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Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV debuts at Mobile World Congress
Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV debuts at Mobile World Congress Fisker are a passionate creator of the world’s most sustainable electric vehicles and advanced mobility solutions. They will be debuting the Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV to the European market at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona....
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Porsche automated technology will keep drivers out of danger
Porsche automated technology will keep drivers out of danger Highly automated driving functions must work safely and reliably in every situation – whether on the highway or in a multi-story car park. One of the ways developers achieve this is through ‘redundancy’; parallel systems observe the enviro...
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Altium releases update to Altium Designer 22
Altium releases update to Altium Designer 22 At AltiumLive 2022 CONNECT, Altium announced the release of Altium Designer 22, which includes added features to help designers source component availability, enhanced capabilities that reduce manual design tasks, along with advanced real-time lifecycle m...
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CAPTURE 3D adds GOM Suite 2021 Metrology enhancements
CAPTURE 3D adds GOM Suite 2021 Metrology enhancements CAPTURE 3D, the leading provider of innovative 3D measurement solutions and the official U.S. partner for GOM GmbH, a ZEISS company, today announced GOM Suite 2021, containing new additions and updates to its ecosystem of 3D metrology modules. In...
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EPC 2kW Bidirectional Converters handle two-phase 48 V – 14 V
EPC 2kW Bidirectional Converters handle two-phase 48 V – 14 V EPC announces the availability of the EPC9170, a 2 kW, two-phase 48 V – 14 V bidirectional converter that operates with 96.8% peak efficiency in a small footprint. The board features the ePower™ 100 V, 65 A integrated circuit chips...
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Elroy Air launches Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL Cargo Aircraft
Elroy Air launches Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL Cargo Aircraft Elroy Air, the company developing the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system, unveiled its pre-production Chaparral aircraft today. The Chaparral can autonomously pick up 300-500...
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Burning plasma experiment achieved Inertial Fusion for the first time
Burning plasma experiment achieved Inertial Fusion for the first time For more than 60 years, scientists have sought to understand and control the process of fusion, a quest to harness the vast amounts of energy released when nuclei in fuel come together. A paper published today in the journal Natur...
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NEC develops Autonomous Mobile Robot Control Technology
NEC develops Autonomous Mobile Robot Control Technology NEC Corporation today announced the development of a control technology that doubles the efficiency of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) in warehouses while maintaining a high level of safety. NEC plans to put this technology into practical use by...
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Garmin inReach Mini 2 delivers a month of global satellite communication and SOS
Garmin inReach Mini 2 delivers a month of global satellite communication and SOS Garmin has announced the inReach® Mini 2, a compact satellite communication device with two-way texting and SOS capabilities. Purpose-built to support outdoor enthusiasts of all skill levels, the lightweight inReach Min...
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Cessna SkyCourier large-utility turboprop starts production
Cessna SkyCourier large-utility turboprop starts production Textron Aviation today announced the rollout of the first production unit of the twin-engine, large-utility turboprop, the Cessna SkyCourier, at the company’s manufacturing facility in Wichita. The new, clean-sheet design has allowed for th...
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STIHL acquires stake in TinyMobileRobots in Denmark
STIHL acquires stake in TinyMobileRobots in Denmark German industrial group STIHL, the world’s leading manufacturer of chainsaw power tools, forestry machinery and robotic lawn mowers for prosumers and professionals, today announced a significant investment in the Danish robotics company, TinyMobile...
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Intel launches Project Circuit Breaker to hunt down bugs
Intel launches Project Circuit Breaker to hunt down bugs Intel is expanding its Bug Bounty program with Project Circuit Breaker, bringing together a community of elite hackers to hunt bugs in firmware, hypervisors, GPUs, chipsets and more. Project Circuit Breaker broadens and deepens Intel’s existin...
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New Hydrogen Polymer Fuel Cells can operate at Higher Temperatures
New Hydrogen Polymer Fuel Cells can operate at Higher Temperatures A new high-temperature polymer fuel cell that operates at 80-160 degrees Celsius, with a higher-rated power density than state-of-the-art fuel cells, solves the longstanding problem of overheating, one of the most significant technic...
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Truck It In completes largest seed funding round in MENAP trucking space
Truck It In completes largest seed funding round in MENAP trucking space Homegrown logistics tech start-up Truck It In has closed a $13 million seed round jointly led by venture capital firms Global Founders Capital and Fatima Gobi Ventures. The seed round is the largest of its kind in the MENAP (Mi...
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Construction SME’s must combat data sprawl
Construction SME’s must combat data sprawl Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the backbone of the global construction industry, yet they are severely underserved by the technology available to them. There are nearly four million construction businesses in the US as of 2022, and...
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Automated Bus Consortium™ requests proposals to procure highly Automated Buses
Automated Bus Consortium™ requests proposals to procure highly Automated Buses The Automated Bus Consortium™, a collective of U.S. transit agencies and departments of transportation, announced today the release of a request for proposals (RFP) to procure up to seventy full-size Level 4...
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Iteris wins $1.7m Smart Mobility contract in San Bernardino
Iteris wins $1.7m Smart Mobility contract in San Bernardino Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, has announced that it has been awarded a $1.7 million contract from the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA). The contract is for a regional smar...
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RoadSync launches new Truck Driver App to modernise Supply Chain Payments
RoadSync launches new Truck Driver App to modernise Supply Chain Payments RoadSync, the leading digital financial platform for the supply chain, today announces the rollout of its new app, RoadSync Driver. Built for and informed by drivers, RoadSync Driver is an expense management app that allows tr...
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Power Integrations introduces 1st high-voltage Switcher ICs with 1700 V SiC MOSFET
Power Integrations introduces 1st high-voltage Switcher ICs with 1700 V SiC MOSFET Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits (ICs) for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced the addition of two new AEC-Q100 qualified, 1700-volt rated ICs to its InnoSwitch™...
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Li-Cycle and Partners to build Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Norway
Li-Cycle and Partners to build Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Norway Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, announced today that it has formed a joint venture with ECO STOR AS and...
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Boeing invests $450m in Wisk Aero to advance Certified Autonomous Electric Flight
Boeing invests $450m in Wisk Aero to advance Certified Autonomous Electric Flight Wisk, a leading Advanced Air Mobility company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the U.S., has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, making it one of the most well-funde...
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Atomic Armour research could protect equipment
Los Alamos National Laboratory Atomic Armour research could protect equipment Protective coatings are common for many things in daily life that see a lot of use: we coat wood floors with finish; apply Teflon to the paint on cars; even use diamond coatings on medical devices. Protective coatings are...
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National Highways delivering Connected Autonomous Plant Project at Futureworx 2022
National Highways delivering Connected Autonomous Plant Project at Futureworx 2022 National Highways have expressed that the organisation is “delighted to confirm participation at this year’s Futureworx technology event.” The exclusive technology show case is taking place on 30th and 31st March 2022...
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Innodisk building an Intelligent AIoT world with EV and Smart City solutions
Innodisk building an Intelligent AIoT world with EV and Smart City solutions Innodisk, a leading global provider of industrial flash and memory solutions, reflects on its AIoT wins of last year and outlook for 2022. Even now, in 2022, AIoT is still a buzz that’s impossible for business leaders to ig...
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MIT natural language method demystifies Machine-Learning systems
MIT natural language method demystifies Machine-Learning systems Neural networks are sometimes called black boxes because, despite the fact that they can outperform humans on certain tasks, even the researchers who design them often don’t understand how or why they work so well. But if a neural netw...
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Passenger taps into contactless payments trend with new all-in-one capabilities
Passenger taps into contactless payments trend with new all-in-one capabilities UK public transport app and website provider, Passenger is helping more UK bus operators accommodate a shift in traditional payment methods by launching a new feature that gives bus users easier access to their contactle...
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Rameder expands into Towbars for Electric Cars
Rameder expands into Towbars for Electric Cars Rameder has expanded their application options for fully electric passenger cars with towbars design specifically for electric cars. More and more fully electric vehicles now offer a useful towing capacity. Whether you are setting out on a caravan vacat...
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Decoding the Highway Code changes with Data Insights
Decoding the Highway Code changes with Data Insights Back in 2018 it was announced that a review of the Highway Code would take place. Following a three month stakeholder consultation process in 2020, it has been announced that the new rules will come into action from 29 January 2022, subject to par...
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Transmetrics AI improving Land Transport Network in Bulgaria for DB Schenker
Transmetrics AI improving Land Transport Network in Bulgaria for DB Schenker Transmetrics, a state-of-the-art AI platform developed exclusively for the supply chain, announces today that their artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms have been employed by DB Schenker, a global leading logistics provi...
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Irish tech company CitySwift supporting data-driven Public Transport Strategy in New York
Irish tech company CitySwift supporting data-driven Public Transport Strategy in New York CitySwift, the Galway-based leader in data and machine learning for the public transport sector, is expanding its operations to North America in partnership with the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authori...
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Is my Quantum Computer big enough?
Is my Quantum Computer big enough? Quantum computers are expected to be disruptive and potentially impact many industry sectors. So researchers in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands decided to explore two very different quantum problems: breaking the encryption of Bitcoin (a digital currency) an...
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Project DACS paves the way for Robotic Paving Cutting
Project DACS paves the way for Robotic Paving Cutting Project DACS led by Eurovia UK in partnership with Loop Technology and The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), is making significant progress on the path towards delivering an innovative, ground-breaking robotic...
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MCD Developments reviews their choice of the XWatch system installed by SmartTech
MCD Developments reviews their choice of the XWatch system installed by SmartTech MCD Developments Civil Excavations engaged SmartTech Australia to install XWatch XW4 height and slew limiting systems on two of their excavators. Xwatch caught up with Malcolm De Wildt, Director of MCD Developments to...
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GSSI updates UtilityScan GPR System to accelerate workflow
GSSI updates UtilityScan GPR System to accelerate workflow GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces the updated UtilityScan® GPR system, with a new user interface (UI) that makes it easier than ever to locate and mark the depth of underground util...
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Trimble announces Horizontal Steering Control for Soil Compactors
Trimble announces Horizontal Steering Control for Soil Compactors Trimble announced Horizontal Steering Control functionality on the Trimble® Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Soil Compactors, the industry’s first automatic steering control solution for soil compactors—and the next step towards...
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Hytera partners with D2N for Real-Time GPS Tracking at large rocket launch site in Australia
Hytera partners with D2N for Real-Time GPS Tracking at large rocket launch site in Australia Hytera partner D2N in Australia supplied a multi-site Hytera XPT radio network with real-time GPS tracking across a large rocket launch site with difficult terrain for space company Southern Launch. Southern...
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Bellwether reveals the first public flight footage of the Volar eVTOL
Bellwether reveals the first public flight footage of the Volar eVTOL Bellwether Industries, a London-based urban air mobility start-up, has officially released its video of a freeflight test of the half-scale eVTOL model, responding to the growing interest from the public. Last year, Bellwether Ind...
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China’s 5-year plan takes aim at Global Leadership in Robotics
China’s 5-year plan takes aim at Global Leadership in Robotics The new 5-year plan for the robotics industry in China, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing, focuses on promoting innovation – making China a global leader for robot technology an...
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Topcon SmoothRide helps meet tight deadlines and navigate tricky working conditions
Topcon SmoothRide helps meet tight deadlines and navigate tricky working conditions When construction company Matthäi was hired to complete the resurfacing of the busy B420 road around Fürfeld in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, it turned to Topcon technology to help meet tight deadlines and navigate...
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World of Concrete 2022 hailed a success for Industry Connection and Advancement
World of Concrete 2022 hailed a success for Industry Connection and Advancement World of Concrete, Informa Markets’ premiere exhibition serving the thriving construction and masonry industries, concluded the event’s 47th annual event held this past week at the Las Vegas Convention Center...
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Topcon unleashes MC-Mobile Portable Machine Control for Compact Equipment
Topcon unleashes MC-Mobile Portable Machine Control for Compact Equipment Topcon Positioning Group has announced its all-new MC-Mobile portable machine control solution for compact equipment. Based on the Topcon MC-X machine control platform, MC-Mobile offers the user experience and competitive perf...
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The Metals Company completes Deep-Sea Research to find a new source of EV Battery Metals
The Metals Company completes Deep-Sea Research to find a new source of EV Battery Metals The Metals Company, an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today announced the completion of its latest offshore research campaign, Environmental Expedition 5E, a targeted...
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Graphene sandwich makes the Impossible Material possible
Graphene sandwich makes the Impossible Material possible The design of new materials allows for either improved efficiency of known applications or totally new applications that were out of reach with the previously existing materials. Tens of thousands of conventional materials such as metals and t...
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Generate Capital expands into Smart Cities and Digital Infrastructure with Ubiquity
Generate Capital expands into Smart Cities and Digital Infrastructure with Ubiquity Generate Capital and Ubiquity Management announced today the launch of a smart cities partnership to build high-quality fibre-to-the-premises networks and complementary sustainable digital infrastructure. Pairing Gen...
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Motorola launches Curve Wi-Fi enhanced Business Radio with Voice Assistance
Motorola launches Curve Wi-Fi enhanced Business Radio with Voice Assistance Motorola Solutions today announced the launch of its Curve Wi-Fi enhanced business radio with voice assistance capabilities designed to support retail, hospitality and restaurant operations. The company also announced a new...
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Apis Cor in Florida to be the first 3D Printed Homes Tech Firm to offer shares
Apis Cor in Florida to be the first 3D Printed Homes Tech Firm to offer shares Apis Cor, an additive manufacturing firm incorporated in the US State of Florida, has been qualified by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to offer shares to the public – the first company of its kind to do so. ...
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Toyota now taking orders for the Corolla Commercial Hybrid Electric Van
Toyota now taking orders for the Corolla Commercial Hybrid Electric Van The new model extends the Toyota Professional range of light commercial vehicles with a powertrain option that offers an ideal solution for customers who want transport with lower CO2 emissions and the flexibility to cover long...
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Georgia Institute of Technology making Green Hydrogen production more efficient
Georgia Institute of Technology making Green Hydrogen production more efficient The climate crisis requires ramping up usage of renewable energy sources like solar and wind, but with intermittent availability, scalable energy storage is a challenge. Hydrogen, especially carbon-free green hydrogen, h...
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Samsung introduces Exynos 2200 Processor with Xclipse GPU
Samsung introduces Exynos 2200 Processor with Xclipse GPU Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced its new premium mobile processor, the Exynos 2200. The Exynos 2200 is a freshly designed mobile processor with a powerful AMD RDNA 2 architect...
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Ricardo RapidAir Software delivers faster Air Quality Mapping
Ricardo RapidAir Software delivers faster Air Quality Mapping RapidAir®, developed by the global air quality, energy and environment specialists, is the next generation dispersion modelling and policy support platform that enables users to test the impact of scenarios in minutes, supporting the iden...
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Cloud Mapping will kickstart the driverless cars and smart city future
Cloud Mapping will kickstart the driverless cars and smart city future A new cutting edge cloud mapping service is being rolled out across the UK by Buchanan Computing, enabling people for the first time to view large swathes of the UK’s parking and other kerb side restrictions. The new national pl...
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French Railway Authority SNCF Réseau relying on Trimble Collaboration Software
French Railway Authority SNCF Réseau relying on Trimble Collaboration Software Trimble announced today that SNCF Réseau, the French railway authority, has selected an integrated solution of Trimble® Quadri and Trimble Connect® software to serve as the central system within its Enterprise Common Data...
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Geotab fighting fraud with Street Angel Camera Telematics
Geotab fighting fraud with Street Angel Camera Telematics Geotab Inc., a global leader in IoT and connected transportation has joined forces with Newbury, Berkshire company Camera Telematics, leaders in vehicle camera technology, to help fight vehicle insurance fraud with The Street Angel Solution...
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What to expect from Autonomous Vehicles over the next 5 Years
What to expect from Autonomous Vehicles over the next 5 Years Petrol and diesel cars will be banned by 2030 and all-electric autonomous vehicles will replace them. The hype around the future of mobility is rising as 11% of respondents who took part in Arthur D. Little’s “Global Automotive Mobility S...
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Are British roads capable of handling Autonomous Vehicles?
Are British roads capable of handling Autonomous Vehicles? This year, the UK became the first country to allow self-driving cars on motorways at low speed. The country is making incredible progress in the trials for autonomous vehicles and is funding innovative projects that will pave the way toward...
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Service Electric puts YARDZ Asset and Warehouse Management Technology to work
Service Electric puts YARDZ Asset and Warehouse Management Technology to work YARDZ, the premier tool for managing owned and rented assets, announced that Service Electric Co. has purchased licenses to use the YARDZ technology platform in its Florida region. Service Electric Co., which builds electr...
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Rubber material with 3D structure holds the key to Long-lasting, Safe EV Batteries
Rubber material with 3D structure holds the key to Long-lasting, Safe EV Batteries For electric vehicles (EVs) to become mainstream, they need cost-effective, safer, longer-lasting batteries that won’t explode during use or harm the environment. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology may...
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Scope secures funding for automated rope inspection for the utility industry
Scope secures funding for automated rope inspection for the utility industry Scope Computer Vision Technologies, an inspection automation company that builds deep learning vision systems, today announced it has raised substantial funding from private investors across the state of Texas. The investme...
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Iteris awarded $6.8m LA Metro sub-contract for Connected Bus Signal Priority System
Iteris awarded $6.8m LA Metro sub-contract for Connected Bus Signal Priority System Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a $6.8 million subcontract by Parsons Corporation to provide design, implementation and integratio...
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Sensata’s new Smart-Tactor Contactors simplify critical data acquisition
Sensata’s new Smart-Tactor Contactors simplify critical data acquisition Sensata Technologies, has announced the availability of the new GXC and MXC series of Smart-Tactor™ contactors with CAN bus communication which provide valuable data for improved system performance, reliability, an...
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Topcon MC-X Platform and MC-Max machine control solutions backed by Sitelink3D
Topcon MC-X Platform and MC-Max machine control solutions backed by Sitelink3D Topcon Positioning Group has announced its MC-Max machine control solution. Based on its MC-X machine control platform, and backed by Sitelink3D – the company’s real-time, cloud-based data management ecosystem...
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ASCO optimises their logistics fleet with Teletrac Navman Telematics
ASCO optimises their logistics fleet with Teletrac Navman Telematics Teletrac Navman, a global market leader in telematics technology, has secured a contract with logistics and materials management company, ASCO, to supply its mobile asset and fleet management technology for the optimisation of a 35...
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Chaos and Enscape merger creates a global 3D visualization and design workflow leader
Chaos and Enscape merger creates a global 3D visualization and design workflow leader TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, and LEA Partners, a technology focused private equity firm, announced today an agreement to merge Enscape, a leading developer of real-time rendering and design w...
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Vita Inclinata expands markets for helicopter and crane load stabilization technology
Vita Inclinata expands markets for helicopter and crane load stabilization technology Vita Inclinata (Vita), developer and producer of helicopter and crane load stabilization and precision hardware, today announced the company’s notable 2021 market growth. Highlights for the fiscal year-end December...
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NBS Digital Construction Survey explores BIM uptake in 2021
NBS Digital Construction Survey explores BIM uptake in 2021 NBS, the connected construction platform, has released its latest statistics around building information modelling (BIM) adoption and usage. Almost 1,000 construction professionals gave their views, and further findings can be explored in N...
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Culvert IoT launches SpaceTrace to improve Safety of Industrial Workplaces
Culvert IoT launches SpaceTrace to improve Safety of Industrial Workplaces Culvert IoT Corporation, a hardware skunkworks to many of Silicon Valley’s leading technology companies, today announced the launch of SpaceTrace, a turnkey solution to enable rapid development and deployment of location awar...
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