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VANCOUVER -- Last week, Kerry Morris buried her murdered 23-year-old daughter. This week, the grieving mom is calling on elected officials to do more to help young people struggling with mental health and addictions. Morris’ daughter, Shana Harris, was gunned down in a north Surrey home Feb. 4. Police do not know if she was the intended target. A man was also shot but survived. “Even looking at her in her coffin…it was almost like it can’t possibly be her,” said Shana’s mom. An emotional Morris remembers her daughter as “a beautiful person" whose "soul was pure." But Shan...

Word Count: 428 That’s the promise of California-based startup Turntide Technologies Inc., which has commercialized a new type of electric motor. The company said on Wednesday it has raised $80 million from investors including a fund led by Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates,  Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr., and co-creator of the iPhone Tony Fadell. Electric motors convert electricity into motion by using electromagnets to generate magnetic fields that turn a rotor around a shaft. That simple turning motion, depending on the size of the motor, can blow fallen leaves or bend sheets of ...

Arguably, one of the biggest contributors in the fight against climate change to date has been the switch to the humble LED light, which has slashed hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions simply by reducing energy consumption in buildings. It's not as flashy as an arc reactor, but like light bulbs, motors are a ubiquitous and wholly unglamorous technology that have been operating basically the same way since the nineteenth century.

Share this article SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Turntide Technologies ("Turntide"), the company responsible for the Smart Motor System™ and the Optimal Efficiency Motor™ with digital DNA, today announced the completion of an $80 million funding round, bringing the company's total funding to date to $180 million. The round was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and includes investments from Robert Downey Jr.'s FootPrint Coalition Ventures, the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Keyframe Capital, Fifth Wall's Climate Technology Fund and Captain Planet LP. The electric moto...

Share this article Share this article SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Turntide Technologies (Turntide), the company responsible for the Smart Motor System, the world's most sustainable electric motor with digital DNA, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Riptide, a next-generation building automation company whose software is driving the transition to smart, cloud-managed buildings. The operation of buildings is responsible for 40% of CO2 emissions worldwide. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), one-third of energy used in comme...