves, ripples in space itself set off when massive black holes or neutron stars spiral together. Even as discoveries pour in.....»»
Turntide Technologies Rethinks Electric Motors To Slash Energy Consumption In Buildings
FrankOVD shares a report from TechCrunch: [F]irms backed by Robert Downey Jr. and Bill Gates are joining investors like Amazon and iPod inventor Tony Fadell to pour money into a company called Turntide Technologies that believes it has the next great.....»»
Planning 500,000 charging points for EVs by 2025, Shell becomes the latest company swept up in EV charging boom
Shell’s plan to roll out 500,000 electric charging station in just four years is the latest sign of an EV charging infrastructure boom that has prompted investors to pour cash into the industry and inspired a few companies to become public comp.....»»
Goldman Sachs and Sesame Workshop pour money into this edtech firm’s newest fund
Shauntel Garvey and Jennifer Carolan liked edtech before the sector was cool, so the duo co-founded Reach Capital in 2015 with a $53 million debut fund. The San Francisco-based venture firm has since put checks into education startups including Newse.....»»
Cool Crowdfunding: Retro Styled Portable Computing, Unique 3D Printing, and A Desktop Robot Arm
We receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects, considering that many of them may not ever d.....»»
Diagnosing learning disabilities in multilingual contexts
The University of Luxembourg, the Centre pour le développement des apprentissages Grande-Duchesse Maria Teresa (CDA) and the Minister of Education, Children and Youth, Claude Meisch presented a new publication on learning disabilities in multilingua.....»»
Watch Samsung’s clever home robot lay the table and pour wine
Meet Bot Handy, Samsung's work-in-progress home robot that can load a dishwasher, lay the table, and perhaps most importantly, pour a glass of wine......»»
Samsung"s "Bot Handy" can put away dishes, set a table, and pour drinks for you
Sound a little far-fetched? Well, so are many of the other CES inventions we see every year. So, let's put realism to the side and dig a little deeper into Bot Handy's stated capabilities......»»
Cool Crowdfuning: Handheld Laser Engraving, 3D Scanners, and Multi-Material Upgrades
We receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects, considering that many of them may not ever d.....»»
Cool Crowdfunding: 3D Printing Shoes, Cake Icing, and Detecting Print Failures
We receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects, considering that many of them may not ever d.....»»