Think Silicon Valley startups are way too focused on Web apps? Incubator Y Combinator's latest crop of 70 new ventures included a batch of hardware innovators. Here are three of our favorites.
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Roku looks beyond the box
Anthony Wood turned Roku into a success. Now he may make the streaming-media devices his company is best known for obsolete.
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A swarm of ocean robots
A venture capitalist's quest to capture whale song gave rise to an innovative fleet of data-gathering robots.
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Turn any surface into a touchscreen
Startup Ubi has developed a software-and-Kinect combo that makes almost any surface interactive.
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'Digital pill' with chip inside
Proteus Digital Health created an ingestible sensor that monitors your medication intake
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