Commercial real estate tech company to be based in Reno . (AP) — A commercial real estate technology company is planning to use Reno as its . which also houses the Nevada Advanced Autonomous Systems Innovation Center 

Capstak is an online meeting platform for commercial real estate . vice president for research and innovation at UNR, who helped provide the startup 

Uber has started to integrate self-driving Volvo XC90 cars into its Pittsburgh ride-hailing fleet this month, a noticeably large leap for a company that only started to work on autonomous cars last year. Public interest group Consumer Watchdog is one of the many with eyebrows raised, and has called on Uber to be as transparent as possible with its self-driving tests. Privacy project director John Simpson sent a letter to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, providing ten questions and four transparency requirements that echoed most of California’s self-driving laws

In a technological advance that could drastically extend the global reach of wireless web access, AT&T Labs unveiled a project to deliver ultra-fast wireless broadband over power lines. The research and development wing of U.S

Mini, one of the most influential British car brands (now owned by BMW), has unveiled its own autonomous car and ride-sharing vision for the future. In a YouTube video titled “Mini Vision Next 100 – The Shape of Things to Come,” the company shows an autonomous car concept that can recognize riders, change their steering wheel and speed preference, and provide a portal to the internet to view photos and videos. See Also: Mark your calendars: 2021 will be huge for autonomous cars The button is called The Cooperizer, it is the “heart and mind of the Mini Vision Next 100”, according to the press release

One of the biggest wearable bugbears, in my opinion, is the constant need to charge a smartwatch or fitness tracker every few days. Luckily, a new research project from North Carolina State University has shown a possible way to charge wearables without having to take them off everyday. The researchers, led by associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, Daryoosh Vashaee, developed a new design for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity

In a move to boost its smart city presence, Verizon recently bought Sensity Systems, an LED networking startup. Greentech Media said the mobile communications giant recently bought California-based Sensity for an undisclosed sum. Sensity creates LED systems that are integrated with wireless nodes

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Intel announced on Thursday a wearable partnership focused on Huntington’s disease patients. Huntington’s disease, which affects approximately 30,000 Americans, is an inherited condition that damages nerve cells in the brain. This causes a breakdown in motor skills, cognition, and behavior