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- GBatteries let you charge your car as quickly as visiting the pump Wed, 16 Jan 19, 7:41amA YC startup called GBatteries has come out of stealth with a bold claim: they can recharge an electric car as quickly as it takes to fill up a tank of gas...
- Testing times for second wave scooter startups Mon, 14 Jan 19, 5:00amInvestors are still pouring millions into scooter startups, albeit sometimes at flat valuations. At the same time a little cash is flowing the other way, in cases where cities have realized the importance of prioritizing...
- FloWater just raised $15 million to put bottled water out of business Fri, 4 Jan 19, 1:14pmFloWater, an eight-year-old, Burlingame, Calif.-based company whose reusable water bottle refilling stations produce purified water, has raised $15 million in its first major round of funding. Bluewater, a Swedish company...
- A new solar technology could be the next big boost for renewable energy Thu, 27 Dec 18, 6:23amAcross the globe, a clutch of companies from Oxford, England to Redwood City, Calif. are working to commercialize a new solar technology that could further boost the adoption of renewable energy generation. Earlier this year,...
- OffGridBox raises $1.6M to charge and hydrate rural Africa with its all-in-one installations Fri, 14 Dec 18, 5:15amThe simplest needs are often the most vital: power and clean water will get you a long way. But in rural areas of developing countries they can both be hard to come by. OffGridBox is attempting to provide both, sustainably...
- Postmates unveils Serve, a friendlier autonomous delivery robot Fri, 14 Dec 18, 1:00amSan Francisco partially banned delivery robots because they obstructed pedestrians, so Postmates built one with eyes, turn signals, and a mandate to yield...
- Why you need a supercomputer to build a house Sun, 9 Dec 18, 5:38amWhen the hell did building a house become so complicated? Don’t let the folks on HGTV fool you. The process of building a home nowadays is incredibly painful. Just applying for the necessary permits can be a soul-crushing...
- Cove.Tool wants to solve climate change one efficient building at a time Wed, 5 Dec 18, 7:01amAs the fight against climate change heats up, Cove.Tool is looking to help tackle carbon emissions one building at a time. The Atlanta-based startup provides an automated big-data platform that helps architects, engineers...
- Agtech startup Imago AI is using computer vision to boost crop yields Fri, 30 Nov 18, 3:14amPresenting onstage today in the 2018 TC Disrupt Berlin Battlefield is Indian agtech startup Imago AI, which is applying AI to help feed the world’s growing population by increasing crop yields and reducing food waste...
- That night, a forest flew Tue, 27 Nov 18, 8:07amWildfires are consuming our forests. The institutions and technologies to keep these environments healthy have suffered decades of neglect. DroneSeed is a Seattle-based startup that aims to combat this problem.
- That night, a forest flew: DroneSeed is planting trees from the air Tue, 27 Nov 18, 8:07amWildfires are consuming our forests. The institutions and technologies to keep these environments healthy have suffered decades of neglect. DroneSeed is a Seattle-based startup that aims to combat this problem.
- Tap, a new startup from Sam Rosen, wants to be the Google of drinking water Sat, 27 Oct 18, 2:19amMakeSpace founder and former CEO Samuel Rosen is ready to launch his next venture, and it has little or nothing to do with the on-demand economy. This time, Rosen is setting his sights on the world of water. Tap aims to be...
- Iron Ox opens its first fully autonomous farm Thu, 4 Oct 18, 1:00amFor the last two and a half years, Iron Ox has been working on perfecting its agricultural robots to tend its indoor farms. After first testing its systems on a small scale, the company is opening its first fully autonomous...
- Uber fires up its own traffic estimates to fuel demand beyond cars Mon, 17 Sep 18, 3:18amIf the whole map is red and it’s a short ride, maybe you’d prefer taking an Uber JUMP Bike instead of an UberX. Or at least if you do end up stuck bumper-to-bumper, the warning could make you less likely to get...
- Ocean Solutions Accelerator names its first wave of conservation startups Wed, 18 Jul 18, 1:46amEarly this year the Sustainable Oceans Alliance announced that it would be starting its own accelerator with a focus on conservation. The nonprofit has just announced the Ocean Solutions Accelerator's first wave of startups:...