Report: Battery Elimination in Small Electronics
While many companies are working on making batteries for consumer products smaller or more efficient, others have done away with batteries entirely and make consumer devices that use microwatts to milliwatts of energy without either batteries or capacitors. A report from IDTechEx Research released in November said that billions of wireless electronic and electrical products […]
World’s Largest Lithium Battery Constructed In Tesla Bet
Tesla has installed a 129-MWh battery in South Australia in under 100 days, winning a bet CEO Elon Musk made with the state. The battery – a civil-scale version of the Tesla Powerpack – will be used to store power from the Hornsdale Wind Farm, keeping excess energy and feeding it back into the grid […]
Bio-Fuel Company Plans to Run London Bus Using Coffee Grounds
London buses might soon run on coffee. A company called Bio-Bean has teamed up with London’s public bus system to contribute 1,590 gallons of fuel to the city as part of a pilot project – enough to power one bus for a year. There are about 9,500 buses in London, many of which run on […]
Cable & Telcos Add 380,000 High-Speed Internet Customers in Q3
The largest cable and telephone companies in the U.S. gained about 380,000 high-speed internet subscribers in the third quarter of 2017, according to a new report from Leichtman Research Group. Leitchtman analysts examined the nation’s 14 largest cable and telephone providers, which make up about 95 percent of the industry. Those 380,000 broadband additions during […]
Smart Home Adoption Predicted to Hit 55 Million Devices in 2020
U.S. households with existing broadband service will purchase nearly 55 million smart home devices in 2020 if current trends continue, according to a report from Parks Associates. The report found that although many smart home devices are still in the early adoption stage, the number of U.S. households installing smart thermostats, lights, locks, or networked […]
Windstream Adds DirecTV Now to Broadband Bundles
Windstream has added DirecTV Now to its Kinetic-brand services, Multichannel reported on Wednesday. The company in September rebranded its premium internet offerings as Kinetic, including internet with network speeds of 25 to 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps over a fiber-optic network, as well as its Kinetic TV and Kinetic Business Solutions services. The addition of […]
Video of the Day: Sleek New Quadruped Robot
The newest creation from Boston Dynamics is here, and it looks a bit sleeker than its predecessors. The next iteration of the SpotMini seems to have gotten some cosmetic upgrades, with curved legs reminiscent of a race car and a bright yellow chassis that covers up all that wiring. The video released on Monday is […]
Roku Acquires Smart Speaker Maker Dynastrom
Set-top box maker Roku acquired Dynastrom in a move that might signal a push into the smart audio market. Variety reported last week that Roku made the $3.5 million purchase in September, with 108,332 Roku shares going to each of Dynastrom’s two co-founders as part of the deal. Variety added that several Dynastrom employees, including […]
‘Self-Healing’ Lamborghini Concept Car Targets an Electric Future
Some concept cars seem more like a lark than anything that might end up on the road, with features designed to make the newest technology look hot rather than solving any enduring automotive problems. The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio concept car seems to fall firmly in the realm of the former, but its hooks – self-healing […]