Signe covers emerging science and technology, with a focus on 3D printing, robotics, material science, medicine and space. She graduated in 2012 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied science writing and served as the editor in chief of the Badger Herald. She split the next year between reporting on particle physics at CERN for Symmetry Magazine and a fellowship at Wired. She joined Gigaom’s San Francisco office in June 2013.
3D Robotics has raised $50 million in a Series C round led by Qualcomm Ventures, adding to the burgeoning funding going toward drones and the greater robotics industry. The Berkeley, California-based startup… Read more »
Photography startup Lytro has confirmed it raised $50 million in funding, but also plans to cut between 25 and 50 employees. “We are going to have to make some cuts in some areas so we… Read more »
Oculus launched a developer contest today that will distribute $1 million in prizes for games and apps built for Gear VR — the mobile virtual reality headset it helped Samsung build. The… Read more »
Augmented reality startup Magic Leap has been maddeningly mum since it leapt into the public eye with nearly $600 million in funding last year. Only a handful of journalists and investors have tried… Read more »
The December 2016 deadline for Google Lunar XPRIZE competitors to reach the moon and traverse its surface is approaching, and with $2.25 million in prize money already in their pockets, two… Read more »
There is a zen moment when you are flying a drone in the first-person perspective when the ground drops away and the camera stabilizes. There is a horizon in every direction,… Read more »
Facebook is working on apps for virtual reality, chief product officer Chris Cox said at the Code/Media conference Tuesday. And Facebook is confident users will eventually get busy creating their own… Read more »
Swiss scientists have discovered encasing DNA in glass and chilling it down can preserve data encoded in it for millions of years, moving them closer to an entirely new, and better, way to store the… Read more »
Autodesk’s first foray into hardware is here: The Ember 3D printer is now available for anyone to order. At $5,995, the printer isn’t exactly a steal. Autodesk more so built it… Read more »
Hundreds of Apple employees are working on an electric car that resembles a minivan, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. It’s possible the car will never make it… Read more »