Day: July 31, 2018
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Neanderthals may have had larger brains but environmental changes favoured homo sapiens
New research by the Max Planck Institute suggests it was ecological changes that ended the Neanderthals Neanderthals have generally had a bad press since they were discovered more than a century ago. Pictured as little more than apes, our closest human cousin has always been pictured as a stupid brute – almost twice our size…
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Volvo receives Sweden’s largest order ever for electric buses
Gothenburg in Sweden now takes the lead in the transition to electrically propelled urban bus traffic in Sweden. The order for 30 all-electric Volvo buses from GS Buss, subsidiary of Göteborgs Spårvägar, and Public Transport Authority Västtrafik, is the biggest order so far for all-electric buses in Sweden. It is also Volvo Buses’ biggest order…
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Arm and Samsung Foundry ‘push the possibilities’ of semiconductor manufacturing
Arm and Samsung Foundry say they are “pushing the possibilities” of semiconductor manufacturing with industry’s first embedded magnetoresistive random-access memory compiler and new physical IP offerings on advanced process nodes including 7nm and 5nm. What researchers have predicted for several years is now a reality – the end of Moore’s Law is approaching and will…
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ABB invests in soft robotics to transform pick and place processes
ABB is backing a new technology which will enable robots to pick up and handle fragile items that would be damaged if current grippers were used. ABB Technology Ventures is ABB’s strategic venture capital investment arm. ATV finds the startup partners from which ABB can best benefit, both strategically and financially. ABB’s partnership with Soft…
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Continental begins construction of its first plant in Lithuania
Continental is expanding its European production capacities, celebrating the groundbreaking ceremony for its first plant in Kaunas, Lithuania. From the second half of 2019, electronic components for the European market will be manufactured in the technology company’s new electronics plant. Components will include door and seat control units as well as gateways and units for…