Monarch Tractor Receives Largest-Ever Funding Round in Agricultural Robotics
Monarch Tractor, creator of the MK-V, the world’s first fully electric, driver-optional smart tractor and Wingspan Ag Intelligence (WingspanAI) farm management platform, has today announced a history-making $133 million Series…
Kimberly Clark Names New Chief Research and Development Officer
Kimberly Clark announced that Craig Slavtcheff has been appointed chief research and development officer, effective July 29. Slavtcheff will succeed Robert Long, who is retiring from the company after 45…
Summer Series: Old machines,new technology
One of my first jobs was working as a mechanic’s helper at a farm equipment dealership in the late 1970s. Among my duties was using an F-250 Ford pickup and…
Lomar Developing Autonomous Vessels With Kite
Shipowner Lomar, part of the Libra Group, announced it is working to develop autonomous, low- or zero-emission cargo vessels using large kite systems as the main method of propulsion. Lomar…
Worldwide tech issue hit Boston’s hospitals and transportation
Boston area hospitals, the MBTA and operations at Logan Airport were affected Friday by a worldwide tech outage caused by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The outage is affecting…
Accelerating the discovery and development of new health technologies
Investments in global health research and development (R&D) have led to the launches of many life-saving health technologies. Twenty years ago, for example, we had no malaria vaccine. Today, two…