Author Archives: Megusta

Personal Computers

Google has launched a brand new Chromebook restore program designed to assist college students and faculty methods get their damaged laptops up and working once more. On the web site supporting this system, faculties can discover which Chromebooks have generally repaired elements, just like the keyboard, show and palm relaxation. As well as, there are…

Products

Marketing trends have reached the point where SMBs need digital tools just as much as their enterprise-sized competitors, to establish a dependable customer experience (CX). Cultivating repeat customers is a critical necessity in the continuing customer shift to mobile-first interactions for a potential product or service purchase. Digital CX tools help level the playing field…

Norwegian maritime battery company says ‘ja’ to new manufacturing facility in Washington state

Elliott Smith (left), director of real estate for the Port of Bellingham, shakes hands with Corvus Energy CEO Geir Bjørkeli at the Nordic Innovation Summit in Seattle. Corvus announced that it is opening a battery manufacturing facility in the Washington city of Bellingham later this year. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook) Corvus Energy, a Norway-based…

How climate concerns and incentives are driving solar installations on Washington roofs

Motivated by climate concerns, Erin Bryn Fetridge in November installed 20 photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of her Northwest Seattle home. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) When Erin Bryn Fetridge and Ron Darling decided to put 20 solar panels on their roof this fall, one key motivator drove the decision. “We want to have…

Seattle startup HDT Bio lands $1.8M U.S. Army grant to develop nasal spray against viruses

HDT Bio CEO Steve Reed. (HDT Bio Photo) Seattle startup HDT Bio will develop a nasal spray designed to counteract a wide range of respiratory viruses with a nearly $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Army. “We hope to address not only disease progression, but transmission,” chief operating officer Christopher Pirie told GeekWire. HDT Bio’s…

Australia backs plan for intercontinental power grid

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) shakes hands with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their meeting at Parliament House in Canberra on October 18, 2022. Australia touted a world-first project Tuesday that could help make the country a “renewable energy superpower” by shifting huge volumes of solar electricity under the sea to Singapore….

Sustainable concrete cuts emissions and uses waste for better buildings

Flinders University sustainable construction materials lead researcher Dr Aliakbar Gholampour, right, and PhD civil engineering candidate Zakir Ikhasi who use natural fibers, lead slag (black sand) and waste glass sand materials in new-age concrete mixes. Credit: Flinders University An international research group is building a case for more sustainable concrete by replacing synthetic reinforcement materials…

In a circular economy, hard drives could have multiple lives in the future

Inside view of a tough disk. Picture: Wikipedia. U.S. knowledge storage applied sciences, like hard-disk drives (HDDs), comprise imported rare-Earth parts of their magnets. Because the demand for knowledge storage will increase, the provision of crucial supplies will turn into extra restricted. At present, 20 to 70 million HDDs attain the top of their life…

Bonobos appoints new CEO

Dive Brief: Bonobos has appointed John Hutchison as its new CEO, according to a Thursday press release emailed to Retail Dive. Before joining Bonobos, Hutchison held multiple executive roles at The North Face and leadership positions at Nike. Most recently he was the President of TRX, where he led a turnaround. Hutchison stepped into the…