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Automotive Technology
Tesla Semi electric truck prototype is back on the road – spotted at Supercharger station
Tesla Semi electric truck prototypes are currently undergoing testing ahead of the planned launch next year, but after being spotted reguarly for weeks, the prototypes were nowhere to be seen for over a month. Now one of the two known Tesla Semi prototypes has been...
Report: After failed talks w/ Mercedes & BMW, Apple reaches self-driving car deal with Volkswagen
Apple has continued to ramp up its self-driving car testing over the last few months, and now a report from The New York Times says the company has inked a deal with Volkswagen. As part of the deal, Apple will turn Volkswagen’s T6 Transport vans into self-driving...
Honda is working on affordable all-electric Fit-based car with biggest battery maker for global release
Honda is currently seen as lagging behind when it comes to electrification at this moment with very little electric vehicle efforts. But the Japanese automaker is now reportedly working on an important new global electric vehicle program in partnership with CATL,...
Healthcare Technology
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
By MEGHAN CONROY These days I’m spending a lot of time getting in depth with many tech companies. From time to time I’ll be asking those innovators to tell their story on THCB, and suggest what problems they are solving. First up is Meghan Conroy from...
HIStalk Interviews Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD, President, IDx
Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD is president, founder, and director of IDx of Coralville, IA and professor of ophthalmology, electrical engineering, computer engineering, and biomedical engineering at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Tell me about yourself and the...
Morning Headlines 5/23/18
New Cancer Treatments Lie Hidden Under Mountains of Paperwork A New York Times article says that hospital EHRs are a “medical records mess” that impede research efforts because of incompatible data formats and the reluctance of health systems to share their patient...
Consumer Products
Intellus Philadelphia 2018: A report from the inaugural conference
A fresh angle on customer centricity… featuring empathy and deep understanding. At Intellus in Philadelphia this May, the PMRG and PBIRG attendees focused almost exclusively on patients, offering an even deeper understanding of patients’ needs, their varied contexts...
UK digital radio hits listening milestone: Time to turn off analogue FM or not?
UK radio reached a significant milestone on 17 May 2018 when the RAJAR Q1 2018 listening figures were published. For the first time, over half (51%) of all weekly radio listening was via a digital platform, such as DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), online or through...
Gamers often run counter to stereotypes: Here’s what you need to know about them
“That was close… watch out!” That was my husband, his eyes fixated on his 32-inch UHD monitor as he coordinated with his squad mates over the microphone-equipped headset to escape death in the massively popular online game Fortnite. The excitement over live actions...
Academic Technoloy
An Interactive Story Building Lesson
Word Tamer is a site for learning the process of developing characters, settings, and plots. Word Tamer is set up as an interactive journey through a carnival of literary devices. As students move through the carnival they develop characters, develop a setting, and...
Google Offers a Sites Conversion Tool – Domain Admins Take Note
Whether you like it or not, Google is slowly pushing everyone who uses the old version of Google Sites into the new version. For some people this is a source of great stress and for others it's not a big deal at all. If you're a G Suite for Education domain...
Speaker Deck – A Simple Way to Share Your Slides
Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Keynote all have options for embedding your slideshows into a blog post or other webpage. But there are other methods for including your slideshow in a blog post or webpage. One of those options is Speaker Deck. Speaker Deck is a free...
Alternative Energy
Report: Renewables, Energy Efficiency in New England Will Replace the Need for Gas Pipelines
A report that examines statements about rolling blackouts made by regional grid operator ISO-New England, shows that sustained growth of renewables, and not more gas, will boost reliability of New England’s electric power system.
Why More Solar and Wind on the Grid Should Be Driving Today’s Investment Decisions
A new LBNL report offers concrete suggestions about what investments today will be most beneficial in tomorrow’s renewable energy future.
From D.C. To Tesla … & Back To D.C? Sam Jammal On Clean Energy & Job Creation
Sam Jammal launched a campaign for Congress in order to bridge the gaps he sees between the cleantech industry and Capitol Hill. He’s currently running for Congress in California’s 39th district
Nuclear Energy
Attend the ANS Annual Meeting and Help Lead the Nuclear Industry to a Prosperous Future
By Daniel Carleton From June 17-21, the American Nuclear Society will be hosting its Annual Meeting. This year’s event will be held in Philadelphia, Pa., where leaders from across the nuclear industry, government, and academia will share their expertise in hot-topic...
Art Wharton on the White House Chronicle…. today’s Friday Matinee
Enjoy today’s Friday Nuclear Matinee! ANS member Art Wharton’s (of Studsvik Scandpower) interview on the White House Chronicle, with host Llewellyn King. Art tells why the world needs nuclear power. Go Art! #whynuclear #pronuclear
Showdown at Shoreham
by Will Davis The story of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on Long Island, New York was once well known in the industry and in utility circles; the plant, which took a very long time to construct and which faced considerable cost overrun, was heavily opposed by...
Cloud Storage Technology
Comms Business Live Presents: Knight Corporate Finance Surgery ep.2 – The Sellers Perspective
In Knight Corporate Finance’s second live value surgery, David Dungay will be looking at the Exit process from a sellers perspective. Alongside Adam Zoldan, Director of Knight Corporate Finance, will be Paul Harrison who recently sold thevoicefactory to EvolveIP and...
Comms Business Live – Season 3 – CPaaS – is the Channel ready for it?
In the first episode of this new season, sponsored by TalkTalk Business, David Dungay will be leading a discussion on the CPaaS (Communication Platform as a Service) market and how the Channel are embracing this trend to enable them to build more relevant solutions...
#TheCloudShow – S2E3- The Great Multi- Cloud Debate
We all accept that we all do a form of multi-cloud (i.e. we consume several cloud services in isolation – e.g. on your phone we use different social media, email, etc all separate clouds) – but that is not the point of this discussion. The point of the debate is...