Fortune explains here the new battery that John Goodenough, one of the co-investors of the lithium-ion battery, recently introduced in the Journal of Energy & Environmental Science. Goodenough and his team say the battery charges faster, would never explode, and performs well at low temperatures. 94 year-old John Goodenough, one of the co-inventors of the lithium-ion battery that now powers everything from phones to Teslas, has developed a new solid-state battery formula that promises to hold three times more energy than li-on. Goodenough and his team also say the new battery, which … [Read more...]
Exciting New Additive Manufacturing Tech Could Improve the World
In Pittsburgh, America's historic center of manufacturing prowess, GE is improving a technique called additive manufacturing which could change the world by making processes more efficient and reliable. GE Reports writes: Few technologies have spread as rapidly as additive manufacturing, and few show as much promise. As recently as the early 1990s, 3D printing prototypes were a rarity found at only a handful of research labs scattered across the globe. Today, GE is printing fuel nozzles and other components for jet engines that already are powering planes with paying passengers on board. CATA … [Read more...]
Intel’s ‘Most Advanced Semiconductor Facility in the World’
In a recent sit-down with President Trump, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced plans for a $7 billion manufacturing facility in Arizona that will employ 3,000 people in high-skill positions. John McKinnon and Rebecca Ballhaus report for The Wall Street Journal: A White House official described the planned Intel facility as “the most advanced semiconductor facility in the world.” It will provide 3,000 high-skill manufacturing jobs, officials said. Some chips that will be made there will be used in emerging technologies that Intel is seeking growth as its personal computer business matures. … [Read more...]
For the First Time Amazon Appears to be Targeting Profits
Known more for a drive to build market share than to maximize profits, Amazon may now be signalling a shift in focus. Laura Stevens writes at The Wall Street Journal: Amazon’s stronger margins likely reflect more discipline in spending and fewer promotions at the expense of profit, as well as a larger percentage of sales stemming from its third-party sellers, analysts said. Those sales are nearly pure profit margin because Amazon doesn’t have to buy and hold the product itself. It also gets paid for items that sellers ship in for Amazon to fulfill. ... Amazon often has bucked retail … [Read more...]
The Internet of Things Will Disrupt More Than Tech
The future is already here in the form of IoT HPE Matter explains: IoT is one of these core disrupters in technology that intersects so many fields,” says Amy Webb, CEO of Future Today Institute. According to Gartner, 5.5 million new things will be connected each day; and by 2020, there will be some 21 billion connected devices that share data. This massive connectivity across industries is the true promise of IoT—a promise that’s encouraged industry insiders to refer to IoT as the driver of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. (1) Transportation: The connected car market is expected to … [Read more...]
Facebook Fatigue: Tired Network Attempting Pivot to Video
Revenue growth is decelerating at Facebook. The company has saturated most developed markets, and to continue increasing its active user base, the social network must push further into low-income regions with fewer dollars for advertising. To stem the tide, Facebook wants to forge into the already crowded video business in an attempt to steal ad dollars from TV and YouTube!. Miriam Gottfried reports at The Wall Street Journal: The trend explains why the company, with its shares fetching a still-rich 32 times 2017 earnings estimates, is pushing aggressively into video as the next frontier. … [Read more...]
Wait Till You Read What GE and the Celtics Are Up To
GE will be partnering with the Boston Celtics to provide a full suite of analytical and technological support to the team. BOSTON, January 25, 2017 — The Boston Celtics and GE today announced a multi-year partnership in which the world’s leading digital industrial company will become the team’s exclusive Data and Analytics Partner. GE, which moved its global headquarters to Boston in 2016, will receive a number of marketing assets, including the first jersey patch partnership in the team’s history, beginning in the 2017-18 season. A key component of the relationship will center around GE’s … [Read more...]
Alibaba, Microsoft, Amazon the Awesome Big Three of Cloud Services
It figures, as the WSJ explains, to be another banner year for the massive Chinese e-commerce player. Buoyed by China’s insatiable online shoppers, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. posted a strong third quarter, raised its revenue outlook and said it would step up investments to expand its digital media and cloud businesses. Alibaba, which runs China’s most popular e-commerce websites Taobao and Tmall, said Tuesday that fiscal year 2017 sales would rise 53%, up from an earlier forecast of 48%. The Chinese e-commerce giant is riding the wave in the country’s online retail growth as internet … [Read more...]
This Miracle Tech Revolution Will Change the World
Here comes the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) revolution, writes Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. Some call the Internet of Things (IoT) the Intelligence of Things or the Internet of Everything. By whatever name, futurists say it heralds the moment when sensor-driven data connects everything to everything else and artificial and human intelligence become a seamless whole—the planet and virtually everything in and on it transformed into a single, thinking entity. That is the visionary view. The consensus is astonishing enough: we are in the earliest phases of a technological … [Read more...]
This is What Happens When Amazon Puts a Robot Assistant in Your Home
Amazon’s massive cloud computing infrastructure generates billions of dollars in revenue and is now at the forefront of the company's business model. Here WIRED explains Amazon’s bold new world of technological innovation. YOU CAN’T WALK the sprawling floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center without tripping over a speaker, an appliance, or even a robot or two that supports Alexa. Amazon’s voice assistant is clearly the darling of CES 2017. This may well be the year you switch from tapping and typing on touchscreens to simply shouting commands. Many platforms, from Apple’s Siri and … [Read more...]
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