Tag: funding
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Telerobotics startup BluHaptics raises $1.3M to bring its underwater software to space
BluHaptics demonstrates how to use its software to control a robotic arm underwater. (BluHaptics Image) Telerobotics startup BluHaptics has raised $1.36 million to launch its first commercial product this summer and expand the domain of its robotic control software from the deep sea to deep space. Seattle Angel Fund led the latest funding round with participation…
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Filing: Planetary Resources raises $12M as prospects look up for asteroid mining business
Planetary Resources’ chief asteroid miner Chris Lewicki at the GeekWire Summit 2014. Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has raised $12 million in funding, according to an SEC filing on Wednesday. The company, which is backed by celebrity investors like Richard Branson, filmmaker James Cameron and Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, plans to sell a total of $20…
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Senate pass NASA bill for extra funding – shuttle extension goals
The US Senate has passed the new NASA Authorization Bill by unanimous consent Thursday evening, a move that could result in a major boost to NASA. The Bill proposes a $2.6 billion increase in next year’s NASA budget, directs the Agency to cease shuttle retirement activities until April 30, 2009 – pending the extension assessment…