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Esri partnering with International Community on GIS for Sustainable Development Goals
Esri partnering with International Community on GIS for Sustainable Development Goals Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced its contribution to an open, community-driven partnership working to accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals....
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Robots, ships and recycling plants to produce critical EV Battery Metals from seafloor rocks
Robots, ships and recycling plants to produce critical EV Battery Metals from seafloor rocks BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, the acclaimed global architecture firm whose ground-breaking work incorporates innovations in architecture, has collaborated with The Metals Company, a developer of lower-impact batt...
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Autonomous Material Handlers developed by Third Wave Automation and Toyota
Autonomous Material Handlers developed by Third Wave Automation and Toyota Third Wave Automation, Inc. and Toyota Industries Corporation today announced a strategic partnership to produce the next generation of intelligent, fully autonomous material handling vehicles. Autonomous material-handling ve...
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Meet the all new Toyota Proace Electric Van
Meet the all new Toyota Proace Electric Van Toyota is launching its first zero emission, battery electric vehicle in the UK, the Proace Electric medium-duty panel van, adding a powerful new dimension to its Toyota Professional range of light commercial vehicles. The new model signals the company’s c...
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VolvoCE drives towards a carbon neutral future with Hydrogen Fuel Cell Test Lab
VolvoCE drives towards a carbon neutral future with Hydrogen Fuel Cell Test Lab The opening of the first dedicated Fuel Cell Test Lab in Volvo Group, marks a significant advancement in the manufacturer’s ambition to be fossil-free by 2040. As part of the company’s commitment to the Science-Based Tar...
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IoT challenger announces first Non-Cellular 5G Technology
IoT challenger announces first Non-Cellular 5G Technology Wirepas, a Finnish company on a mission to change enterprise IoT, today announces the world’s first purpose-built non-cellular 5G technology, operating on a free global 1.9 GHz spectrum. The new standard lets any enterprise set up and manage...
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Chalmers University of Technology developing rechargeable cement-based batteries
Chalmers University of Technology developing rechargeable cement-based batteries Imagine an entire twenty storey concrete building which can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such a vision could someday be a reality. Research...
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Norway’s biggest landslide disaster proved the value of drones
Norway’s biggest landslide disaster proved the value of drones In disaster situations, first responders often bear the same life-threatening risks as the victims themselves, so DJI’s unmanned first responders greatly increase the chances for success of any rescue operation and save more...
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Robot Exchange secures £500k funding to drive Robotic Process Automation
Robot Exchange secures £500k funding to drive Robotic Process Automation The Robot Exchange has secured a significant £500k investment from leading private equity investment firm, Foresight Group, through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (“MEIF”). The Nottingham-based business supplies Robotic Pr...
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Accuracy reports UK’s electric bus fleet will be the largest in Europe by 2024
Accuracy reports UK’s electric bus fleet will be the largest in Europe by 2024 The UK is set to have the largest electric bus fleet in Europe by 2024, with the number of buses projected to grow by close to 180% from approximately 1,000 to 2,800 vehicles, according to forecasts by Accuracy, the...
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Caterpillar Cat Command autonomous hauler trucks pass the 3 billion tonnes mark
Caterpillar Cat Command autonomous hauler trucks pass the 3 billion tonnes mark Caterpillar announces an additional 1 billion tonnes of material hauled by autonomous trucks using Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling, surpassing the 3 billion tonnes milestone. This achievement is joined by an ex...
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More Battery Gigafactories needed in Britain to meet 2040 140GWh capacity
More Battery Gigafactories needed in Britain to meet 2040 140GWh capacity The UK must rapidly accelerate the establishment of Gigafactories and new battery technology development, or risk losing domestic car production altogether – according to a report published today by expert manufacturing consul...
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Esri and IBM tackle Climate Change with Call for Code Global Challenge
Esri and IBM tackle Climate Change with Call for Code Global Challenge Esri, a global leader in location intelligence, today announced it is joining the fourth annual Call for Code Global Challenge. Created by David Clark Cause and launched in partnership with IBM, United Nations Human Rights, and t...
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Intel announces 11th Generation Core H-series mobile processors
Intel announces 11th Generation Core H-series mobile processors The new 11th Generation Intel® Core™ H-series mobile processors (code-named “Tiger Lake-H”) launched worldwide today, led by the flagship Intel® Core™ i9-11980HK — the “World’s Best Gaming Laptop Processor.” The Intel Core...
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Eaton DC-DC Converters to power new BEV Electric Trucks
Eaton DC-DC Converters to power new BEV Electric Trucks Power management company Eaton today announced its eMobility business has been awarded a contract to supply a 24-to-12-volt DC-DC converter for use in a commercial heavy-duty battery electric vehicle (BEV) that will power accessories, such as a...
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Tactile Data gathering project aims to collect road data in real-time
Tactile Data gathering project aims to collect road data in real-time Tactile Mobility, the leading tactile data and virtual sensing technology company for the automotive industry, municipalities and road authorities, insurance industry and more, today launched the world’s first nationwide tactile d...
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Autonomous mobile EffiBOTs rolled out at SEAT factory in Barcelona
Autonomous mobile EffiBOTs rolled out at SEAT factory in Barcelona SEAT has introduced new autonomous robots to work collaboratively with its staff at the Martorell factory. The autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) – also known as EffiBOTs – work autonomously yet collaboratively with the workforce at SEA...
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Velodyne Lidar launches AI Intelligent Infrastructure solution with Bluecity
Velodyne Lidar launches AI Intelligent Infrastructure solution with Bluecity Velodyne Lidar today launched its Intelligent Infrastructure Solution designed to solve some of the most challenging and pervasive infrastructure problems. This new solution combines Velodyne’s award-winning lidar sensors a...
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DJI helps Paradise rebuild in California
DJI helps Paradise rebuild in California Charles Brooks slung his pick-axe into the soil. It was a simple job, levelling some ground for landscaping. (He’s also pretty handy with an Enterprise drone, and we’ll get to that shortly.) It felt good. That’s because it wasn’t just any pick-axe, and it was...
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Grundfos show approval for high-efficiency IE5 motors for pump solutions globally
Grundfos show approval for high-efficiency IE5 motors for pump solutions globally It is said that as much as half of the world’s electricity is consumed by motors. Motor-driven systems in the industry sector alone consumes 64% of the electric energy, while the commercial sector consumes 20% and the...
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MIT Physicists discover novel way to switch antiferromagnetism on and off
MIT Physicists discover novel way to switch antiferromagnetism on and off When you save an image to your smartphone, those data are written onto tiny transistors that are electrically switched on or off in a pattern of “bits” to represent and encode that image. Most transistors today are made from s...
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5G goes long distance with multi-gigabit extended-range 5G over mmWave
5G goes long distance with multi-gigabit extended-range 5G over mmWave UScellular, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Ericsson and Inseego today announced the companies have successfully achieved a 5G extended-range milestone over millimeter Wave (mmWave) on a commercial network. This milestone was accomp...
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Ultra long range detection of dark objects enables safer night driving
Ultra long range detection of dark objects enables safer night driving Aeva Technologies, Inc., a leader in next generation 4D LiDAR sensing and perception systems, announced today that its industry-first 4D LiDAR now delivers beyond 500m detection range, significantly enhancing its previous perform...
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Samsung releases 2.5D I-Cube4 for high-performance applications
Samsung releases 2.5D I-Cube4 for high-performance applications Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced the immediate availability of its next-generation 2.5D packaging technology Interposer-Cube4 (I-Cube4), leading the evolution of chip pa...
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CapStone Holdings launches GameAbove Mobility to drive Future Transportation
CapStone Holdings launches GameAbove Mobility to drive Future Transportation CapStone Holdings Inc. today announced a new investment division – GameAbove Mobility – to focus capital and strategic partnerships with established, innovative companies creating the next generation of mobility solutions,...
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Outsight introduces the Augmented LiDAR Box with pre-processing software engine
Outsight introduces the Augmented LiDAR Box with pre-processing software engine Outsight, the pioneer of 3D Spatial Intelligence solutions, announced today the launch of a game-changing product: the Augmented LiDAR Box (ALB). It’s the first real-time LiDAR Software Engine that allows application dev...
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Volta Trucks accelerates its ambitious Road-to-Zero Emissions strategy
Volta Trucks accelerates its ambitious Road-to-Zero Emissions strategy Volta Trucks, the leading full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, has announced its Road-to-Zero Emissions strategy as it delivers on its vision of decarbonising the logistic industry, offering cleaner air and safer street...
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Saietta partners with Padmini VNA for electric motor sales in India
Saietta partners with Padmini VNA for electric motor sales in India Saietta Group, a specialist in Axial Flux Technology (AFT) electric motors, has today announced a landmark partnership agreement with Padmini VNA, one of India’s premier Tier 1 automotive suppliers. The commercial agreement will see...
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OmniVision reduces Camera Design Complexity with OAX4000 ASIC Image Processor
OmniVision reduces Camera Design Complexity with OAX4000 ASIC Image Processor OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the new OAX4000, a companion image signal processor (ISP) that offers design flexibility for next-generation automot...
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Valmont acquiring Agritech AI and Machine Learning company Prospera Technologies
Valmont acquiring Agritech AI and Machine Learning company Prospera Technologies Valmont Industries, Inc., a leading global provider of engineered products and services for infrastructure and irrigation equipment and services for agriculture, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreemen...
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Argonne National Laboratory helps Caterpillar simulate heavy-duty engine designs
Argonne National Laboratory helps Caterpillar simulate heavy-duty engine designs Heavy-duty diesel engines still power most large vehicles used in the construction, mining and transportation industries in the United States. Engineers are working to improve the fuel efficiency of these engines while...
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Cooper Tire releases Discoverer Rugged Trek all-terrain tyres
Cooper Tire releases Discoverer Rugged Trek all-terrain tyres With summer road trip season fast approaching, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced the U.S. launch of the new Discoverer® Rugged Trek™ tire, which is now available for consumers nationwide. An all-season pickup truck and...
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TORSUS PRAETORIAN rugged off-road 4×4 bus gets technical upgrades
TORSUS PRAETORIAN rugged off-road 4×4 bus gets technical upgrades TORSUS, manufacturer of the world’s toughest, heavy-duty off-road buses, today announces a comprehensive range of all-new 2021 technical updates for its flagship vehicle, the TORSUS PRAETORIAN. Designed to transport personn...
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Ford accelerates investment in Solid-State Batteries
Ford accelerates investment in Solid-State Batteries Ford Motor Company today announced it is growing its investment in Solid Power, an industry-leading producer of all-solid-state batteries for EVs. Initially investing in Solid Power in 2019, Ford is making an additional equity investment to help a...
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XAIS and EyeVi partner to deliver unique digital asset management to the UK
XAIS and EyeVi partner to deliver unique digital asset management to the UK XAIS Asset Management has joined forces with EyeVi Technologies to bring a unique digital asset management capability to UK-based highway authorities – XAIS Infrastructure Vision (XAIS iV). XAIS is already renowned for...
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Strada GroundApp helps with construction project calculations
Strada GroundApp helps with construction project calculations GroundApp is a one-stop solution supporting a broad range of site calculations and quantity estimations in construction projects. For on-site usage, it acts as a perfect replacement for expensive tools like AutoCAD. It is aimed at site en...
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Manufacturing technology innovations that advanced the Construction Industry
Manufacturing technology innovations that advanced the Construction Industry The history of manufacturing can be traced back to the Industrial Revolution during the 19th century, where raw materials were turned into finished goods. It’s safe to say that technology has advanced quite a bit since the...
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Velodyne LiDAR selected as exclusive supplier for FF91 Luxury Electric Vehicle
Velodyne LiDAR selected as exclusive supplier for FF91 Luxury Electric Vehicle Velodyne Lidar today announced it has been selected by Faraday Future as the exclusive supplier of lidar for Faraday’s flagship FF 91 all-electric vehicle (EV). Velodyne’s solid state Velarray H800 lidar sensors will powe...
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Advantech launches AIM-75S Industrial Tablet
Advantech launches AIM-75S Industrial Tablet Advantech has announced the launch of their latest state-of-the-art industrial tablet AIM-75S this May 2021. The ideal tablet for industrial users and rugged environments, the outdoors, extreme weather conditions, etc., the AIM-75S features Android 10, th...
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BAE Systems collaborates with Plug Power for Hydrogen-powered Electric Buses
BAE Systems collaborates with Plug Power for Hydrogen-powered Electric Buses BAE Systems, Inc., a leader in electric propulsion solutions, is collaborating with Plug Power, a supplier of hydrogen engines and fuelling systems, to offer hydrogen-based electric propulsion systems for transit bus fleets...
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Tula DMD tech reduces Rare Earth Materials and improves Electric Motor efficiency
Tula DMD tech reduces Rare Earth Materials and improves Electric Motor efficiency Tula Technology, Inc., a leader in propulsion efficiency, reported today at the International Vienna Motor Symposium that their product Dynamic Motor Drive (DMD™) mitigates efficiency losses of electric motors w...
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Avalue launches CAXA0 semi-rugged Tablet PC
Avalue launches CAXA0 semi-rugged Tablet PC Avalue Technology, a global industrial PC solution provider and an associate member of the Intel® Internet of Things Solutions Alliance, is pleased to announce the latest semi-rugged tablet PC, CAXA0, manufactured using reinforced frames, watertight seals,...
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Bouygues and Dassault Systèmes expand partnership for Construction Digital Transformation
Bouygues and Dassault Systèmes expand partnership for Construction Digital Transformation Dassault Systèmes and Bouygues Construction today announced the renewal of their strategic partnership seeking to open new horizons in the construction industry. The three-year renewal will accelerate the resea...
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Continental and Iteris collaborate on Intelligent Roadway Infrastructure Technology
Continental and Iteris collaborate on Intelligent Roadway Infrastructure Technology Global mobility supplier Continental and Iteris, Inc., the leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced they have entered into a collaboration agreement to explore intelligent infrastructure so...
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RoboSense and Webasto working on Smart Roof Module with Integrated MEMS LiDAR
RoboSense and Webasto working on Smart Roof Module with Integrated MEMS LiDAR During the Shanghai Auto Show, RoboSense, a smart and automotive LiDAR system provider, and Webasto, the global Top 100 automotive supplier and market leader for roof systems, announced cooperation on the Smart Roof Sensor...
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Plus and Cummins collaborate on Natural Gas Powertrain Autonomous Trucks
Plus and Cummins collaborate on Natural Gas Powertrain Autonomous Trucks Plus, a leading company in self-driving truck technology, announced today a new initiative with global engine manufacturer Cummins to develop the industry’s first driver-in, supervised autonomous trucks powered by natural gas....
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Cincoze sunlight-readable Panel Computers open up Smart Cities
Cincoze sunlight-readable Panel Computers open up Smart Cities At the heart of smart cities is the integration of AIoT technologies. Combining human-machine interfaces (HMIs), sensors, embedded computers, networks, and AI data analysis, these technologies provide the tools to assess public infrastru...
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Orange Business Services IoT solutions chosen for Mine vehicle unloading and quality monitoring
Orange Business Services IoT solutions chosen for Mine vehicle unloading and quality monitoring Raspadskaya, a Russian coal mining company partly owned by British steel making and mining group EVRAZ, has deployed an Orange Business Services bespoke IoT solution at its Russian coal preparation factor...
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Latest Topcon Construction and Survey Software delivers compatibility and connectivity
Latest Topcon Construction and Survey Software delivers compatibility and connectivity Topcon Positioning Group announces the newest release of its suite of software for construction and survey professionals. MAGNET 7 is designed to utilize the strength that cloud-based connectivity can play in stre...
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Zero emission bus funding to help UK minimise carbon from local public transport
Zero emission bus funding to help UK minimise carbon from local public transport In order to achieve the long-term objective of reducing the carbon footprint in the United Kingdom, the government has been incorporating various precautionary measures, as well as several steps that can lead to transfo...
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Hino Motors and REE Automotive partner for next-generation commercial mobility
Hino Motors and REE Automotive partner for next-generation commercial mobility Hino Motors, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, and REE Automotive, an innovator in e-mobility, today announced the signing of a strategic business alliance agreement to realize their shared vision of “providing ne...
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FARO introduces Freestyle 2 Handheld Scanner for 3D data capture
FARO introduces Freestyle 2 Handheld Scanner for 3D data capture FARO Technologies, a global leader for 3D measurement, imaging and realization solutions for Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC), 3D Metrology, and Public Safety Analytics, today released the Freestyle 2 Handheld Scanner...
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Createc develops robotic solution to make nuclear waste decommissioning safer
Createc develops robotic solution to make nuclear waste decommissioning safer An innovative robotic solution to mapping and segmenting different levels of nuclear waste without the need to put humans into a hazardous radioactive environment has been proven by a pioneering company. Createc is behind...
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Austrian start-up Baubot reveals multi-functional Construction Robot
Austrian start-up Baubot reveals multi-functional Construction Robot Austrian start-up Printstones is developing mobile robotic systems for 3D printing since 2017. After finishing more than 100 pilot projects the start-up now revealed a new prototype. This new robot has a modular design approach and...
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Civil Aviation Authority authorises drone trial for BVLOS operations
Civil Aviation Authority authorises drone trial for BVLOS operations In a significant step forward for the drone industry, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) command & control solution developer sees.ai has become the first company in the UK to secure authorisation from the UK Civil Aviation A...
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Blickfeld Sensors introduces Smart LiDAR with integrated pre-processing
Blickfeld Sensors introduces Smart LiDAR with integrated pre-processing LiDAR manufacturer and perception software provider Blickfeld enables Smart LiDAR functionality on their sensors. This makes Blickfeld sensors the first LiDAR sensors that not only collect detailed 3D data but are also capable o...
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Allison Transmission collaborates with Emergency One on Electric Axle Integration
Allison Transmission collaborates with Emergency One on Electric Axle Integration Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional, hybrid and electric vehicle propulsion solutions, in collaboration with Emergency One (UK) Ltd, the market leader in the United Kingdom in the...
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MINIEYE launches full-area car Sensing Solution at Shanghai Auto Show
MINIEYE launches full-area car Sensing Solution at Shanghai Auto Show Recently at the Shanghai Auto Show, MINIEYE, a self-driving technology developer, launched a full-area sensing solution for passenger cars. Out-of-cabin sensing is the ADAS solution from L0 to L2+. In-cabin sensing includes a numb...
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Rutgers selects Iteris to support New Jersey DoT Automated Vehicle Initiative
Rutgers selects Iteris to support New Jersey DoT Automated Vehicle Initiative Iteris, a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been selected by Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) to support the design and...
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New York City Transit Buses powered by Allison Transmission eGen Flex solution
New York City Transit Buses powered by Allison Transmission eGen Flex solution Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of vehicle propulsion solutions for commercial and defence vehicles, the largest global manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions, and a...
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Renesas and SiFive partner to develop RISC-V solutions for automotive applications
Renesas and SiFive partner to develop RISC-V solutions for automotive applications Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and SiFive, Inc., the industry leader in RISC-V processors and silicon solutions, today announced a strategic partnership to joi...
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10 Artificial Intelligence trends to watch out for in 2021
10 Artificial Intelligence trends to watch out for in 2021 If you do a quick search of the AI trends today you’ll see the term hyper-automation mentioned a number of times. And you might be asking yourself what it means and what’s its place among AI trends? Let’s first begin by looking at what hyper...
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Jenoptik Red Light Enforcement Camera wins UK Home Office approval
Jenoptik Red Light Enforcement Camera wins UK Home Office approval Automated enforcement specialists Jenoptik Traffic Solutions UK have received Home Office Type Approval for a new Red Light enforcement system which uses a stand-alone camera to spot violations at signal-controlled junctions. Unlike...
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i.safe MOBILE launches rugged hand-held barcode scanner with integrated smartphone
i.safe MOBILE launches rugged hand-held barcode scanner with integrated smartphone i.safe MOBILE, specialist for rugged tablets and smartphones in potentially explosive atmospheres, today introduces the IS-TH1, the first hand-held barcode scanner for use in hazardous areas and industrial environment...
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Ecoppia advanced robotic technology cleaning Solar Panels at AES California Site
Ecoppia advanced robotic technology cleaning Solar Panels at AES California Site Ecoppia, a world-leader in robotic cleaning technology for photovoltaic solar sites, announced today that it has completed the installation of its robots at a solar site in California, USA, operated by The AES Corporati...
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Xilinx introduces Kria Portfolio of Adaptive System-on-Modules for AI Edge innovation
Xilinx introduces Kria Portfolio of Adaptive System-on-Modules for AI Edge innovation Xilinx, Inc. today introduced the Kria™ portfolio of adaptive system-on-modules (SOMs), production-ready small form factor embedded boards that enable rapid deployment in edge-based applications. Coupled wit...
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