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Wi-Fi sensing adds motion detection and gesture recognition to your wireless network
Wi-Fi sensing builds upon the mechanisms already used in wireless networks to detect environmental changes, enabling novel use...
Descartes Underwriting raises $18.5 million for its data-driven insurance platform
Descartes Underwriting, a startup applying AI and machine learning technologies to insurance underwriting, has raised $18.5...
Huawei to launch its Harmony OS Android rival on smartphones in 2021
Huawei plans to introduce its Harmony operating system, seen as the company’s best bet to replace Google’s Android,...
Why San Francisco had an apocalyptic orange sky
San Francisco residents awoke to an orange sky, like something out of the apocalypse. Aclima, which measures pollution, had an...
Portland City Council votes to ban facial recognition technologies in public places
Portland City Council voted to ban the use of facial recognition in public places and by government agencies, including the...
GameStop considers installment plans for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are launching this holiday, and GameStop wants to give you more ways to pay in case money is...
Sensor Tower: PUBG Mobile players have spent over $3.5 billion
PUBG Mobile players have spent over $3.5 billion on the battle royale game, according to the market analysts at Sensor...
5GAA expects 5G-V2X basic car automation in 2024, cooperation in 2026
The 5G Automotive Association expects autonomous vehicles to have a bright future, and lays out dates for the next steps towards...
How ad-supported game monetization can be a win-win-win for publishers and gamers
New research shows that in-game ads has led to 51% fo gamers playing longer sessions, explainig why in-game ad revenue continues...
Iron Ox raises $20 million to grow robotic greenhouse operations
Iron Ox plans to expand its robotic growing solution to greenhouses in California and other parts of the U.S. after a $20...
NPA News
Hardware Startups to watch in 2021
Happy Thanksgiving week all!
There are a few items we cherish at NPA, amongst them are friends, family and excellent food. For these, we have much to celebrate later this week.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! Here is to using innovative and fun ways to connect with our families and friends that might not be able to visit in person this year. Teach your Grandma how to use Snapchat filters, it’s hilarious.
Startups- NASA, Bucket Seats & good Engineering
Welcome to Fall! It’s sweater weather, some horror flicks are popping up and the Indian Summer in Boston could sure use a few more warm days. It may be hard to believe, but we are just one week away before the US election. Go Vote!
Startups- Winners, Winners, Chicken dinners
The summer slow down clearly had an effect on our newsletter as we are a bit late this month.
In last month’s survey, we asked all of you whether your industry was improving/collapsing and we got a surprise: 58% of the respondents stated their industry is either slightly improving (~25%) or are literally overwhelmed (~33%) with new business!
Startups – Saving cash during tough times
This month, we’ve got a 500% ROI, some $6.9B investments in Boston startups, and flying cars hitting New Hampshire.
FAMGA spends >$2B on tech startups- is yours on the list?
Happy Summer all! FOMO is real and you might have missed this tidbit!
Getting back to normal
Are we there yet? Almost…we think. I am looking very much forward to being back in the (not home) office again this week, face to face meetings, more personalized engagements with our staff, customers and suppliers.
Feel the Squeeze yet?
Staggering numbers: The US unemployment rate going from 3.5% in February to 14.7% in April, 20M jobs lost just in April.I am certain, we all know someone by now that’s been economically affected, or worse, gotten sick by Covid-19.
WFHell
…what a rollercoaster it’s been the last few weeks!
WFH looked so GOOD, sleeping in, picking a home office location, all your favorite snacks close by, no annoying bosses/coworkers, afternoon workouts….
Nice funding round – $2.25B
It’s almost Spring and in case you didn’t know already, the month of March was named for the Roman god of war, Mars. Traditionally, this was the time of year to resume military campaigns that had been interrupted by winter.
Huge Funding Rounds
Happy February, 2020 is starting off great for a few startups as VC's are handing over boatloads of new cash. GoPuff , the online convenience store, secured $750M of fresh dough. Now go to their App and buy a pack of Skittles to get in on the sugar rush! On related...
