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Microsoft, Focused On Robotics, Goes With A Free Model

May 21st, 2010 Admin
As we reported yesterday when discussing the new open source Qbo robot, it joins a growing field of increasingly capable robots that run on free, open source platforms. In Qbo’s case, Linux is the underlying platform, and an open source software stack sits on top of it. The fact that both the operating system and software stack on top of it are free means that substantial costs in producing Qbo robots are driven out of the equation

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Honeywell Embraces Open Source, Snapping Up Akuacom

May 7th, 2010 Admin
Building automation titan Honeywell has acquired demand response player Akuacom, which sells technology based on Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR), the Berkeley Labs open source system for automating the way utilities do demand response.  With the move, the smart grid moves closer to open source, and Earth2Tech has good analysis of the details today. Check out their story here .  ? Related Activities Comments (0) Post a Comment Ask a Question

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Honeywell Embraces Open Source, Snapping Up Akuacom

May 7th, 2010 Admin
Building automation titan Honeywell has acquired demand response player Akuacom, which sells technology based on Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR), the Berkeley Labs open source system for automating the way utilities do demand response.  With the move, the smart grid moves closer to open source, and Earth2Tech has good analysis of the details today. Check out their story here .  ? Related Activities Comments (0) Post a Comment Ask a Question

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