Announcing RIoT’s RAP VIII Cohort!
RIoT is excited to announce its eighth RIoT Accelerator Program cohort, which kicks off in Raleigh, NC on June 9th, 2021! This cohort is not only Raleigh’s sixth RAP cohort, but also its FIRST in-person, post-pandemic cohort, with some teams streaming in virtually. After a competitive application cycle, SEVEN impressive startups have been chosen to [...]
Potomac Local News: Stafford County Smart Testbed opens
Two years of planning and development have resulted in the Stafford County Smart Community Testbed finally opening for business. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, at a former 7-Eleven store on Route 1, next to the Stafford County Government Center, which is now the hub office for the testbed. The testbed is [...]
The Wall Street Journal: How 5G May Improve Early Warnings of Severe Weather
In a small office across from a dry cleaner in Wake Forest, N.C., a team of engineers is exploring the possibility of using data found in 5G wireless signals to measure a key factor in the early detection of tornadoes. The group is part of a nonprofit test lab and engineering consulting firm called the [...]
RIoT Your Reality Augmented Reality Challenge: The People Behind the Projects
You may have heard about how Facebook Reality Labs and US Ignite have teamed up to enable the most epic augmented reality challenges across the nation! You may have also heard about how Raleigh was one of three cities selected to host these challenges, with RIoT at the helm. What you might not have heard [...]
GrepBeat: Off Duty Blue Improves Police Accountability By Streamlining Scheduling
The topic of police accountability has loomed especially large in nationwide social justice conversations since last summer’s protests spurred by the murder of George Floyd while in police custody. One of the aims of Off Duty Blue—a Raleigh-based SaaS startup currently participating in the RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP)—is to improve the accountability of police departments via a [...]
Surviving and Thriving Amidst of Technology Shifts, with AEM Group
Beginning as a small rep firm in 1978, the founders of Alliance Electronic Marketing approached growth in an untraditional way, similar to a web – from a single orb to an intricate broad design. And as nature will attest, ever changing challenges of survival and prosperity require quick adaptation. The electronics industry is experiencing rapid [...]
GrepBeat: Know A Youth Soccer Player Who Wants To Learn From A Pro? Try Coach Next Door
Youth soccer players who look up to professional soccer players can now do something even more exciting than watching them live or through a screen. Now, they will have the ability to book a favorite pro player as a coach thanks to the new startup Coach Next Door. Triangle-based Coach Next Door was founded last [...]
RAP IS BACK!
Entrepreneurs, how will YOU be disruptive this summer? Channel your quarantine energy into something productive and apply for the eighth RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) cohort in Raleigh, NC. The 12-week program, running June 9th - August 26th, 2021, gives startups access to exceptional business and technology resources, action-oriented mentorship and a supportive professional network. The [...]
WRAL TechWire: Tom Snyder: Augmented reality entrepreneurs can assist cities in solving problems
RALEIGH – The ancient Greek adage goes, “The only constant in life is change”. New technologies are discovered. Businesses rise and fall. Trends in fashion, dining, music and arts flow in many different directions. But some areas of our society, by necessity, remain fairly constant. Most local government services must operate at full capacity 24/7/365. It [...]
The Evolution of IoT, with Cardinal Peak
Founded in 2002, Cardinal Peak is a Colorado-based product engineering services company that excels at reducing the risk of outsourcing an engineering project. Whether audio, video, IoT, embedded solutions, cloud transformation, or security - they are experts in leading edge connected product design and all the elements critical to success. This Virtual Lunch & Learn [...]
Meet Keystone Compliance, RTP’s New Startup Resource
Keystone Compliance is a regulatory compliance company that specializes in commercial military and aerospace compliance testing and certification. Headquartered in New Castle, PA with compliance labs in New Castle and Durham, NC, Keystone is a family-owned and operated business that has been around for 14 years now and currently has 37 employees. Al Servais, Keystone’s [...]
The Serverless Approach to the Edge, with EDJX
EDJX is on track to become the largest edge computing network ever conceived. Imagine a world where millions of edge nodes are available in close proximity to all the things to offload data processing - enabling real time processing at the edge and refined data in the cloud. This Virtual Lunch & Learn session features [...]
Protecting Your Patent with SotoIP
SotoIP is a strategic intellectual property advisory and patent prosecution firm specializing in serving startup and emerging growth companies, as well as investor groups, throughout the United States. Although the SotoIP headquarters are physically located in RTP, the firm supports international startups entering the U.S. National Stage. John Sotomayor, Founder and Principal of SotoIP, started off [...]
The Courier: Internet of Things Operating System Market Trend, Segmentation and Opportunities Forecast To 2029 Straitsresearch
Straits Research has added a new report titled, “Internet of Things Operating System Market Professional Report 2021” to its vast repository of research reports. This is a thorough report focused on the current and future prospects of the Internet of Things Operating System Market . The report offers data of previous years along with an in-depth [...]