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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Charmed Labs Launches Object Tracking Sensor For LEGO Mindstorms Did you ever want to build your own, object tracking robot using LEGO Mindstorms? Well, it turns out it's not too hard, thanks to a new product from an Austin company, Charmed Labs. Charmed Labs said today that it has launched a new version of its Pixy camera, which can track objects, which enables LEGO Mindstorms users to build robots which can track an object, chase a ball, and much more. Pixy says its camera handles all image processing on board (More info...) posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2015(Full story) Pivot3 Gets Two Patents Austin-based converged IT infrastructure technology developer Pivot3 said Tuesday that it has received two new patents, covering its technology. Pivot3 said it recently received U.S. Patent No 9,086,821 for its "Method and system for execution of applications in conjunction with RAID" and U.S. Patent No. 9,146,695 for "Method and System for Distributed RAID." The company says it now has a total of 22 patents. The first '821 patent was actually issued on (More info...) posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2015(Full story) Bigcommerce, Twitter In E-Commerce Link Austin-based e-commerce software provider Bigcommerce said today that it has partnered with Twitter, for a new tool which allows users to click on links that direct them to buyable products. Bigcommerce said its new Buy Now sales conversion tool automatically turns links to products sold by its clients into "buyable" Tweets. Bigcommerce said it is targeting mid-market retailers with the new tool. posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2015(Full story) |
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