Japanese Prime Minister “Test Drives” Autonomous Vehicles (The Diplomat): The Prime Minister of Japan ‘drove’ an autonomous electric vehicle made by Nissan to bring attention to the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. Nissan is just one of many manufacturers from around the world working on consumer ready autonomous vehicles.
Ohio Renewable Energy Companies Defend Current State Efficiency Standards (Ideastream): Ohio utility companies are debating over proposed changes to the state’s energy efficiency standards. These changes may impact both utility costs and economic growth for the state.
Rosetta Stone Continues Expansion Into Education Technology for Kids, Launches New App to Give Children an Early Edge in English and Spanish (Market Watch): Rosetta Stone is expanding into early-childhood education by offering apps to help children learn languages.
Emerson Educational Services Introduces (Digital Journal): Emerson Educational Services will now be offering distance learning courses to help train HVAC/R technicians. The aim is to make it easier for those training in HVAC/R to access information easier and to train on their own schedule.
MakerBot and Partners Are Leading the Charge to Crowd Source A MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer in Every School in America (Market Watch): Inspired by Present Obama’s initiative to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., MakerBot is aiming to provide a desktop 3D printer to every school in the country. Funding will come through DonorsChoose.org, a crowd sourced fundraising site.
3 Universities Join to Make Big Data More Useful (Chronicle): New York University will work with University of California at Berkeley and the University of Washington in an effort to help researchers take advantage of big data by improving the data management and analysis process. The project will cost $37.8 million and will be partially funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation along with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
