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Future VR Haptics May Use Chemicals on the Skin to Make You Feel

Gizmodo

Virtual reality experiences are never going to feel like the real world until we’re able to engage all of our senses, not just vision and hearing. As a potential way to simulate a human’s ability to feel physical sensations, researchers have developed haptic VR hardware that applies chemicals to your skin to trigger… Read more.

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Retro Chic: The IoT Means Hardware Engineers Are Cool Again

The Investing Edge

By WWI, a third key player in the Industrial Revolution, Chemical Engineers, had emerged to advance the science and design of materials. The new rock stars of the technology-entrepreneur world had become Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineers, and this would be true for much of the 20 th century. (My engineering folks.

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CIOs Discover That Dumb Technology Can’t Always Be Upgraded

The Accidental Successful CIO

The person with the CIO job understands that software has underpinned the internet’s virtual world from inception, of course, and has shown both its potential and vulnerability. Cyber-physical systems are “embedded in virtually all aspects of our lives at this point in time. Dealing With The Old And The New.

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$5M Climate Impact Fund launches to support entrepreneurs tackling the climate crisis

GeekWire

Clean tech startups can be slower moving as their innovations often include hardware and their prototype process can take longer, particularly if it involves biological or chemical processes. But the sector faces it’s own challenges. Ken Vaughn, VertueLab’s director of Impact Investments.

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How Computer Vision is Revolutionizing the Manufacturing Supply Chain

CIO Business Intelligence

Geofencing creates a virtual boundary around equipment that’s hot to the touch or an area within reach of a robot; a loud alarm or flashing light is triggered when a person or object gets too close. The same principle applies to chemical usage, where optimized usage also means less over- and under-dosing. Does a motor need to run 24/7?

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Amazon begins the ‘huge’ lift to shrink the carbon footprint of its devices to reach climate goals

GeekWire

Amazon’s effort to green its own products is being spearheaded by Rachel Praetorius , who leads sustainability and hardware operations for Amazon Devices & Services. ” Rachel Praetorius, head of sustainability and hardware operations for Amazon Devices & Services. Amazon Photo).

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NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover mission serves as ultimate test for working from home (planet)

GeekWire

billion mission’s to-do list are: Identify the places most likely to hold the mineral and chemical traces of past microbial life. Aerojet Rocketdyne’s propulsion systems have flown aboard every successful NASA mission to Mars, and this time around, Aerojet’s involved in virtually every phase of Perseverance’s journey.