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The latest trends shaping the future of robotics and automation
The latest trends shaping the future of robotics and automation Human-robot collaboration Human-robot collaboration remains a prominent trend in robotics. With the advancement of sensors and vision technology, robots can react in real time to changes in their environment, allowing them to work safel...
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Top five predictions for Information and Communications Technology in ASEAN
Top five predictions for Information and Communications Technology in ASEAN Enterprises across the ASEAN are reshuffling their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) priorities in 2020 to urgently address the COVID-19 impact. Against this backdrop, cloud, networking, mobility, communication...
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RetroTek retroreflectometer road marking scanning technology arrives in Australia
RetroTek retroreflectometer road marking scanning technology arrives in Australia Reflective Measurement Systems Ltd has launched the new RetroTek-D vehicle mounted road marking retroreflectometer in Australia and has already secured sales with the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and appointe...
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Bosch puts its faith in AI and connectivity to protect people and the environment
Bosch puts its faith in AI and connectivity to protect people and the environment To improve people’s health and to protect our planet, Bosch is counting on AIoT, taking advantage of the possibilities offered by data, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things to benefit people and the envi...
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Raythink launches AR HUD for AR Intelligent Driving at CES 2021
Raythink launches AR HUD for AR Intelligent Driving at CES 2021 Raythink, the provider of the overall solution for the monitoring and display of vehicle-assisted driving, participated in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for the first time to showcase its latest wide-angle spatial imaging AR HUD s...
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Silentium Active Road Noise Cancellation technology rolls out
Silentium Active Road Noise Cancellation technology rolls out Silentium, a tech innovation company based in Israel and specialising in creating personal in-car sound environments, is ramping up global rollout of its Active Road Noise Cancellation (ARNC) technology after being selected by global auto...
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ENWAY receives approval for Autonomous Sweepers on public roads in Singapore
ENWAY receives approval for Autonomous Sweepers on public roads in Singapore ENWAY, a Berlin-based software manufacturer for self-driving commercial vehicles and the Swiss sweeper manufacturer Bucher Municipal, along with other partners, been testing an autonomous sweeping solution for street cleani...
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HARMAN TBOT delivers future-ready 5G Vehicle Connectivity
HARMAN TBOT delivers future-ready 5G Vehicle Connectivity HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, has announced HARMAN Turbo Connect (TBOT), a new intelligent software agent t...
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Geotab launches Geotab Energy to drive Electrification forward
Geotab launches Geotab Energy to drive Electrification forward With a commitment to sustainability, Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, has unveiled Geotab Energy. Focused on the electric utility and electricity demand management market, Geotab Energy helps to bridge sustain...
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RoboSense SOP automotive solid-state LiDAR announced at CES 2021
RoboSense SOP automotive solid-state LiDAR announced at CES 2021 RoboSense officially announced the SOP version of the high-performance, automotive-grade, MEMS solid-state LiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1 at CES 2021. In the past five years of research and development, M1 has gone through dozens of iterations and...
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Raspberry Pi-Top robotics kit debuts at CES 2020
Raspberry Pi-Top robotics kit debuts at CES 2020 The highly versatile yet simple to use pi-top Robotics Kit was launched when the world’s largest tech event went online. Visitors around the globe watched a demo of pi-top’s brand new robotics toolset when they logged on to the ed-tech company’s virtu...
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GM launches BrightDrop to electrify the delivery of goods and services
GM launches BrightDrop to electrify the delivery of goods and services General Motors announced today a new business, BrightDrop, which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. T...
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Sony unveils Airpeak drone at CES 2021
Sony unveils Airpeak drone at CES 2021 Today Sony launched the Airpeak brand with the goal to further develop today’s drone technology while achieving the utmost in value creation. As the first phase of this project, Sony will launch a new business targeted for professional photography and vid...
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Blickfeld launches new Automotive LiDAR Sensors at CES 2021
Blickfeld launches new Automotive LiDAR Sensors at CES 2021 LiDAR manufacturer Blickfeld will unveil its automotive LiDAR products for the first time at digital CES 2021. After commercially launching the industrial LiDAR “Cube 1” in 2020, the Munich-based company is now presenting its au...
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Velodyne Lidar looks at efficient, sustainable and safe transportation infrastructure
Velodyne Lidar looks at efficient, sustainable and safe transportation infrastructure Velodyne Lidar and University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Center for Applied Research today published a white paper that demonstrates lidar sensors’ ability to make transportation infrastructure more efficient, sustai...
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Tesla stock shot up 740 percent in 2020 and sold almost electric 500K cars
Tesla stock shot up 740 percent in 2020 and sold almost electric 500K cars Tesla has achieved meteoric growth in market value and stock price in 2020. Over the 12-month period, its market cap increased by over $500 billion year-to-date (YTD). According to the research data analysed and published by...
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Panasonic introduces wireless mobile device charging for vehicles at CES
Panasonic introduces wireless mobile device charging for vehicles at CES At CES 2021, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America (Panasonic Automotive) announced two variants of in-vehicle wireless charging technology (moving coil and static coil.) Both of these variants will provide efficient...
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Peterbilt 579EV Electric Truck conquers Pikes Peak
Peterbilt 579EV Electric Truck conquers Pikes Peak Peterbilt Motors Company was excited to announce that the Model 579EV is the first zero-emission, battery-electric, Class 8 truck to successfully reach the summit of Pikes Peak. This significant achievement demonstrates the superior performance of t...
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Mercedes EQS MBUX Hyperscreen driver assistant comes with artificial intelligence
Mercedes EQS MBUX Hyperscreen driver assistant comes with artificial intelligence Visually impressive, radically easy to operate and extremely eager to learn – the MBUX Hyperscreen is one of the highlights in the Mercedes EQS. It represents the emotional intelligence of the all-electric upper-...
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CarproTec introduces vehicle safety with unprecedented simplicity at CES
CarproTec introduces vehicle safety with unprecedented simplicity at CES Cars and trucks represent a high financial value. This is also the reason why millions of them are stolen and broken into every year and has inspired Direct-Smarter Technology (DST) to develop the CarproTec – a new genera...
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NIO and NVIDIA partner to develop new generation of automated electric vehicles
NIO and NVIDIA partner to develop new generation of automated electric vehicles NIO, a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market, and NVIDIA announced today that the automaker has selected the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin™ system-on-a-chip (SoC) for its new generation of electric vehicles...
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Binatone debuts the MASKFONE at CES 2021
Binatone debuts the MASKFONE at CES 2021 Binatone, a global manufacturer of innovative, smart home and consumer electronic devices since 1958 has announced that their revolutionary MaskFone, will be introduced to press and tech aficionados at this year’s digital CES conference. The MaskFone is a gro...
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REIWA Engine enters Clean Tech market with SandStorm solar panel cleaning robot
REIWA Engine enters Clean Tech market with SandStorm solar panel cleaning robot SandStorm is a new patented technology, made in Sicily, which reduces the costs of maintenance and cleaning of photovoltaic systems by 30%. SandStorm was invented by a Sicilian engineer, Salvatore Occhipinti, together wi...
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GM rebrands to promote a zero-emissions Everybody In Future
GM rebrands to promote a zero-emissions Everybody In Future General Motors is debuting a new marketing campaign as part of the company’s comprehensive efforts to accelerate mass adoption of electric vehicles. The “Everybody In” campaign is a call to action meant to reflect a movement that’s inclusiv...
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Drones and AI being used in Georgia to disinfect government buildings.
Drones and AI being used in Georgia to disinfect government buildings. In the wake of surging COVID-19 cases following Thanksgiving gatherings, the Alabama State Senate recently adopted the Draganfly Smart Vital System and its related health safety protocols to help detect potential COVID-19 in gove...
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CleanAirZone promoting strategic partnerships during CES 2021
CleanAirZone promoting strategic partnerships during CES 2021 Well before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, air quality in both residential and public arenas has long been a source of health concerns for young and old, generated by pollutants ranging from chemicals and gases to such living organi...
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Magbot launches wireless Automatic Tool Changer for robots
Magbot launches wireless Automatic Tool Changer for robots The Magbot ATC (Automatic Tool Changer) is the world’s first completely wireless Robot automatic tool changing system. A single robot requires various robot end-effectors (tools) to provide the multi-processes and services, thus a robot ATC...
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GreatStar OLEI $500 mini-LiDAR unlocks robotics at CES 2021
GreatStar OLEI $500 mini-LiDAR unlocks robotics at CES 2021 GreatStar OLEI, a global provider of advanced LiDAR and thermal camera sensors, along with MorpheusTEK, today launched in advance of the all-digital CES 2021 show. The world’s first, industrial quality mini-LiDAR available for navigation an...
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ArcRAN technology makes internet-connected cars safer
ArcRAN technology makes internet-connected cars safer Thanks to the technology revolution we can now access traffic information, play our favourite music, and be warned when accidents happen. However, while Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology make cars smarter, it also makes them more vulnerable...
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Smart Buildings create opportunities for printed sensors
Smart Buildings create opportunities for printed sensors Smart buildings promise automated control of the buildings’ operations, along with integrated technology for human-machine interactions. Such functionality requires multiple sensors, to which printed/flexible electronics are very well suited d...
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Five shared mobility trends to keep an eye on in 2021
Five shared mobility trends to keep an eye on in 2021 For the shared mobility industry, as for many others, 2020 was primarily defined by the pandemic. 2021 will be different: The team at Invers expects the shared mobility market to pick up significantly as the pandemic winds down. Invers, the inven...
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Fisker announces the Intelligent Pilot – Next Generation of Driver Assistance
Fisker announces the Intelligent Pilot – Next Generation of Driver Assistance Fisker Inc., designer and manufacturer of the world’s most emotion-stirring, eco-friendly electric vehicles and advanced mobility solutions – today announced it will partner with Magna for the joint development of FI...
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BNSF and Wabtec test Battery-Electric Locomotive in California
BNSF and Wabtec test Battery-Electric Locomotive in California BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec’s exploration of the future potential of battery-electric locomotives crosses another significant milestone this week as they begin testing the technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, C...
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EyeRide puts a HUD in your helmet
EyeRide puts a HUD in your helmet Compatible with most helmets on the market, EyeRide has launched a new generation of HUD (head-up display) that simplifies your motorbike rides by displaying your maps, calls & songs in your helmet using the latest colourful, bright and smallest OLED Sony Techno...
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SEAT explores infrared and iris sensors to drive road safety
SEAT explores infrared and iris sensors to drive road safety Infrared light sensors, high resolution images and a sophisticated algorithm. All this technology is used to find out exactly where people are looking. As we drive, the road must obviously be the main focus. That’s why it’s key to safety t...
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Alisys presents cloud platform to universalize robotics at CES 2021
Alisys presents cloud platform to universalize robotics at CES 2021 Alisys will present at CES 2021 a cloud platform that universalizes robotics by allowing the deployment, operation, control and analysis of heterogeneous robot fleets regardless of the manufacturer. This unique operation and control...
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Virtual meetings get smart with All-in-One 360 intelligent conference solution
Virtual meetings get smart with All-in-One 360 intelligent conference solution Virtual meetings have become necessary and universal, as remote working becomes more and more common. Not only does it help workers maintain a better work-life balance, but it is also a boost to productivity. Productivity...
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How Electric Vehicles can capture the UK Market
How Electric Vehicles can capture the UK Market The electric vehicle (EV) market has been expected to garner everyone’s attention globally following the unique breakthroughs with regard to product development, affordability and abundant product portfolio and infrastructure. In the last one decade, t...
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Peterbilt Model 520EV truck eligible for $150k CARB HVIP Voucher
Peterbilt Model 520EV truck eligible for $150k CARB HVIP Voucher Peterbilt Motors Company is excited to announce the Peterbilt Model 520EV is now eligible for the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (“HVIP”) program by the California Air Resources Board (CARB...
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BYD delivers 470 Electric Buses to serve over 300k commuters in Bogota
BYD delivers 470 Electric Buses to serve over 300k commuters in Bogota On December 17, BYD announced the delivery of 470 pure electric buses to Bogota, the capital of Colombia. This is the country’s largest pure electric bus fleet, and also the largest bus fleet BYD has delivered in the Americas, wh...
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Xpeng enters European market with delivery of G3 Smart Electric SUV in Norway
Xpeng enters European market with delivery of G3 Smart Electric SUV in Norway Xpeng, a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle company, has started delivery of smart EVs to customers in Norway. 100 Xpeng G3 smart electric SUVs are being handed over to their new owners this week across 28 cities and t...
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GHH InSiTE Data Analytics Software delivers Rock Logistics
GHH InSiTE Data Analytics Software delivers Rock Logistics Just start up the engine and go was yesterday: Increasingly, mining and tunnel projects, as well as large construction sites, are also being managed digitally. The latest solution for this is the “GHH inSiTE” digital analytics so...
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Light Gauge Steel Homes speeding up Sunderland affordable housing scheme
Light Gauge Steel Homes speeding up Sunderland affordable housing scheme Esh Construction will deliver an affordable housing scheme in Sunderland in half the time with more than a quarter of new homes to be created using light gauge steel (LGS) structures. Teaming up with ORCA, Esh’s affordable hous...
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Strada Imaging launches Pavo Android App for manual road inspection surveys
Strada Imaging launches Pavo Android App for manual road inspection surveys Pavo is an Android app developed to ease the process of manual data collection in visual surveys of roads. In the UK, these surveys are known as detailed visual inspection (DVI), whereas in the US these are known as foot-on-...
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Zoox unveils NVIDIA powered autonomous Robotaxi
Zoox unveils NVIDIA powered autonomous Robotaxi This week, autonomous mobility company Zoox unveiled its much-anticipated purpose-built robotaxi. Designed for everyday urban mobility, the vehicle is powered by NVIDIA and is one of the first level 5 robotaxis featuring bi-directional capabilities, pr...
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Sees.ai wins UK Government Future Flight Challenge funding
Sees.ai wins UK Government Future Flight Challenge funding Advanced drone system sees.ai, leading a consortium of eight partners that include Sellafield, Atkins and Skanska, has won a share of £30 million from the Future Flight Challenge, a proportion of which has been allocated to address the COVID...
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May Mobility chooses Velodyne Lidar for Self-Driving Shuttles
May Mobility chooses Velodyne Lidar for Self-Driving Shuttles Velodyne Lidar has announced a sales agreement for Alpha Prime™ sensors with May Mobility, a pioneer in autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. May Mobility selected Velodyne as a provider of long-range, surround view lidar sensors for...
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Vayyar 4D imaging radar sensor set to revolutionise automotive safety
Vayyar 4D imaging radar sensor set to revolutionise automotive safety Vayyar, the global leader in 4D imaging radar technology, is transforming automotive safety with its production-ready Radar-on-Chip (RoC) platform, which enables OEMs to achieve leading-edge vehicle safety while achieving unpreced...
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Spark Connected and gapcharge partner on 100w+ Wireless Charging
Spark Connected and gapcharge partner on 100w+ Wireless Charging Spark Connected, a global leader in developing advanced and innovative wireless power technology and system level solutions, announces a partnership with gapcharge, innovators of integrated smart wireless charging solutions. The 100W O...
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DARPA awards GrammaTech research contract for AI Software Development
DARPA awards GrammaTech research contract for AI Software Development GrammaTech, a leading provider of software application security testing research and solutions, today announced a contract with DARPA to research the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques for aut...
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Build secure IoT Connected Devices with Arrow Electronics Security Starter Kits
Build secure IoT Connected Devices with Arrow Electronics Security Starter Kits Arrow Electronics have announced a Security Starter Kit suite that integrates various wireless solutions and single-board computers (SBCs) with the OPTIGA TPM2.0 and OPTIGA Trust M security solutions from Infineon Techno...
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An LED can now be integrated directly into computer chips
An LED can now be integrated directly into computer chips Light-emitting diodes, LEDs, can do way more than illuminate your living room. These light sources are useful microelectronics too. Smartphones, for example, can use an LED proximity sensor to determine if you’re holding the phone next to you...
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Linde and Daimler Truck collaborate on liquid−hydrogen truck refuelling technology
Linde and Daimler Truck collaborate on liquid−hydrogen truck refuelling technology Linde and Daimler Truck have signed an agreement to jointly develop the next generation of liquid-hydrogen refuelling technology for fuel-cell-powered trucks. With their collaboration, the partners aim to make the ref...
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Mercedes-Benz eSprinter Van based on new Electric Versatility Platform
Mercedes-Benz eSprinter Van based on new Electric Versatility Platform Mercedes-Benz Vans is accelerating down its road to full electrification and will make all of its model ranges available with a battery-electric drivetrain with a focus on reliability, quality and optimized total cost of ownershi...
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Volkswagen opens e-mobility Research Centre in China
Volkswagen opens e-mobility Research Centre in China Anhui province is to be transformed into a new centre of competence and e-mobility hub for the Volkswagen Group in China. As a first step, today saw the inauguration of a new Research & Development centre at the company’s facilities in Hefei....
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GRIDSERVE opens UK’s first Electric Forecourt to support mass market EV charging
GRIDSERVE opens UK’s first Electric Forecourt to support mass market EV charging GRIDSERVE has announced that the UK’s first Electric Forecourt® near Braintree, Essex, is open for business, representing a major breakthrough for massive expansion of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure...
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Velodyne Lidar and Ford Otosan announce Autonomous Driving collaboration
Velodyne Lidar and Ford Otosan announce Autonomous Driving collaboration Velodyne Lidar has announced it is collaborating with Ford Otosan on product development and testing of autonomous heavy commercial trucks. Ford Otosan is testing and planning to use Velodyne Velarray H800 lidar sensors to enab...
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UK Power Networks launches electricity network plan to boost SME use of EVs
UK Power Networks launches electricity network plan to boost SME use of EVs Over two million small businesses from across London, the South East and East of England are being asked to join a landmark project to help enable the UK’s net zero transition. UK Power Networks, the UK’s largest electricity...
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Northern Ireland going green with contract for 145 zero and low emission buses
Northern Ireland going green with contract for 145 zero and low emission buses The decarbonisation of public transport in Northern Ireland has taken a significant leap forward with a new contract for 145 zero and low emission buses. Representing an investment of around £66 million by the Department...
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MIT 3D printer adds gloss to surface details
MIT 3D printer adds gloss to surface details New system enables realistic variations in glossiness across a 3D-printed surface. The advance could aid fine art reproduction and the design of prosthetics. Those are an object’s three most salient visual features. Currently, 3D printers can reproduce sh...
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AWS and BlackBerry join forces with new Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform
AWS and BlackBerry join forces with new Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform Amazon Web Services and BlackBerry Limited, a worldwide leader in intelligent security software and services, announced a multi-year, global agreement to develop and market BlackBerry’s Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform,...
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Waylay Digital Twin technology revolutionises Industrial IoT
Waylay Digital Twin technology revolutionises Industrial IoT IoT automation and analytics software company Waylay has announced its new industry first zero-code provisioning portal based on digital twins of equipment for time efficient retro-fitting of legacy assets. In an ideal world, all equipment...
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Unity Reflect now supports Autodesk BIM 360 for seamless AR / VR
Unity Reflect now supports Autodesk BIM 360 for seamless AR / VR Unity, a world leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, has announced another step toward holistic interoperability with AutodeskⓇ. Through the integration of Unity Reflect, a real-time design review and...
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Garrett Motion supplies custom turbos for launch of off-highway vehicle range
Garrett Motion supplies custom turbos for launch of off-highway vehicle range Garrett Motion a leading differentiated technology provider for the automotive industry has announced its advanced turbocharging technologies have been deployed in support of a recent launch by a global manufacturer of har...
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DJI lifesaving drone technology rescues more than 500 people around the world
DJI lifesaving drone technology rescues more than 500 people around the world More than 500 people around the world have been rescued from danger by drones, according to new statistics collected by DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology. This milestone came in mid-O...
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Renault broadens its all-electric truck and van range
Renault broadens its all-electric truck and van range Renault Trucks is broadening its all-electric Z.E. range to help its customers speed up their transition to clean transport. Offering a wider choice of batteries for medium duty electric vehicles, the Renault Trucks D and D Wide Z.E can now be sp...
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