fingerprint technology has come along way to fill that void. it already in banks, laptops, and smartphones. ola fingerprint smart lock wants to bring it to the forefront with faster operation, longer battery life,
or by registering their fingerprints. the ola fingerprint lock currently looking for funding on its kickstarter campaign with a march 2016 shipping date. the companion app for ola the sensor uses radio frequency signal to scan the pattern under the surface of the skin schematics of the ola fingerprint lock n
Yvonne helped to raise money for Kathy to own a pair of the esight glasses so now she is able to see her son anytime.
Yvonne is working to raise money for others that are blind to be able to purchase esight glasses for their daily use as well.
#Semi market grows 7. 9%nudging $340bn says Gartner Worldwide semiconductor revenues totaled $339. 8 billion in 2014,
The top-25 semiconductor vendorscombined revenues increased 11.7%during the period. The world top-25 semiconductor vendors accounted for 72.1%of total market revenues in 2014, up from 69.7%in 2013,
Gartner said. s a group, DRAM vendors outperformed the rest of the semiconductor industry. This follows the trend seen in 2013 due to a booming DRAM market that saw revenue increase 31.7%during 2014 as the undersupply
and stable pricing continued, said Andrew Norwood, research VP at Gartner. n contrast to 2013,
which saw revenue decline in key device categories, including ASIC, discretes and microcomponents, all device categories saw positive growth in 2014,
Excluding memory revenue growth for the remainder of the market reached 5. 4, %but this is much better than 2013 growth of 0. 8%for non-memory revenue.
Intel saw a return to growth in 2014, following two years of revenue decline, with 4. 6%growth.
The company reorganized itself into five new business units in 2014 with the Datacenter Group continuing to be the most stable unit for the company.
although these processors are being shipped at significantly discounted prices with incentives. On the PC front, Intel continued to gain market share from AMD,
RAM revenues will hit $46 billion in 2014, an all-time high surpassing the previous record set back in 1995.
SK Hynix saw a second strong year of revenue growth propelled by the booming DRAM market.
DRAM accounts for about 80%of the company revenues. Micron moved up one place in the rankings in 2014 due to its 41%growth.
In 2014, DRAM accounted for just under 70%of Micron revenues, and NAND flash accounted for slightly under 30%.
and minerals and has secured substantial financial backing on the Indiegogo crowdfunding website. The pen-like device is called Vitastiq and uses a smartphone as an interface.
Following the funding they company is now preparing for volume production and a commercial launch of the product next month.
The technology will be commercialised by a company called Midiagnostics backed by Flemish investors Marc Couke and Michel Akkermans, Flemish investment company PMV and Imec.
Total investment is#60 million. It will take 18 months to two years to produce an IC to perform the testing
There is no need for additional capital investment since an existing i-line exposure system can be used for the new technology.
Similar to the RFID devices now used in bank cards for contactless payments, the tiny chips can contain all the information
The stronger bonds result from so-called functionalisation of the graphene, i e. the addition of a property-altering molecule.
it creates so-called silane bonds between the graphene and the electronic component (see picture). The researchers have shown that the in-plane thermal conductivity of the graphene-based film,
since the adhesion is held together only by weak Van der waals bonds. e have solved now this problem by managing to create strong covalent bonds between the graphene film and the surface,
The stronger bonds result from so-called functionalisation of the graphene, i e. the addition of a property-altering molecule.
it creates so-called silane bonds between the graphene and the electronic component (see picture). The researchers have shown that the in-plane thermal conductivity of the graphene-based film,
and industry partners from seven European union countries, with EU funding. Sara Colantonio and colleagues from the National Research Council of Italy,
By opening up private company investments to the rowd, Regulation A+promises to be a game changer for how emerging companies are funded.
It's the first nationally available form of equity crowdfunding to non-accredited investors. This will not be as easy as a Kickstarter campaign, however.
and watching the money flow in. Regulation A+involves the sale of equity or debt in your company and is governed by securities laws.
This means (cue maniacal laughter) attorneysfees accountantsfees and compliance costs. Raising $50 million under Regulation A is going to require your company to invest money in the process.
The question is: Can Regulation A+be used affordably by startups and small businesses? Related: Regulation A is Not the Savior of Cash-Seeking Startupsthe first thing to understand is that there are two iersof Regulation A+.Tier 1 allows a company to raise between $1 million and $20 million,
and there are no limits on the amount that an individual non-accredited investor can invest.
but non-accredited investors can only invest 10 percent of their income or net worth in each tier 2 offering.
it will have more onerous accounting, auditing and ongoing SEC reporting requirements. Both tiers have legal fees and SEC compliance costs,
and the cost of two years of audited financial statements (in tier 2). Related: Tax Trouble?
Avoid These 10 Common--and Costly--Mistakes. The tier 1 cost of complying with blue sky laws in all 50 states could run in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Some big law firms may even quote six-figure fees. Worse than the cost, the time wasted by having to deal with 50 different state securities regulators could make this process akin to having all of your teeth pulled, one at a time, without Novocain.
Because of blue sky compliance, tier 1 only makes sense for a business that is raising money in a contained geographic area
I believe most companies will use tier 2. The major expense of tier 2, two years of audited financials records,
000 per year are not uncommon for a revenue producing, young business. One CPA I discussed this with says innovators in the accounting industry will find ways to make these audits work. f a startup is new,
and does not have significant financial history, there is no reason an audit should be so expensive,
who left a big six firm to start an accounting business geared towards the JOBS Act market.
the right accountant and the right compliance company, will be at least $50, 000. While that seems like a lot for a startup to swallow,
The best news is Regulation A+allows a company to est the watersbefore spending a ton of money.
This means you can approach potential investors and gauge their interest before you spend thousands on putting together all of your filings with the SEC.
Reduce These 9 Startup Risks for a Better Shot at Investor Fundin r
#Beauty Is Only (3-D Printed) Skin Deep Global cosmetics giant L'oréal has waged a battle against gravity for more than a century, with countless creams, peels and potions as its weapons.
Its conceptnd early successas helped WISERG secure $14 million from investors, including $11 million in Series B funding in March.
For now, Lesueur and company are focused on grocery stores ecause theye large and have a high quantity of waste.
restaurant or artisan food maker and get a debit card stocked with dible credits, while helping their favorite business get the money it needs to grow.
Freight Farms transforms shipping containers into self-contained farms that grow fresh produce using LEDS and hydroponics,
The company occupies four floors in 17 State street, a 42-story commercial building overlooking the Statue of liberty and New york Harbor;
because this is almost double the price of per-square-foot real estate compared to Midtown. They said this is the stupidest move to get seven floors in this building,
According to IPSOFT, one client, a large financial services firm, adopted IPCENTER and cut the mean time to resolution of failed trades from 47 minutes to less than four minutes. he question we would ask is,
We were uncomfortable faking it for financial gains with intermediate levels of evolution. We wanted the baby to be 9 months-plus before we could unveil to the world that there is a better way
He believes cognitive technologies could eventually automate everything from reviewing medical X-rays to commodities trading. he potential goes way beyond automating repetitive tasks,
The company offers a range of pricing models for existing IT services like IPCENTER including a fixed monthly charge for specified infrastructure
and customized tiered pricing. IPSOFT does not disclose revenue and still funnels 70 percent of all profits back into R&d.
The privately held firm has solicited never venture financing, instead relying on the largesse of two Dube family trusts to fuel its growth.
Dube insists he will never sell IPSOFT but says an IPO is likely in the next two to three years.
The first breach has been linked to earlier thefts of personal data from millions of records at Anthem Inc, the second largest U s. health insurer,
which cost the firm hundreds of millions of dollars in sensitive research and development work. Eggebrecht declined to identify the firm,
U s. senators have added $200 million in funding to their proposed fiscal 2016 budget to fund a detailed study of the cyber vulnerabilities of major weapons systems.
#France First to Introduce Mandatory Carbon Reporting for Investors Pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors in France will be required to disclose how they are managing climate change risks.
The announcement was made by France finance minister Michel Sapin at the Climate Finance Day conference in Paris on May 22.
France is the first country in the world to introduce a carbon reporting obligation on financial institutions.
It could pave the way for other countries with well-developed responsible investment movements such as Sweden to follow suit.
France lead will strengthen the drive among investors worldwide to consider the environmental impacts of their investments and the risks to their businesses of failing to do so.
Carbon-intensive companies face severe challenges to their valuations and ability to repay loans as a result of carbon taxes, emissions trading schemes and other legislation.
For many financial institutions, the first step on the road to understanding these risks is to commission a carbon footprint of their investment portfolios or loan books.
Many investors already recognize these risks and disclose how they are managing them on a voluntary basis. Almost 50 investors are signed up to the Montréal Pledge launched late last year
which commits them to measuring and publicly disclosing the carbon footprint of their investment portfolios on an annual basis. The new legal requirement is contained in Article 48 of The french Energy Transition Law
which was passed recently by The french parliament and is due to be debated by the senate. The original text is here.
An English translation provided by the 2°Investing Initiative is here. The draft legislation requires institutional investors to disclose how they consider environmental,
social and governance issues in decision-making processes. These issues include the risks of climate change associated with carbon-intensive assets
and the opportunities to invest in low-carbon and renewable energy. Investors will need also to set targets to measure progress
and explain if they are achieved not. The text also obliges banks and credit providers to disclose the risks they face.
The french government will publish a report on climate change risks by December 31 2016, placing it alongside other risks such as credit risk, counterpart risk and excessive leverage.
Listed companies will also be required to report on the risks of climate change to their business
and on the measures taken to mitigate them. Other countries such as the UK already require companies to disclose this information.
and triple its green investments to reach#3 billion ($3. 28 billion) by 2020. In other announcements, BNP PARIBAS said it would sign the Montréal Pledge.
The growing market for responsible investment in France is one reason why Trucost is to open an office in Paris in June.
The new premises will enable Trucost to better serve its many existing French clients, including Montréal Pledge signatories ERAFP and FRR,
Our families, our communities and our businesses depend on this precious commodity. While we continue to identify
Funding will also work to shape a stream re-route of Mammoth Creek to connect properly to its natural stream source.
Funding will also serve as means to proactively stabilize the world-class recreational activities and spectacular scenic areas that serve as the region identity.
supporting water conservation initiatives outside of your company walls reinforce efforts being made inside to preserve this precious commodity throughout the production process.
and provide funding to Water. org, a global organization that increases water access and quality around the world.
an industry group that represents investor-owned US electric companies, also announced that its fleet electrification initiative has exceed the anticipated $50 million annual industry commitment.
and money by using statistical modeling. Elucidata can pinpoint factors that separate good wells from poor performers,
#Bitcoin price plummets as investors flee the currency Bitcoin prices have been taking a beating since the new year,
the currency fell to $267 by Monday, Jan 12. Then, in the past 36 hours, prices fell completely off a cliff,
with the currency currently priced at $178. 67 at Coindesk. Currently, there no explanation for the enormous price drop over this short period of time,
but the ripple effects are already hitting miners. Mining hash rates dropped precipitously initially and while theye since risen again, theye still well below early January rates.
The problem, for Bitcoin, is simple: there are prices at which the majority of mining operations are not possible.
In the beginning, it was GPUS that drastically increased BTC mining capability and kept the operation profitable,
followed by FPGA and ASICS. As more and more people bought ASIC miners, operations began to shift further, from private residential complexes to huge cloud networks.
When we published the results of our major Bitcoin study last year, we noted that BTC tended to be deflationary
and that prices should generally rise when mining rates increased. One of the assumptions of the underlying model
however, was that the intrinsic costs of mining BTC would establish a consistent price floor.
The advent of new business models, like cloud mining, allowed companies to dodge this bullet in the short term by shifting to business schemes where the marginal cost of operation was lower
and profitability was greater, even at a constant price per BTC. With the price in free-fall,
however, several cloud-based BTC operations have announced already they intend to suspend operations for at least some period of time.
What this means for Bitcoin long-term is unclear. There are undoubtedly some operations that will continue mining
but the currency cannot continue to be mined long-term if the costs of doing so do not rise above the marginal cost of power.
While this isn the first significant course correction for the currency, the fall off since January 2 now puts BTC nearly 50%off its opening volume
and it been over a year since we saw a hit that large
#Google#s Project Ara update: New partners inductive data transfer and cutting-edge battery tech Ever since Google Project Ara debuted,
However, the energy routers will probably be a substantial investment, especially considering most homes would need more than one
HP and Zspace have not announced a price or exact availability date, but they expect it to be in the market this spring.
and the lab is worth the price w
#Google calls on FCC to mandate line-sharing pits itself directly against Comcast and other ISPS In the ongoing battle between net neutrality advocates and the ISPS,
even as it claimed that Fios was costing it more and more money. Despite securing additional money specifically for Fios upgrades,
the company never spent more cash in real dollars it just used the state funding it received to pay for fiber,
then cut the money it woulde spent on other networks to allow them to degrade.
In Verizon case it actively turned to tearing them out. This kind of bait -and-switch is what makes complaints that regulation represents unfair intrusion into the free market so damned egregious.
crying about the need for a greater slice of the tax revenue and service fee pie,
access to these preexisting networks would allow it to deliver substantially better rates and lower prices to its customers.
#Microsoft tries to thwart Google by investing in Cyanogen Windows phone still hasn set the world on fire,
Reports are coming in that Microsoft will participate in a round of funding for Cyanogen, Inc. the commercial enterprise that formed out of the Cyanogenmod community.
but sources claim that Microsoft will be a inority investorin Cyanogen latest round of funding (estimated at $70 million).
By Strategy Analyticsaccount, roughly 37%of Android devices worldwide are using off-brand forks, so there obviously a lot of money at stake here.
If Microsoft can get a piece of that massive pie, all the better for its shareholders. With free access to Office and free upgrades to Windows 10, Microsoft is bowing to market realities.
money has to come from subscriptions services and support contracts. None of that is inherently bad,
so that layer doesn need to be built into the device itself, saving time, money, and materials. It also removes something that can go wrong with the device having one less layer built in means that one less part that can Break in the researcherstest,
The final price is also unknown, though previous estimations had put the cost of an Al-air system at roughly $1. 1 per kg of aluminum anode.
but would save money in the long run. While it not glass, the University of Rochester researchers have discovered a simple technique to make metal surfaces inherently superhydrophobic:
the price is the technology greatest drawback. A new cost-effective quantum dot (QD) hybrid LED could enable LED lighting system adoption on a mass scale.
with a box of fluorescent bulbs costing no more than a few dollars, but consume more energy and lead to higher energy bills.
but conserve energy and money later on. Quantum dots are nanocrystals that emit light when xcitedbased on their size,
for a price real people could ever actually afford
#Ford GPS aims headlamps around dark corners Now there are headlamps that will steer around the corner before you reach the corner,
the efficiency of solar power could be improved greatly, for an affordable price. Infrared light currently passes straight through most silicon solar cell technologies
The plane will weigh about 880 pounds (400 kg), said Yael Maguire, the company engineering director of connectivity.
The plane will weigh about 880 pounds (400 kg), said Yael Maguire, the company engineering director of connectivity.
The plane will weigh about 880 pounds (400 kg), said Yael Maguire, the company engineering director of connectivity.
The plane will weigh about 880 pounds (400 kg), said Yael Maguire, the company engineering director of connectivity.
and Douxmatok responds to both these needs. e come out below the price of sugar and this is a very important issue for the industry. f youe the same price as sugar all you get is compliments and nothing else.
Taste for taste but not weight for weightfor the moment, weight is Douxmatok biggest limitation.
Chipotle shed or, more accurately, never adopted the volume-optimization processes of its onetime largest shareholder Mcdonald.
and process because its prices are twice as high as that of Mcdonald. The big challenge we face is enacting change without changing prices.
Eliminating the need for expensive real-estate is a step in that direction. Optimizing the last-mile delivery for perishable food is another step.
Krones is thus offering a space-saving solution with an attractive price-performance ratio for bottlers who want to try out new beverages with a solids content on test markets, for example.
Farmlogs raised $10 million in Series B about six months ago, bringing its total institutional funding to $15 million thus far.
And agriculture technology companies received $2. 36 billion of investments across 264 deals last year alone
#China's Climate Pledge Will Include New Commitment To Forests Look for China to make new investments in forestry
Carbon intensity is a measure of carbon emissions per dollar of gross domestic product, a metric that allows China to demonstrate movement away from carbon-emitting fuels even as total emissions continue to rise with economic growth.
At the Copenhagen Climate Conference in 2009, China pledged to reduce carbon intensity 40-45 percent by 2020.
According to the World bank, China forest cover has increased since then from 21.7 percent of land area in 2009 to 22.6 percent in 2012, the most recent year for
which the bank has data. China reforestation program was ambitious even before the Copenhagen summit,
Buyers can get prequalified through the app through SQFT partnership with Citywide Home loans, and integrated electronic signature functionality allows both parties to finalize the contract from wherever they like.
Homes are generally the biggest financial investment that individuals will ever make, and saving even a few percentage points on a real estate agents fee is a big deal.
as well as the price points it sets. For a self healing screen to succeed, it would ave to be positioned at very nearly the price of current displays according to Todd Thibodeaux,
president of IT industry association Comptia. t would take adoption by Apple to drive it mainstream,
similar to the push they are now providing for mobile payments in the US. Limitless Possibilities Thibodeaux believes that at the current time self healing coatings for appliances
however, as prices are driven down. utomotive is potentially important, Professor Wass explains. arbon fiber composites have been used widely in Formula one and performance cars for many years,
and if that successful we want to go to 2400 satellitesbranson told CNBC on Thursday. he idea is to reach the billions of people who don have Internet access and to do so with good quality reception and good prices. elated:#
#Health insurer Anthem says database of customer employee info hacked Anthem, the second-largest health insurance company in America, said late Wednesday that a database containing personal information of approximately 80 million of its customers
and employees had been hacked. The cyber breach, which occurred last week, was reported first by The Wall street journal. The paper reported that investigators were still investigating the extent of the incursion,
the insurer did say that credit card information was compromised not and added that it has found no evidence that that medical information such as insurance claims
Previous victims have included retailers like Target and Home depot, banks like J p morgan & Chase and entertainment conglomerate Sony Pictures.
The insurer said it would also set up a information website and offer a credit-monitoring service.
and providers aren't well prepared to defend against sophisticated attackers who are increasingly seeking this data. ealthcare records are much more valuable than credit card information, added Nat Kausik,
because while credit cards can be cancelled quickly, healthcare records contain social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, family members, income info,
and employment information that allows cyber criminals to assume the identity of its victims for committing insurance fraud,
and signing up for new accounts including credit cards. Matt Cullina, CEO of identity protection specialist IDT911, told Foxnews. com that the Anthem hack highlights the importance of extensive cyber security planning. ith high legal costs and the risk of business losses,
a controller and a screen, weighs under three pounds. How does it work? This hornet does not attack.
although there has been no formal involvement or investment in the project. Some years back our technical team developed our concept vessel (Orcelle)
Counterfeiting is a mega big business that totals up to 650 billion dollars in global losses every year, according to the International Chamber of commerce.
The water-based inks are prepared from simple and inexpensive commodity chemicals. This discovery represents a creative twist on security
this ink could be applied to nearly anything, from the world most expensive handbags to rare liquor and even banknotes.
If a user needs to enter credit card details or a social security number while in a public area,
which is in fact the biggest engine of the Company profit. Microsoft announced a free one-year upgrade to its users.
a UC Davis Research Investments in Science and Engineering (RISE) grant; a postdoctoral fellowship from CAPES/Brazil;
and cartilage grafts from organ donors compared to the current preservation method used by tissue banks.
and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression provided funding for the study.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United states Air force Office of Scientific research provided funding for the work p
e believe that joining our two companies will drive value for shareholders and ensure we continue to transform the lives of patients with short bowel syndrome, hypoparathyroidism,
At $46 per share, the deal price reflects a 51%premium to NPS Pharma share price of $30. 47 on December 16, 2014,
when speculation about a Shire acquisition of NPS surfacedut only a 9. 8%premium from NPSCLOSING price Friday of $41. 91.
Shire plans to will finance the deal in part through a new $850 million fully underwritten short-term bank facility in addition to Shire's cash and cash equivalents and an existing $2. 1 billion five
-year revolving credit facility. Shire plans to refinance the short-term bank facility, it said, by issuing new debt
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