Ohio, US-based 3D building company 3DKitBash launched a crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter to raise $500 for a new 3D object files kit that lets users print skulls on their 3D printer.
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California-based semiconductor developer Ineda scores $17M in Series B round
Santa Clara, US-based low-power SoCs (system on a chip) developer Ineda Systems scored $17 million in a Series B funding round led by Walden-Riverwood Ventures to develop products that can be used in wearable devices and Internet of Things (IoT).
Irish home beer-brewing appliance Brewbot bags £82K from Invest NI
Belfast, Ireland-based home-brewing firm Cargo bagged £82,000 in funding from Invest North Ireland (NI) for the development and marketing of its smartphone-controlled beer-making robot Brewbot.
Israeli 3D printing firm Stratasys buys American filament maker Interfacial Solutions
Rehovot, Israel-based 3D printing firm Stratasys bought Wisconsin, US-based plastic filament maker Interfacial Solutions for an undisclosed sum to streamline its operations through hardware and filament production.
US-based startup Crossbar bags $25M in Series C funding to expand chip memory to 1 terabyte
Santa Clara, US-based startup Crossbar bagged $25 million in its Series C funding round to expand the memory of a postage stamp-sized chip to one terabyte and make it 20 times faster that the best flash storage at present.
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After helping 3 million people in the Philippines and Paraguay get access to the Internet, social media giant Facebook launched the Connectivity Lab to build drones and lasers that will help more people get affordable Internet access.
Intel Capital is planning to pour $15 million in funding into Jerusalem, Israel-based smartglasses maker to continue helping visually impaired people using the startup's product.
Two weeks after receiving approval from the US bankruptcy court in Delaware, Brussels, Belgium-based chemical firm Solvay completed the acquisition of Pennsylvania-based electronics company Plextronics Inc to enhance its OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) electronic display capabilities.
American software giant shelled out $150 million to acquire San Francisco, California-based product design and development firm Osterhout Design Group's (ODG's) intellectual property for wearable computing devices.
The $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR Inc by social media giant Facebook Inc has turned the interest of investors to virtual reality startups, Bloomberg News reported.
Apple Inc and Google Inc may be pummeling BlackBerry in the smartphone department but the Canada-based firm is the leading player in the connected-car department, Bloomberg reported.
Tech giants Dell and Microsoft Corp have signed a patent licensing deal regarding Android and Chrome OS devices as well as Xbox consoles, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco, US-based incubator launched a new $20-million venture capital fund to back early-stage hardware startups in the robotics, aerospace, agriculture, connected things, and transportation sectors.
Social media giant Facebook acquired California, US-based virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR in a deal valued at $2 billion to help the startup expand beyond non-gaming applications of its technology.
