Predictive Maintenance Can Bolster IoT for Smart Cities

In business, much of what we do comes down to dollars and cents, and rightly so as we fulfill our duty to employers and shareholders. Whether we earn more or save more, financial success impacts many aspects of our professional and personal lives...

Nikola Labs raises another $2M, lands IOT customers for its wireless power components

A startup making wireless power components for the internet of things has raised an additional $2 million and hired the technology's inventor part-time from Ohio State University. Nikola Labs Inc. has raised a combined $4 million – $2.7 million of it this year – since 2015.

Nikola Labs Wireless Power for IOT (Page 30)

It was in the year 1905, Nikola Tesla, famously stated, "The economic transmission of power without wires is of all-surpassing importance to man." Coming to modern day, these words from the esteemed electricity pioneer hold an inevitable importance in how wireless power technologies work...

Nikola Labs lands investment toward bringing wireless power to the IOT

Nikola Labs Inc. has closed a $700,000 round from a European investor group, as it works with electronics makers to design components delivering wireless power to the small devices making up “smart homes” and other applications of the “internet of things.”

Ohio State spinoff wins Silicon Valley pitch contest

A Columbus startup working to keep your wireless devices powered longer has won a pitch contest for "internet of things" companies. Ohio State University spinoff Nikola Labs Inc. was named the best pitch winner at the conclusion of the latest three-month Plug and Play accelerator program in Silicon Valley.

EE Times Silicon 60: 2016’s Emerging Companies to Watch

Nikola Labs LLC (Columbus, Ohio) was founded in October 2014 in partnership with The Ohio State University, Ikove Venture Partners, and Ohio State professors. Nikola Labs specializes in wireless power solutions and radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting for mobile devices...

Nikola Labs at IDTechEx Show! Phone Case that Extends Battery

Video interview with Will Zell, CEO of Nikola Labs at the Energy Harvesting & Storage USA event. Nikola Labs is creating innovative solutions in wireless power with the mission of powering the next generation of connected devices....

Ohio State, Nikola Labs get major funding boost from state

Nikola Labs and Ohio State University have been awarded money by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission to commercialize new technologies and products. Nikola Labs was awarded $100,000 to further develop its first product, a cellphone case that can capture energy that the devices otherwise waste...