The Clean Energy Venture Summit takes place in Austin, Texas, December 2-4. SciVestor will be there.

On November 15th and 16th, a remarkable un-conference will take place.

Press release from Lamar University
Technology innovation in the coming decade will be unlike anything the world has seen, and corporations, small businesses and individuals will have to paddle hard to catch this wave — or they might just be ripped asunder. So says Jonas Lamis, executive director of SciVestor (www.scivestor.com ), a research and [...]

SciVestor spoke with Dan Kara, CEO of Robotics Trends. Robotics Trends is an events and research firm focused on the robotics industry. They run the RoboBusiness and RoboDevelopment events. He discusses the rise of autonomy, the future of the robotics industry, and offers advice to the investment community.

DARPA has already decided that the following six Urban Challenge Teams demonstrated sufficient driving savvy to be invited to Saturday’s final event:

Team Cornell
Stanford Racing Team
Tartan Racing (Carnegie Mellon)
VictorTango (Virginia Tech)
CarOLO (Track B)
Ben Franklin Racing Team (Track B)

Of these teams, CarOLO and Ben Franklin Racing Team had not been awarded DARPA grants to develop their [...]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is hosting a robotics competition in Victorville, CA on November 3 called the DARPA Urban Challenge in which twenty autonomous vehicles are required to navigate traffic while respecting the rules of the road. An elimination phase called the National Qualifying Event has been underway this [...]

I’m blogging Gartner Symposium down in Orlando this week.  My favorite session so far is: Generation Virtual: How a 40th-Level Half-Elf From Secaucus, New Jersey Will Change Your Business, by Gartner Analyst Adam Sarner.

I’ve been attending Gartner Symposium for the last 5 years (as part of my day job at an enterprise software company), [...]

You’ve no doubt heard about the DARPA Urban Challenge in which autonomous vehicles navigate through a simulated urban environment to meet various objectives. A lesser-known (to Americans) competition is being held in Germany with similar ambitions; however, those guys are talking smack about our American robots by claiming that their competition “demands more [...]

WIRED’s vision of a new World’s Fair, WIRED NextFest is a four-day festival of innovative products and technologies that are transforming our world. This year’s NextFest in Los Angeles features more than 160 interactive exhibits from leading scientists and researchers around the world. Experience the future of communication, design, entertainment, exploration, health, play, robots, transportation, [...]

On November 3, thirty six of the worlds most advanced autonomous vehicles will be competing against each other to be declared the most advanced. Each will not only be required to demonstrate complex navigational and problem solving skills, but they will also be required to understand rules of the road.
Stanford University took home the prize [...]