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Denso, the main supplier of automotive components to Toyota, is part of a new consortium which will develop infrastructure for driving data.
As well as Denso, other companies in the consortium are Ericsson, Intel, NTT, NTT Docomo, Toyota InfoTechnology, and Toyota Motor.
Together, the companies have initiated the formation of the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium. [Read more…] about Denso creates consortium for network and computing infrastructure of automotive big data
Industrial automation company Omron has agreed to acquire Microscan Systems, a provider of code scanning and decoding technology for industrial applications.
Omron says it is planning to further advance the control of manufacturing equipment and production lines, using internet of things to “connect virtually all objects on a manufacturing floor”, including components and machines.
The completion of the acquisition is scheduled for early October of 2017. [Read more…] about Omron to acquire Microscan Systems
Ekso Bionics, a developer of exoskeleton technology for medical and industrial use, has raised $34 million in its latest share issue.
Many of the new shares were purchased by Puissance Capital.
Exoskeletons are predicted to find markets in the health sector as well as industries such as construction, or anywhere where there may be physical work involved.
[Read more…] about Ekso Bionics raises $34 million in funding for exoskeleton plans
Tiny nano robots less than 5 millionths of a metre long can swim through human veins to deliver medicine to a targeted area.
The nanobots have two arms and is said to swim in a “freestyle” stroke, or front crawl, when guided with magnets. They have three main parts, and are said to be approximately the size of a single blood cell.
The super-small machine was built by Joseph Wang and his colleagues at the University of California at San Diego. Co-workers at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and the Israel Institute of Technology were also involved. [Read more…] about Tiny nanobots swim through blood stream to deliver medicine
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