Bryan Corliss
By Bryan
See all 4Seattle’s Safeology, spun out of Electric Mirror, launches UV-C lights and purifiers to kill SARS-CoV-2 as schools and businesses reopen
Seattle-area company Safeology, spun out from Electric Mirror in March 2020, is selling UV-C lighting products and air purifiers intended to kill viruses including SARS-CoV-2 as schools and businesses reopen. Company leaders Jim and Aaron Mischel say their lighting expertise made the transition to UV-C logical, citing tests showing UV-C can inactivate coronaviruses.
Isilon co-founder Paul Mikesell’s Carbon Robotics unveils Autonomous Weeder that zaps 100,000 weeds/hour with AI-guided lasers
Carbon Robotics, founded by Isilon co‑founder Paul Mikesell, unveiled a self-driving Autonomous Weeder that uses AI vision and laser thermal bursts to identify and kill weeds in vegetable fields. The tractor-sized robot can cover up to 16 acres per day and zap as many as 100,000 weeds per hour, aiming to lower the cost of growing organic produce.
Echodyne’s tablet-sized radars enable autonomous AiRanger drone to complete 14.5-mile NASA pipeline test; Gates is an investor
NASA tests with an AiRanger drone and Echodyne’s compact flat‑panel radars demonstrated autonomous detect-and-avoid capability over a 14.5-mile pipeline inspection, showing the potential for drones to operate in crowded airspace. Echodyne, backed by investors including Bill Gates, says regulatory clarity from the FAA is needed before commercial deployment scales.
