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GeoSpock attracts another $5.4mn investment to speed adoption of database tech
GeoSpock has announced $5.4 million (€4.60 million) in additional funding. This is to accelerate the development and adoption of what is claimed to be the fastest, most scalable database on the market. This strategic investment round brings the total GeoSpock has raised to date to more than $32 million (€27.28 million).
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Keolis launches a new 5G autonomous electric vehicle trial in Stockholm
Keolis, in partnership with Urban ICT Arena, Telia, Ericsson, Intel and T-engineering, has launched a new autonomous self-driving, electric minibus trial in Stockholm, Sweden. It is using 5G technology to remotely control and monitor the vehicle.
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New “Intelligent Guided Vehicle” (IGV): Autonomous counterbalanced forklift is guided by swarm intelligence
After the “ONE” comes the “OCF”: AGILOX expands their line of intelligent guided vehicles by introducing a new autonomous omnidirectional counterbalanced forklift, operating with swarm intelligence. In doing so, AGILOX has entered a new area of application: classic intralogistics in inbound/outbound warehousing and storage.
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Global pandemic changing the trajectory of shared mobility market
One of the first industries to be hit hard by the global pandemic and subsequent lockdown was mobility, says Mark Thomas, VP of marketing at Ridecell. Public transportation traffic plummeted 70-90% according to analysts McKinsey, airlines lost billions, ride-hailing services lost up to 70% of their business, and many micro-mobility and carpooling services suspended operations.
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How fibre networks can make ‘smart’ motorways safer
Congestion on core road networks is a major problem for many countries around the world. Indeed, according to the largest ever study of global traffic, conducted by INRIX in 2017, congestion in the US alone costs $305 billion (€257 billion). In the UK, Highways England estimates the cost of congestion on the motorway and major road network to be in the region of £2 billion (€2 billion) every year.
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Back on the road: Smart city transportation in the COVID age
Cities today are home to over half of the world’s population and are becoming organs of a connected world, accelerating tech solutions to improve the quality, efficiency, and desirability of city living. Yet, COVID-19 has transformed the world we used to know. Report by Pierre-Adrien Hanania, Global offer leader – AI in the Public Sector, Capgemini.
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IoT can make the logistics industry more sustainable
Everything that gets stored, shipped or delivered spends some time on or in a crate, pallet, bin or some other container. While recent years have seen a shift away from single-use, one-way platforms and containers towards those designed for multiple use, more can be done to increase sustainability within the logistics industry.
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