Making Oil Heat Count: Finding Thermal Efficiency with YShape’s HeatMeter
There aren’t a lot of times in my life that I have had to pay $1000 for a single bill. Yet that’s how much it cost to fill my heating oil tank in…
Will Your Next Tablet Have Infinite Battery Life?
If you didn’t have an opportunity to visit us at the ARPA-E showcase this week, you’ve still got another chance to see something very special in action. At tonight’s MIT Energy Showcase, TechBridge…
$30M and Counting: Building Up Early-Stage Cleantech with Fraunhofer TechBridge
As an initiative designed to assist early-stage energy start-ups in finding the resources needed to bring their promising concepts to market, the success of Fraunhofer TechBridge is all in the numbers: to date,…
Illuminating Possibilities with ByteLight’s New LED Technology
A new kind of lightbulb just went on above my head – literally. In this case, it’s a ByteLight LED that not only sheds light, but emits an ethereal form of barcode that…
Fraunhofer CSE Evaluates Radiator Labs’ Radiator Retrofit Technology
If you’ve ever lived in a building heated by steam radiators, you may be familiar with their shortcomings. Traditional steam radiators – found in buildings throughout the Northeast – can be a major…
Behind the Curtain: Fraunhofer CSE’s Featured Stops on the Global Cleantech Meet-up Innovation Tour
High-impact networking isn’t the only thing happening at next week’s Global Cleantech Meet-up – attendees will also have an opportunity to embark on the Innovation Tour, a self-guided walk through the research centers and companies that make…
The Global Cleantech Meetup: Connections, Inspirations, Opportunities
In just under two weeks, we’ll be kicking off the Global Cleantech Meet-up at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. This unique event runs from October 15th – 18th, and is jointly organized by Fraunhofer CSE and…
TechBridge Welcomes Climate KIC
Last week, Fraunhofer TechBridge welcomed a select group of German cleantech start-ups from Climate KIC, a knowledge and innovation community. Climate KIC tackles climate challenges through a dynamic network of European partners drawn from…
TechBridge, Fraunhofer Venture and SUPA at Venture Café: Presenting a Success Story of Start-Up Technology Commercialization
This week, Fraunhofer TechBridge is pleased to host a group of visitors from Fraunhofer Venture, Germany, along with two founding members of a recent Fraunhofer spinoff, Smart Universal Power Antenna (SUPA). Fraunhofer Venture…
With Crowdfunding Legal, Incubators Are the New VCs
Let the speculation begin! With HR 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) act, officially signed into law, innovative start-ups can now leverage crowdfunding to bring their ideas to market. So what does…