from BostInno by Lucia Maffei Student startups, perhaps most of any other ventures, excel for enthusiasm, fantasy and willingness to learn. As 2017 come to an end, we’ve taken a look at the most promising early-stage student startups we’ve covered this year. We’ve found interesting ventures in almost every school ...
from the Washington Post by Audrey Hoffer You wouldn’t think that having your mother along with you and your husband on a weekend trip across country, let alone in a tiny, 450-square-foot apartment, would be a lot of fun. But Heidi Grütter, who lives in San Diego, said it couldn’t ...
from MIT Sloan News by Dylan Walsh In 1965, Gordon Moore noticed that computer chips were roughly doubling in power every year, following an exponential curve. The trend held with such reliability that the observation was codified into Moore’s law. “But the speed at which we take data in and ...
from MIT Sloan News by Brian Eastwood New software out of MIT uses artificial intelligence to speed up and reduce the cost of contract review for companies. Klarity is taking on nondisclosure agreements first, part of a strategy to build customer trust and expand its offerings. In a usual scenario today, a ...
from BostInno by Lucia Maffei At the end of the movie The Big Short, viewers are informed that Michael Burry – the man who predicted the 2008 worldwide financial crisis years before anyone else – is now focused on investing in one commodity: water. Nowadays, the signals that water is becoming ...
from BostInno by Lucia Maffei Cambridge-based startup Woobo has launched the first edition of its educational toy for children – a talkative, furry round animal with a high-pitched voice, a variety of gender-neutral activities for kids, a short USB port-shaped tail and a planned retail price of $199. According to the company’s co-founder ...
by Lucia Maffei, BostInno Full disclosure: I’m not writing this story by myself. While I’m typing on the keyboard, Grammarly – a free extension for Chrome – works on background checking grammar, spellings and punctuation. Typos are underlined in red: for each mistake I make, “Did you mean” windows appear with a ...
by Jeff Engel, Xconomy The “smart” device movement has brought us gadgets like Internet-connected thermostats, light bulbs, and speakers. Now, a startup out of MIT called Ori wants to add furniture and walls to the so-called Internet of Things. “When we think of the home of the future or office ...
by Megan Turchi, Boston.com Empty nesters no more. At least that’s the plan. On Thursday, Mayor Martin J. Walsh — in collaboration with the Elderly Commission, the Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab, and a social enterprise startup called Nesterly — announced the Intergenerational Homeshare Pilot. The program’s goal is to match Boston homeowners who have a ...
from MIT News by Rob Matheson Sitting in a stifling subway car or walking Boston’s cold winter streets may soon become more bearable, thanks to a “personal thermostat” wristband being released by MIT spinout Embr Labs. For a design competition in 2013, four MIT engineering students created a smart wristband, ...
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