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Silicon Valley Based 3D Printing Startup Carbon Raises $81M in Funding

Carbon, a Silicon Valley startup that is developing 3D printers to produce medical devices and car parts on demand, said on Thursday it had closed on $81 million in funding that brought the total it has raised to $222 million. "We wanted to go find investors that share the scope of our vision and realize what we are talking about here is industrial re-invention," Kirk Phelps, Carbon vice president of product management, told Reuters at the company's headquarters in Redwood City, California. Founded in 2013, Carbon said the funding round was led by automaker BMW Group, industrial conglomerate General Electric, optics and imaging products company Nikon and chemical manufacturer JSR. They joined earlier investors Google Ventures and top tech venture capital firm Sequoia. "The...

Sudha Murty, Infosys Chairperson Launches Infosys Household Biogas Digester Project

Software major Infosys today announced the launch of a Rs 22 crore household biogas project in Ramanagara district in Karnataka. Under the project, Infosys will build 7,620 household biogas units and provide an equal number of biogas stoves to as many families in the district. Over a 10-year period, the project is expected to generate biogas equivalent to about 1 million cylinders of domestic LPG, the company said in a release here. SKG Sangha, a Karnataka-based NGO with experience in implementing biogas projects, will be the implementation partner for the project, it said. Infosys will train the beneficiaries, maintain the biogas digesters and monitor their performance, the release added. The project was inaugurated by Sudha Murty, Chairperson of the Infosys Foundation, Ind...

What’s the Cost of Surfing the Internet? ‘Earth Mode’ Browser Plug-in Will Tell You

You might not realise it but the amount of time you spend and what you do online takes its toll on the environment. Research* suggests that the average online user consumes 130 kgs of carbon a year - the equivalent to driving 740 km in a car - which could be offset by planting four trees. A new plug-in for Google's Chrome browser launched ahead of Earth Day on Friday (22 April) will help educate people about how much energy they consume online by calculating their digital carbon footprint and, as a result, inspire them to think about their everyday energy efficiency. The new Chrome plug-in comes from Johnnie Walker®, makers of the world's best-selling Scotch whisky, who are partnering with Earth Day Network to urge people to take a small but progressive step towards he...