QD Vision raises In-Q-Tel funding for nanoscale LED tech
Yet another funding has joined the recent flood of interest in LEDs, with a Watertown, Mass. company taking an undisclosed amount for a “quantum dot” technology that can be applied to LED manufacturing, according to Xconomy.
QD Vision is using nanotechnology licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to boost efficiency, while simultaneously improving the color range the lights can emit when used in video displays. It hasn’t yet released a product.
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Ambient takes $10.7M from Duke Energy for smart grid tech
Energy utilities are getting with the program when it comes to smart grids, and that’s translating into interest in a generation of startups innovating new ways to track how energy is distributed across large networks.
A startup that is also traded on the over-the-counter bulletin boards, Ambient Corp. (OTCBB: ABTG) works on smart grid tech with utilities on the east coast. That includes Duke Energy, which just inked a $10.7 million contract with the company to… Continue Reading