Showing posts with label IRO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IRO. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

7 Disruptive Technologies - Investment Focus - Angel and VC

The following 7 Disruptive Technologies will shape investments in the next 8 - 10 years.  If there are companies doing multiple technologies, they are a candidate to consider for investments at the angel and venture capital rounds of funding.  The sources include: McKinsey, Gartner, and Forrester.


  1. Mobile and Cloud Internet - Mobile computing - Burstable hardware and software services to support mobile devices
  2. Internet of Things and Sensors  - Wearable devices - Low cost sensors - Embedded appliance devices
  3. Advanced Robotics and Autonomic Vehicles - Robotics with enhanced sensors - Augment humans
  4. Next-Generation Genomics - Big data analytics and synthetic biology - Writing DNA
  5. Energy Storage - The battery problem
  6. 3D Printing - Advanced manufacturing - Printing of layers of materials on digital models
  7. Advanced Oil and Gas Exploration/Renewable Energy - Extraction of unconventional oil and gas assets - Electricity from solar and wind - Driven by Federal tax credits

Sunday, June 2, 2013

We need your help! - Robotics Mascot for International Robotics Olympiad (IRO) - Denver, CO - Dec., 2013


Reply or Comment on what looks good.... 

We are using 99 designs to help create a design for our mascot. Please help us decide which one to use for the International Robotics Olympiad (IRO) to be held in Denver, Co during December, 2013 
http://lnkd.in/-a2RZk

Details on the IRO Event  -
http://ameribotics.org/site/images/IRO_2013.pdf and http://ameribotics.org/site/images/Data_Sheet_IRO13.pdf