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OpenTrons Aims To Be The ‘PC’ Of Biotech Labs
Robotics startup OpenTrons has come up with a way it believes will make wet lab experiments faster and cheaper – automation. Most life science research is still done by hand. This can be a tedious process that OpenTrons hopes to diminish by using robotics and software to complete it. “Basically, if you’re a biologist you spend all of your time moving tiny amounts of liquid… Read More
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Haxlr8r Rebrands As Hax, Announces New Accelerator Program And Matching Funds For Graduates
Over the past few years, Haxlr8r has helped a number of hardware startups go from the idea or prototype stage to actual production. But what happens when their products are finished? Those companies still need to find a way to get into stores and find distribution for their products. Read More
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Indiegogo Leads Investors To Hardware Gold
The venture world is hunting for the next batch of billion dollar unicorns in the hardware market, and investors are turning to the crowd to source their deals. VCs have already committed $516 million in funding for hardware companies this year, according to CrunchBase data — a significant jump from the $398 million captured in Q1 of 2014. Projects that win over consumers on… Read More
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Crunch Network
Creeping Towards Hardware As A Service
There seems to be cool new hardware everywhere I look these days. Swimming drones. Crash-proof flying drones. Creepy robots. Kickstarters like Hackaball, “a smart and responsive ball children can program to invent and play their own games.” Startups like Orion Labs, with their Star-Trek-esque Onyx communicator. Read More
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Crunch Network
Lean Hardware: Breeding Hardware Unicorns
About a year ago, Aileen Lee from Cowboy Ventures wrote her seminal piece on billion-dollar startups, now widely called “unicorns.” At the time, she found 39 U.S.-based software companies fewer than 10 years old in that category. As early-stage investors and hopeful hardware unicorn breeders, we looked into the situation of hardware unicorns and up-and-coming “ponies.” Read More
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The Point Will Watch Your House While You’re Away
When you leave home, who makes sure all of your newspapers, back issues of TV Guide, and take-out containers are safe? If all goes according to plan, the Point has got your back. The point is essentially a simple sensor that listens for loud noises – glass breaking, doors opening – and senses motion. If anything happens you’ll receive a notification, allowing you to… Read More
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China’s HAXLR8R Hardware Accelerator Projects Hit Over $3.5 Million In Funding
HAXLR8R, a Shenzhen-based accelerator, held its demo day in San Francisco yesterday and has announced they’ve raised over $3.5 million in crowdfunding pledges with many projects reaching six figures. The companies, which range from a tiny smartphone-controlled drone to a tiny Wi-Fi Arduino board, are being joined by ten new projects today at the demo day. Read More
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Bluetooth Headset Vigo Knows When You Are Tired Before You Do
When I was a student, sometimes I’d stab myself in the leg with the tip of my mechanical pencil to keep from dozing off during lectures. That usually didn’t work. Now sleepy students–and other people who need to stay alert for long periods of time–can benefit from Vigo, a Bluetooth headset that measures blinks and body movements to warn users if they are getting too drowsy. Read More
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Crunch Network
The Lean Hardware Startup: Financing
We can differentiate several steps in the life of a hardware startup: concept, minimum functional prototype (MFP), complete functional prototype (CFP), design for manufacture (DFM), first factory run (FFR) and retail. Capital needs vary according to the stage you’re in and might come from different sources. In hardware, venture capital is essentially about growth. Read More
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Our Favorite Startups From China-Based Hardware Accelerator Haxlr8r’s Second Demo Day
Today in San Francisco, Haxlr8r had its second demo day, introducing 10 new hardware-based startups which just spent the last two-and-a-half months building hardware in Shenzhen, China. Today’s demo day had a diverse group of companies, with everything from WiFi-connected lights to air robots to brain-scanning headbands to, um, mobile phone-controlled sex toys. These were our favorites. Read More
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Haxlr8r Is Looking For A Few Good Hardware Start-Ups To Be Close To The Action
Cyril Ebersweiler has launched one of the coolest incubators I’ve seen in a while. Based in Dalian, China, the incubator has already run one group through the ringer, and now they’re looking for hardware hackers to join them in their second round. This time, however, they’re doing it up nice. Read More
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