Akron, Ohio – Recent demos at a trade show by Shin-Etsu Silicones of America Inc. featured the company’s KEG-2000 LIMS (liquid injection molding system) products’ advanced handling and molding properties being run with a Make-a-Wish Foundation wristband processing demonstration, amongst others, in collaboration with LIMS machinery and equipment partners. Shin-Etsu’s KEG-2000 series is supplied in two components, which are mixed …

      The University of Oxford has produced some of Britain’s greatest minds, and to help in its quest to stay at the forefront of technological innovation, the institution’s commercial arm has set up a £300 million ($475 million) fund to develop and bring to market companies based on the university’s scientific research. A new partnership between Isis Innovation, …

    Microsoft is releasing a new set of video technologies, Microsoft Hyperlapse, that can turn long, jittery first-person clips into smooth, time-lapse videos. The company is offering Hyperlapse in three versions: mobile apps for Android andWindows Phone; pro software for Windows PCs; and a Hyperlapse tool for Azure Media Services to integrate the technology into websites and apps. Hyperlapse is based on work by Microsoft …

        In the digital age, where the news is limited to 140 characters and conversations take place in the form of emojis, our attention span has shortened. A recent study by Microsoft Corporation has found this digital lifestyle has made it difficult for us to stay focused, with the human attention span shortening from 12 seconds to …

      Gains for chip-makers today were helping technology stocks climb higher on Wednesday, with shares of technology companies in the S&P 500 adding over 0.5%. In company news, One Horizon Group (OHGI) raced as much as 169% higher Wednesday after the voice over Internet protocol carrier reported more than 3 million downloads since it rolled out its Aishuo …

    When Apple went public 35 years ago, anyone who lived in Massachusetts and wanted to buy shares was out of luck. State regulators there decided the company was just too risky for individual investors and banned brokers from selling the stock to the general public. Standards for protecting “the little guy” have changed a lot since then. But …

      An interdisciplinary MIT study led by the MIT Energy Initiative has led to a 332-page report entitled The Future of Solar Energy. Among its key findings are that today’s solar panels are all that is needed to supply the world with many terawatts of clean solar power by 2050 (a terawatt is equivalent to 1,000,000 megawatts). The other main …

      Many parents today recall childhoods where we were pushed out of the house by our parents, while told simply to “go outside and play.” But our children seem to be growing up in a different world: one filled with scheduled activities, hovering parents, and a lot of screen time. A new startup called Tinkergarten, now backed by half a …

      With growing attention on food additives, supplements, diet drinks, and general good nutrition in the United States, many parents are becoming more conscious and proactive about what they serve their children and what they consume as well. This, combined with our nation’s population of aging, health-conscious baby boomers, creates an ideal environment for businesses involved in the …

      As a technology-law blogger, I monitor emerging developments in information technology. What’s hot in IT today? Any short list would have to include social media, mobile, wearable technology, the Internet of Things, cloud computing and Big Data. That list is all over the map, right? So, what’s the connection between, say, social media and the IoT? Or …