Month: April 2015

New Hardware Accelerator Bridges Gap from SF to Shenzhen

New Hardware Accelerator Bridges Gap from SF to Shenzhen

Highway1, the two year old accelerator from Ireland-based manufacturing solutions company PCH International, has expanded its operations at a new San Francisco California location, upping its startup enrollment cap from 12 to 19. What used to be a marijuana growing operation — yes, really — in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco is now home of the hardware […]

This Week in 3D Printing: Food, Fashion, and Carbon3D’s Funding

This Week in 3D Printing: Food, Fashion, and Carbon3D’s Funding

$10M to Carbon3D Last week, we featured a University of Buffalo student who printed a 40×40×100mm Eiffel Tower in just over 12 minutes. That same day, VentureBeat reported that Carbon3D — another startup working on speedier 3D printing — received $10M from Autodesk’s 3D printing fund. Carbon3D calls the technology Continuous Liquid Interface Production, and claims […]

Cheap, Safe, and Fast-Charging: Stanford Reveals Aluminum-Ion Battery Prototype

Cheap, Safe, and Fast-Charging: Stanford Reveals Aluminum-Ion Battery Prototype

Scientists at Stanford University announced a breakthrough in creating a bendable aluminum battery last week, unveiling a new prototype that could change the face of both hobbyist and professional hardware development. The new battery charges rapidly, can withstand over 7,500 charging cycles without a drop in capacity, and can generate two volts of electricity—stats that represent a step forward compared […]