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STMicroelectronics unveils new vibration-monitoring solution for industrial applications

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STMicroelectronics, a semiconductor manufacturer, has launched a new vibration-sensing solution optimized to enable smart maintenance of factory equipment.

ST’s IIS3DWB vibration sensor and supporting STEVAL-STWINKT1 multi-sensor evaluation kit accelerate development of condition-monitoring systems that boost productivity by inferring equipment maintenance needs.

Analyzing the sensed vibration data locally or in the cloud helps owners create strategies that maximize uptime, minimize servicing costs, and avoid emergency repairs. [Read more…] about STMicroelectronics unveils new vibration-monitoring solution for industrial applications

Aceinna claims its new $150 navigation chip rivals $10,000 alternatives

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Aceinna has launched a $150 high precision navigation chip for autonomous vehicles that it claims rivals the performance of $10,000 systems.

The new Aceinna OpenRTK module is said to be “highly accurate, extremely reliable, smaller, easier to integrate, and far less expensive”.

Aceinna says its OpenRTK330L is the only solution on the market to integrate a triple-band RTK/GNSS receiver and a triple-redundant inertial sensor enhancing the safety of autonomous systems. [Read more…] about Aceinna claims its new $150 navigation chip rivals $10,000 alternatives

10 key considerations when developing your robot’s cloud backend

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If you work in robotics, odds are you’re more interested in robots than data pipelines and cloud architecture.

Unfortunately, the latter are just as much a part of modern robotics as sensors and servo motors. If you hope to successfully develop and scale your robotics operations, you’ll first have to run the gauntlet that is building a cloud-based “backend” – the server side of the network.

Given the inherent complexity of this task, there are plenty of opportunities for oversight. So, before all else, it’s imperative that you and your team take the time to carefully consider and develop a plan of action. [Read more…] about 10 key considerations when developing your robot’s cloud backend

Overcoming chip defectivity challenges in automotive product development

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By Serena Brischetto, marketing and communications manager at SEMI Europe

In the future, electronics-related gear including advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) will account for a whopping 50 percent of automotive costs.

More importantly, with more control of vehicles shifting to automation, the margin of error in component performance and reliability will become vanishingly small as zero defects become the new safety standard.

SEMI’s Serena Brischetto spoke with Antoine Amade, senior regional director EMEA, Entegris about zero defects as a “new collaborative approach” (see video below) necessary to shape the car of the future and the automotive industry. [Read more…] about Overcoming chip defectivity challenges in automotive product development

Essential Legal Issues Associated With Web Scraping

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“Web scraping”, also called crawling or spidering, is the automated gathering of data from someone else’s website.

Scraping is an essential part of how the Internet functions, and it has traditionally been the backbone of many companies’ marketing, lead generation, and market intelligence efforts.

In fact, many online services, large and small, use scraping to build their databases, all of which are worth hundreds of billions of dollars. This article will answer the question – is web scraping legal? [Read more…] about Essential Legal Issues Associated With Web Scraping

Why You Should Use Call Tracking for Your Conversion Optimization Strategy

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1. Use call tracking

Not all of your conversions are non-calls. In other words, you get online purchases if you’re an e-commerce store, but you also get phone-in orders, right?

A lot of the customers do in fact call. And so if you’re not tracking your calls, you don’t truly understand how you’re receiving those calls and therefore, you can’t increase your efforts in those areas to generate more calls.

For example, we generate thousands of leads a month here and about 40 per cent are calls, in many cases. On the low months, it’s 20 per cent. [Read more…] about Why You Should Use Call Tracking for Your Conversion Optimization Strategy

4 Benefits of Using Virtual Private Network

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In simple words, a virtual private network keeps the identity of a user discreet. It uses several networks that are a far distance from each other. It uses several security protocols to maintain the confidentiality of a person.

In today’s time, security is of paramount importance, and users don’t want to be stalked by anyone. There’s no escape from the fact that VPN security has become the need of the hour.

In changing business environments, it has become important to maintain the security of information that is transferred over the internet. [Read more…] about 4 Benefits of Using Virtual Private Network

AI and Text to Speech: Discover Revolutionized Technologies

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Notevibes is a text to speech online platform that lets its users convert text into speech that sounds completely natural. Once you use our platform you won’t have to find any other service for text to speech conversion. The satisfaction of our customers and giving them the best results is the main motto of our service. 

When it comes to features we are constantly evolving and trying to bring as many features as quickly possible to the platform. We are customizing the platform as per the user’s usage pattern and making it as user-friendly as possible. [Read more…] about AI and Text to Speech: Discover Revolutionized Technologies

Smart 5G patrol robots equipped with Advantech’s edge computer employed to fight coronavirus

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As part of its effort to contain the spread of coronavirus, or COVID-19, China is using 5G patrol robots developed by Guangzhou Gosuncn Robot, using Advantech technology to monitor mask wearing and body temperatures in public places.

Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the Guangzhou Gosuncn Robot, a leading provider of smart city internet of things products and services, upgraded its 5G-powered police patrol robot with new capabilities to assist first-line police officers in conducting disease prevention inspections.

Because the manual measurement of body temperature exposes public safety personnel to potential health risks, these robots are equipped with 5 high-resolution cameras and infrared thermometers capable of scanning the temperature of 10 people simultaneously within a radius of 5 meters. [Read more…] about Smart 5G patrol robots equipped with Advantech’s edge computer employed to fight coronavirus

Nvidia redesigns Jetson Developer Days as online event – GTC Digital

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GTC Digital | Starting on Wednesday, March 25

Nvidia has redesigned its Jetson Developer Days as an online event called GTC Digital – GTC standing for GPU Technology Conference.

Starting on Wednesday, March 25, GTC Digital will host live webinars, sessions, trainings from the Nvidia Deep Learning Institute, and opportunities to connect with the experts.

Nvidia’s session catalog includes new, on-demand content which will be released every Thursday, starting March 26, covering AI applications in robotics, manufacturing, industrial, automation, and AIoT. [Read more…] about Nvidia redesigns Jetson Developer Days as online event – GTC Digital