Everything is going IoT

There’s a little bit of embedded technology connecting to the internet in nearly all new devices. The types of “things” going internet-enabled include tea kettles (seriously), trainers (sneakers), and televisions.

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Undersea bots used to beat raiders with the latest archaeosubs

There’s huge untapped potential in the blue parts of the planet. The Internet of Things won’t really have gone global until it can work in the sea, which covers two-thirds of the planet. For instance, there are many historical underwater sites that have yet to be discovered.

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Bridging the gap between IT and OT with IoT for Transportation

Digital transformation is a major disruptive force facing the transportation industry today. The rise of “smart” machines and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has forced the transportation industry to rethink the way they look at physical assets and operations. But in trying to keep up with rapidly advancing technology, it’s easy to overlook the

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Kyocera to build a new plant in Kagoshima, Japan, for ceramic microelectronic packages

Kyocera Corporation announced that it will construct a new manufacturing plant on the premises of its Kagoshima Sendai manufacturing complex to increase production of ceramic microelectronic packages.

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The C-suite case for DDMRP

Many new CEOs want to stamp their mark on a business by overseeing a significant shift or transformation that reinvigorates the company. Here, Roger Fleury, managing director of Microsoft Dynamics provider Ardent Solutions, explains how CEOs can achieve this by evaluating supply chain management

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How artificial intelligence is projected to influence the automotive industry

Artificial intelligence and data science are two main technologies that forms the processes of the automotive. Since 2017, Udacity selected a group of 18 talented engineers (out of hundreds of applicants) to form the Self-Racing Cars team Udacity offer the first self-driving Nanodegree program.

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Microsemi enhances Switchtec PCIe switch for fabric connectivity and composability of multi-host GPU and NVMe SSD systems

Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced enhancements to its Switchtec PCIe advanced Fabric Switch (PAX), which now provides high-performance fabric connectivity and composability for multi-host graphics processing unit (GPU)

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Your smartphone and the connected car

For many of us, our smartphone is our lifeline, providing us with constant access to communication, entertainment, news and shopping. It is, by far, says Marco Dallabora, senior director – Mobile Business Unit at Micron Semiconductor Italia, the most preferred digital device that we use every day.

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Preparing for an autonomous future

Autonomous vehicles will represent approximately 25% of passenger vehicles by 2030, and in the UK, trials have already been announced for convoys of partially self-driving lorries. Although advanced infrastructure, legislation and consumer trust will take time to evolve, it’s clear that any fleet-owning business

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Linamar enters strategic partnership with Israeli wheel innovator SoftWheel

Linamar, a diversified manufacturing company and the second largest Canadian manufacturer of auto parts traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, valued at over $6 billion (€4.85 billion), has signed a strategic co-operation agreement with SoftWheel Ltd. to produce wheels for SoftWheel at one of its North American factories.

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Emotion recognition and sentiment analysis market to reach $3.8bn by 2025, says Tractica

Significant advances have been made during the past few years in the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) systems to recognise and analyse human emotion and sentiment, owing in large part to accelerated access to data (primarily social media feeds and digital video), cheaper compute power, and evolving deep learning capabilities

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Farnell element14 now stocking KEMET KC-LINK capacitors for fast switching wide bandgap semiconductor applications

Farnell element14, The Development Distributor, now stocks KC-LINK Surface Mount Capacitors from KEMET, manufacturers of advanced capacitors and components. KEMET’s KC-LINK surface mount capacitors are designed to meet the growing demand for fast switching semiconductors that operate at a higher voltage,

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HARMAN and Groupe PSA collaborate on cybersecurity solutions required for next generation vehicle architecture

HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, and Groupe PSA, the second largest automaker in Europe, announced at the Geneva International Motor Show that the companies are working together

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Tesla Model 3: Designed for self-driving future that has yet to arrive, finds Strategy Analytics

A new expert evaluation from the In-vehicle UX (IVX) group at Strategy Analytics “User Experience Evaluation: Tesla Model 3”, has found that The Tesla Model 3 is designed for a self-driving future which has yet to arrive. While simplicity in UI design remains apparent,

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Renesas Electronics delivers R-Car V3H system-on-chip for automotive front cameras in Level 3 and Level 4 autonomous vehicles

With the rapid enhancement of advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving technologies, autonomous-driving vehicles are becoming a reality.

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Taoglas and Adant launch software-defined antenna to drive 100% increase in throughput coverage

Taoglas, a provider of IoT and automotive antenna and RF solutions, in partnership with Adant, a provider of smart antenna technology, at Mobile World Congress 2018 announced the launch of Taoglas Shift, a software-defined antenna system that changes the economics of next-generation wireless networks by extending coverage and increasing throughput by up to 100%.

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