How We Started

Kidela`s How We Started articles share the stories of the world`s start-up and small-growth companies

BirdBrain Technologies offers educational robots to schools

Jan 08, 2013 | By: Kidela Capital Group

One small company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — BirdBrain Technologies LLC — is providing a pathway to commercialization for robotics research taking place in the CREATE (Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment) Lab, at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute also in Pittsburgh.

Filed Under: How We Started, Start-ups Tagged With: birdbrain technologies, Brainlink, CREATE labs, Education, Engineering, Finch, Hummingbird Kit, Robotics, startups, Tech

Putting a new spin on cycle safety

Jan 07, 2013 | By: Kidela Capital Group

Competing for space on the road is a daily problem for cyclists. Not only do motor vehicles crowd the lanes, but they also pose a huge threat to cycling safety, especially at night. Currently, most bikes only offer illumination mounted to the bike’s handlebars, saddle or wheel...

Filed Under: How We Started, Start-ups Tagged With: Bikes, Revolights, Tech

Robots tackle ocean research

Dec 17, 2012 | By: Kidela Capital Group

David Bailard, vice president of marketing for Liquid Robotics, explains the creation of the Wave Glider, a robotic vehicle that explores and studies the oceans with zero risk of pollution.

Filed Under: How We Started, Start-ups Tagged With: Green Technology, Liquid Robotics, Oceanography, Robotics, startup, Wave Glider

CrestaTech software makes TVs universal

Dec 14, 2012 | By: Kidela Capital Group

A Santa Clara, California, technology company named CrestaTech is making universal television a reality

Filed Under: How We Started, Start-ups Tagged With: Broadband, Crestatech, Tech, Television

Marketing and sales promotion for the digital age

Dec 13, 2012 | By: Kidela Capital Group

Based out of Portland, Oregon, AngelVision Technologies is the only marketing firm that creates “impact movies” — three minute movies that concisely articulates a companies message.

Filed Under: How We Started, Start-ups Tagged With: Angelvision Technologies, digital marketing, Near Field Communication, startups, Tech

Space tourism: boldly growing

Dec 12, 2012 | By: Kidela Capital Group

It has been the dream of many to travel into space. But so far that dream has come true for very few people. Now, however, it seems that the race for space has fired up again with entrepreneurs hoping to launch viable tourist spacecraft in the next few years. Hermes’ creator...

Filed Under: How We Started, Space, Start-ups Tagged With: space tourism, space travel, spacecraft, Tech

Wave hello to the future

Dec 11, 2012 | By: Kidela Capital Group

So you think your touchscreen smartphone is the neatest thing since sliced bread? Well, you’d be wrong. It seems the interactive screen is soon to be a thing of the past, as one company out of Illinois is proving. Zienon is developing something called touch-free technology...

Filed Under: How We Started, Start-ups Tagged With: Tech, touch-free, Zienon

ReWalk permits paraplegics to walk again

Dec 10, 2012 | By: Kidela Capital Group

A tech company in Israel called Argo Medical Technologies, Ltd. is taking the first steps that could lead to a pardon from the sentence of life in a wheelchair.

Filed Under: How We Started, Start-ups, Tech Articles Tagged With: argo medical technologies, bionics research, Health, Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, rewalk, spinal cord injury, startups

Clean energy under pressure

Dec 07, 2012 | By: Kidela Capital Group

Wind power has been hailed by many as an important part of how we will derive energy in the future. However, there are drawbacks. Intermittency – or lack of a steady stream of power - is one of them. To address this issue, General Compression has developed a system which...

Filed Under: How We Started, Start-ups Tagged With: clean energy, energy storage, Science, Wind Power

Silicon Valley tech company brings robotics to farming

Dec 06, 2012 | By: Kidela Capital Group

The 21st century is coming to farming. Blue River Technology Inc., based in Sunnyvale, California, is in the process of developing the technology to identify and kill weeds using robotics and computer vision.

Filed Under: How We Started, Start-ups Tagged With: Agriculture, Blue River Technology Inc., farming, Organic Food, Robotics, Tech

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