Even as Baron beefed up his radar business, his weather geeks were racking up patents on software that could interact with gps systems to deliver real-time forecasts to mobile customers.
The company now has three e-commerce sites: telescope.com, livesciencestore.com (weather instruments and robotics) and starrynight.com (software and DVDs).
The software analyzes the energy generation and consumption data and uses weather and other information to recommend actions that help match supply with demand closely.