• Happy Returns, a Santa Monica-based provider of return and logistics solutions, raised funding through a strategic investment from PayPal as part of an $11 million round.

Third, the plan dictated the complete isolation of this building from the surrounding grid. It’s a single, gigantic segregated land use requiring everyone who wants to do anything but work or eat at the company cafeteria to get into their car and drive somewhere else. A less dogmatic approach to architectural objectification would have accommodated a building more integrated into the place where it exists and have been more functional in that respect as well.

The Class I, Div 2 LED luminaire works with a touchscreen management interface for operation. Up to 100 fixtures can be networked onto a single controller and banked to control zones for both on/off and dimming capabilities. As a result, lights do not have to be on 24/7, nor do the conventional fixtures suffer the wear and tear of typical operation. Integrated occupancy sensors can override scheduled off or dimmed states when someone enters the area. Ambient light sensors also harvest daylight to automatically dim the light fixtures when there is sufficient light coming through windows or skylights.

Miriam shared details about the benefits of these smart off-grid solutions, why these new technologies work so well, and she shared some case studies of current installations across the globe.

• InfoTycoon, an Atlanta-based management platform for the multifamily property industry, raised $5 million in seed funding. Shadow Ventures led the round.

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This walk-in metal sculpture is made from bike parts and features traditional religious architecture from several cultures. It has solar lighting, musical chimes and an area where visitors can attach pictures. 

• HZO, a Raleigh, N.C.-based provider of protective nanocoatings for electronics, raised $70 million in funding, including $40 million from undisclosed investors and $30 million in credit facilities from Cathay Bank.

• Hosen Capital is looking to raise as much as $1 billion to buy stakes in Asian food producers, Bloomberg reports. Read more.

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Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Unlike radar or sound waves, LiDAR doesn’t dissipate as it travels back to its scanner, so not only can a moving object be recognized, the position of the object is visible, indicating its direction. Editor’s Note: For more on radar vs. LiDAR, check out the “Technology Toe-to-Toe” featured in our October issue: www.securityinfowatch.com/12431036.