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Aerial Dragnet
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by Alan Boyle on November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 at 5:00 pmComment

When the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency tested an “Aerial Dragnet” system for tracking drones over urban terrain last month, Echodyne lent a helping hand. Echodyne — a Kirkland,… Read More

Echodyne raises $20M from Bill Gates and others as surveillance radar gains traction

by Alan Boyle on September 11, 2019September 12, 2019 at 12:48 pmComment

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and other investors have contributed to a fresh $20 million funding round for Kirkland, Wash.-based Echodyne, a company that makes use of exotic metamaterials to build… Read More

Alaska drone flight
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Backed by Bill Gates, Echodyne plays role in a pioneering flight of a drone on its own

by Alan Boyle on August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 at 11:06 amComment

A public-private consortium led by the University of Alaska has conducted the first-ever federally authorized test flight of a drone beyond the operator’s line of sight without on-the-ground observers keeping… Read More

DroneHunter at work

Fortem vs. Echodyne? Super Bowl could host battle of drone-seeking radar systems

by Alan Boyle on February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 at 4:53 pmComment

Fortem Technologies, a Utah-based venture that makes drones as well as radar detection systems, wants to be in on a drone-hunting test to be conducted during Sunday’s Super Bowl in… Read More

Echodyne radar
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Echodyne seeks thumbs-up from FCC for Super Bowl test of drone-detecting radar

by Alan Boyle on January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 at 4:14 amComment

Kirkland, Wash.-based Echodyne, a radar-focused startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is seeking the Federal Communications Commission’s expedited approval to have its drone-detecting radar system used in an experiment… Read More

Tech Moves: New CFOs at Crowd Cow, Echodyne, and Icertis; Olis Robotics taps scientist; and more

by Frank Catalano on November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 at 2:49 pmComment

Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based marketplace for craft meat straight from farm to consumer, has added its first chief financial officer and head of marketing. Michelle Newbery joins as CFO, coming… Read More

Ford autonomous vehicle

Washington governor signs executive order to support autonomous vehicle development

by Clare McGrane on June 7, 2017July 13, 2017 at 4:50 pmComment

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants to ensure that his state is at the forefront of autonomous vehicle development. The governor on Wednesday signed an executive order that encourages pilot tests of… Read More

Echodyne's Eben Frankenberg
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Echodyne gets $29M from NEA, Bill Gates and others to boost radar for drones

by Alan Boyle on May 22, 2017May 26, 2017 at 11:49 pmComment

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen are among the investors putting another $29 million into Echodyne, the Intellectual Ventures spin-out that’s developing low-cost, miniaturized radar systems for drones and self-driving… Read More

Science, spinoffs and french fries: Q&A with Adriane Brown, Intellectual Ventures president and incoming Pacific Science Center board chair

by Todd Bishop on May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 at 10:40 amComment

Adriane Brown is president and chief operating officer of Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue, Wash.-based intellectual property and tech company best known for its giant patent portfolio and big ideas from its co-founder, former Microsoft CTO Nathan… Read More

Vote for Innovation of the Year: Groundbreaking tech for driverless cars, VR, data centers and more

by Todd Bishop on April 14, 2017July 2, 2017 at 10:43 pmComment

Each year, as part of the GeekWire Awards, we recognize game-changing technologies in the category of Innovation of the Year. Last year’s winner was a University of Washington project that… Read More

Eben Frankenberg at Echodyne

U.S. Border Patrol strikes a deal to put Echodyne’s drone radar system to the test

by Alan Boyle on December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 at 9:03 pm1 Comment

Echodyne’s drone-sized radar system has received a vote of confidence – and a $118,721 award – from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The award, made through the department’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program,… Read More

Echodyne's Eben Frankenberg

Echodyne’s drone-sized radar detection system passes its first flight test

by Alan Boyle on November 8, 2016November 7, 2016 at 8:55 pmComment

BELLEVUE, Wash. – A radar-equipped drone is blazing a trail for the day when flying robots fill the skies – and deliver your packages. The drone took to the air last… Read More

Echodyne radar

Echodyne unveils a palm-size radar that’s just right for drones and driverless cars

by Alan Boyle on May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 at 8:51 amComment

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Radar and aircraft go together like hand and glove, but what do you do when the aircraft is a commercial drone that weighs less than a fully loaded… Read More

Bill Gates and Madrona lead $15M investment in secretive high-tech radar company Echodyne

by Todd Bishop on December 18, 2014September 22, 2016 at 5:21 pm 5 Comments

Bill Gates and Madrona Venture Group are leading a $15 million investment in a new company called Echodyne, which is developing secretive new radar technology based on artificial materials that… Read More

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