Strategic Sharing: Zipcar Leads $13.7M Investment In Campus Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz
February 22, 2012 – 8:25 am | No Comment

Well, you have to hand it to the strategy team over at Zipcar . Arguably the largest on-demand car-sharing network, Zipcar went public last year and not long after saw its market cap cross $1 billion . It’s since fallen back, and with collaborative consumption and the market for car-sharing heating up, the big players have to make moves. Zipcar has since forged a partnership with Ford, making it the largest provider of cars for Zipcar’s University program , and, in December, the company took a controlling stake in Spain’s largest car-sharing network, Avancar . Today finds Zipcar making another strategic move to get its mitts in fellow car-sharing companies, again with a focus on universities, whose students are among the most eager adopters of car-sharing models. What do I mean? The company today announced that it is a lead investor in the $13.7 million series A financing of Wheelz , a junior, university-focused version of itself. The Detroit-based Fontinalis…

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Sony Aibo’s Pre-Death CAT Scans and X-Rays Emerge [Robots]

Submitted by admin on March 19, 2010 – 5:15 amNo Comment

576cd490f8bo ct1.jpg Sony Aibos Pre Death CAT Scans and X Rays Emerge [Robots]Four years after the Aibo puppy was discontinued, some CAT scans and X-rays have emerged showing two of the models’ inner parts. The CT scans don’t appear to show any abnormalities, but then I’m no doctor. Or roboticist.

The Mechatronics Lab at the Mie University in Japan subjected the ERS-110 and ERS-210 models under radiography to get a better understanding of how Sony created them. There’s a joke in there somewhere about a dog and a CAT scan, but I won’t stoop so low. [Mie University via PlasticPals]

7e4924cd18aibo2.jpg Sony Aibos Pre Death CAT Scans and X Rays Emerge [Robots]

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