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By Niall Firth, New Scientist

“THE noise level is rising at the Shirley G. Moore Laboratory School. Children are charging through the classroom shouting, playing, picking up toys and tossing them around. All the while, in the corners of the room, five Kinect motion sensors watch and record their every move.

The unusual set-up at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development in Minneapolis is designed to look for signs of behavioural disorders. The plan is to find out if Microsoft’s gaming sensor, combined with computer-vision algorithms trained to detect behavioural abnormalities, can be used to automate the early diagnosis of autism.”

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FieldSolutionsLocal startup FieldSolutions, makers of a robust technology suite that assists in the field sourcing of enterprise service technicians, is raising up to $3m more through a convertible note according to a recent SEC filing.

Led by CEO Mac Lewis, a veteran entrepreneur turned investor and back again (3:35), the startup has been consistently fundraising since last August when StarTec led on a $1.5m round.  After expanding across North America, FieldSolutions closed a $3.5m second round and another $2m round prior to this latest infusion, resulting in an estimated $10m in total capitalization.

“We think the opportunity for us is to build a $500m company, or perhaps bigger,” Lewis has said.

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