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Retro Chic: The IoT Means Hardware Engineers Are Cool Again

The Investing Edge

In 1862, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute inaugurated a course in something called “mechanical engineering.” Of course, the older engineering disciplines have remained essential, but the rise of the Web has created the newest batch of international rock stars. Of course, the Software guys and gals aren’t going anywhere.

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Apple patents point to using your MacBook to wirelessly charge your iPhone and Apple Watch

The Verge

In some cases, having separate power supplies for each device may be burdensome to use, store, and/or transport.” (Of Of course, having separate power bricks for your devices is also made more difficult when they aren’t included in the box.). Although it seems like the iPhone 12 has the hardware to do this , it’s currently not enabled.

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Fresh blueberries 8 weeks after harvest? RipeLocker raises $5M to extend life of produce with patented containers

GeekWire

TerraClear, another AI-based hardware system, is being created by Smartsheet co-founder Brent Frei to remove pesky rocks from farmers’ fields. A father-son team : RipeLocker is led by George Lobisser , who previously co-owned and led Pace International , a post-harvest food company focusing on transportation and logistics.

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Why Shenzhen is a hotbed for startups

Galido

In 2017 the city of Shenzhen is one of the fastest growing cities of the planet and a global manufacturing hub which produces a host of electronic items like drones, electric cars, smartphones, cameras, computer, hardware, software and more. billion in 2016 and this is surely a very exciting prospect for all hardware start-up enterprises.

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ODC-Noord: The Netherland’s northernmost government data center is committed to a zero carbon future

CIO Business Intelligence

“We’re also working with our suppliers to institute sustainability rating certifications and to reduce the amount of packaging—for example we recently eliminated the packaging of individual items with one of our cable vendors—and we are recycling hardware in-house to ensure it’s done right. It’s all important.”

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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

The new reactor will be the same size as Polaris, and include additional hardware and technology for putting energy on the grid. The demand for clean energy of course extends well beyond tech companies and data centers. Microsoft already has power purchase agreements for more than 13.5 gigawatts of power. ”

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Networking the Cloud for IoT - Pt. 2 Stressing the Cloud

Cloud Musings

From a systems engineering point of view this data flow is multiplied by the trillions of other IoT sensors in the cloud, introducing unprecedented data processing and data transport stress. Industries and competing companies within those industries will also be forced to weigh the economic impact of paying for this transport and processing.

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