(NFV Zone, 1/26/17) 3D Systems today announced pivotal advancements to its line of medical training simulators utilizing enhanced virtual reality (VR) environments. These new VR functionalities allow users to practice surgical procedures within a virtual operating room for a realistic and immersive training session designed to enable better surgical preparation and…
Eversource exec elected to CCAT Board of Directors
(New Britain Herald, 1/30/17) The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology has announced the election of Rodney O. Powell to its Board of Directors. He is president of corporate citizenship for Eversource Energy. At Eversource, Powell is primarily responsible for directing and managing the Eversource Energy Foundation and the company’s social…
Robotics Can Create Jobs, Says ARM Chief
(AdvancedManufacturing.org, 1/20/17) Will automation and robotics create jobs or only cut them? Less than a week after the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) institute was announced as the fourteenth hub in the network of Manufacturing USA institutes, Reuters News Agency published an article headlined “U.S. investors see more automation, not jobs,…
Officials fired up for Woodbridge fuel cell
(New Haven Register, 1/23/17) State and local officials on Monday celebrated the latest milestone in an effort to provide key town buildings with power in the event of outages from a crippling storm. The new 2.2-megawatt fuel cell located at the rear of Amity Regional High School has been operating…
Connecticut Fuel Cell Microgrid Project Reaches Milestone
(Microgrid Knowledge, 1/24/2017) Woodbridge, Connecticut marked a milestone this week for its 2.2 MW fuel cell microgrid project, with announcement that the fuel cell component is now operating. The fuel cell was provided by Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy. “This project is a great example of how municipalities can align with utilities…
On This Day: January 26
(Time.com) January 26 1926, the first public demonstration of television by John Logie Baird in his laboratory in London. Though Baird (who also had an early patent on a waterproof sock) wasn’t the first to think of ways to send images through space, that demo is a milestone in the…
Webinar: The Use of Fuel Cells for Unmanned Applications
(UASweekly.com, 1/24/2017) The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) will be running a webinar on Thursday 26th January 2017 exploring the key features associated with the use of fuel cells for aerospace/unmanned vehicle applications. Paul Osenar, President of Protonex, has been confirmed as one of the guest speakers. Protonex,…
CT STEM Academy Debuts in Meriden
(Record Journal, 1/19/17) CT STEM Academy held a ribbons-cutting ceremony this week for a new location in South Meriden. The facility is designed to provide a hub for youth programs focusing on science, technology, engineering and math. Weekly programs are designed for students to explore topics like environmental science, astronomy,…
Clean Energy Compliance Contributes to Strong CT Economy
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — January 25, 2017 —The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) and the Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster (NEESC) today released a white paper that highlights the urgency to develop comprehensive clean energy portfolios that enhance energy reliability, support new technologies, improve grid management and drive…
How Technology Is Rapidly Changing the Way Things Get Done Across Industries
(Greenwich Time, 1/23/17) To say that technology has changed the world in just a few short years is something of an understatement. Take the way it’s affected our personal lives, for example. In 1990, the internet was a pipe dream — something that primarily existed on college campuses and in…