Wove, a Lancaster, PA-based online custom jewelry company, raised $3.85M in Seed funding.The round was led by Springdale Ventures, with participation from Outlander VC, Rarebreed Ventures, Context Ventures, VEIP, WPMC and Early Light Ventures.The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and expand operations.Led by Andrew Wolgemuth and Brian Elliott, WOVE helps newly engaged couple...

MIT’s new museum demystifies the world’s most complex technologies. The new MIT Museum broaches science’s most impactful, daunting, and worrying topics with a welcoming design. Taking a seat at a desk with the American flag draped in the background, President Richard Nixon addresses a television camera. It’s July 1969, and the U.S. has just attempted to land two men on the surface of the mo...

At this year's World Cup in Qatar, VAR will once again be used to assist referees during tournament matches. The new technology has already been controversial at the Qatar World Cup.System provides an automated offside alert to the video match officials team3D animation improves communication to in-stadium fans and television viewersTechnology has been successfully tested at previous FIFA tourn...

The mainstay vehicles of commercial road transport will soon benefit from cost-effective, zero-emission horsepower.In less than a decade, electric powertrains have gone from being a niche product to the almost inevitable choice for tomorrow’s passenger vehicles. In line with this trend, medium- and heavy-duty trucks are likely to follow the same path.Our new report, Preparing the world for zer...

At $29,000, it may well be the most expensive micromobility vehicle ever made, but it also doubles as a socializing space while parked.Americans drive an average of 13,474 miles a year, or the equivalent of four roundtrips from New York to Dallas. Almost half of those car trips, however, are under three miles. That’s a lot of unnecessary gas (both the petrol and greenhouse kind) spent for jour...

Don’t count out the American shopping mall. Proprietors think beyond selling clothes and accessories to lure consumers of all ages.A new report from foot traffic analytics firm Placer.ai looked at malls nationwide to discover what amenities are luring back customers, from unexpected retailers to entertainment destinations.In August 2021, York Galleria Mall in Pennsylvania replaced a defunct Se...

RoadRunner Recycling, a Pittsburgh, PA-based sustainable waste management company, raised $20M in Series d funding.The round was led by Fifth Wall.The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth of its core business, expand its enterprise offering, and double down on its investment in technology.Led by Graham Rihn, CEO and founder, RoadRunner Recycling provides customized and sustaina...

First celebrated in 2008, International Beer Day is commemorated annually on the first Friday of August. According to its organizers, it is “a global celebration of beer, taking place in pubs, breweries, and backyards all over the world.It’s a day for beer lovers everywhere to raise a toast to our brewers and bartenders and rejoice in the greatness of beer!”And as beer lovers around the worl...

Sign Language View is a meeting experience in Microsoft Teams on Windows, Mac, and web that helps signers – people who are deaf or hard of hearing, sign language interpreters, and others who use sign language – keep one another prioritized in a consistent on-screen location throughout every meeting.Sign Language View provides a more predictable, static meeting experience that allows users to...