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Unicorn Bio is building the hardware to scale cultivated meat from lab to table

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“Most biomanufacturing systems were designed and optimized for making bacteria (making enzymes) or yeast (brewing beer) or are focused on making the byproducts of animal cells (vaccines), not the animal cells themselves,” said co-founder and CEO of Unicorn Bio, Jack Reid. It’s just raised $3.2

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What is Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software

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COTS stands for Commercial-Off-the-Shelf, and it refers to software targeted to a certain, specially defined range of business based on predetermined specifications. They’re utilizing it to replace proprietary systems with COTS Software. COTS softwares can be easily implemented in the existing systems.

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Merlyn Mind emerges from stealth with $29M and a hardware and software solution to help teachers with tech

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We’ve chronicled, in great detail, the many layers of technology, services and solutions that have been wrapped around the world of education in recent years — and especially in the last year, which became a high watermark for digital learning tools because of COVID-19.

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Gather AI secures new cash to scan inventory in warehouses using drones

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The trio had the idea to use drones to gather data — specifically data in warehouses, such as the number of items on a shelf and the locations of particular pallets. ” Gather isn’t the first to market with a drone-based inventory monitoring system.

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Human toddlers are inspiring new approaches to robot learning

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Organizations have spent decades building complex datasets and pioneering different ways to teach systems to perform new tasks. The system is capable of applying learnings from YouTube videos to different environments, so a programmer doesn’t have to account for every possible variation. Sign up for Actuator here.

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DIY: 5 ways disruptive component startups can win over OEMs

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Creating a disruptive hardware components startup can be quite exciting. But hardware startups are challenging. We hoped that manufacturers would be excited for our system and move quickly to update their products. So there’s no point rushing when building a hardware startup. Let’s be honest.

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Pickle launches its truck unloading robot arm

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During its beta, the Pickle system has been operating in containers as hot as 115-degrees (in California). The system is built around a modified Kuka arm, with an off-the shelf head that has been customized to create what amounts to a large, foam-tipped vacuum head, using pneumatic suction to pick up objects up to 65 pounds.