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Digital twins and AI help bridge construction gap
In a drive to increase on-site productivity and operational performance in the construction industry, BAM Nuttall has teamed up with tech-firm Iotic and researchers at Cranfield University to develop an AI-based, computer-vision system using new digital twin technology.The Learning Camera project employs a standard webcam, integrated with an IoT framework of smart sensors to collect real-time environmental data such as wind speed and weather cond...
Robot colleague improves elderly care in nursing homes and hospitals
The rapidly ageing population is bringing new challenges to European society. Care institutions and hospitals are facing serious staffing shortages, as fewer and fewer people choose to become healthcare professionals, while at the same time the number of old (and sick) people is constantly on the rise. Heavy work pressure has proven to be related to poor quality of care and to incidents such as medication errors, which 13.8% of nurses deal with w...
NAND Flash to lead all others as IC market growth returns in 2020
IC Insights is in the process of revising its forecast and analysis of the IC industry and will present its new findings in The McClean Report 2020, which will be released in January 2020. Among the revisions is a complete update of forecast growth rates of the 33 main product categories classified by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organisation (WSTS) through the year 2024. The top five categories for IC product growth are covered in th...
ZF hardware provides software for self-driving vehicle systems
Oxbotica, a world-leader in vehicle autonomy, has signed an MoU with global automotive technology company, ZF, to integrate its autonomous driving software with ZF’s automotive-grade ProAI compute platform and sensor sets.As a first milestone, Oxbotica has completed integration and demonstration of its autonomous vehicle software with ZF’s ProAI, AI capable automotive-grade compute platform and ZF’s Full-Range Radar. Following c...
The 8 AI trends we’re watching in 2020
Roger Magoulas, VP of Radar at O’Reilly takes a look at the new developments in automation, hardware, tools, model development, and more that will shape (or accelerate) AI in 2020.
Printed electronics: more safety and comfort in automobiles
Whether e-mobility or autonomous driving: In times of change, the automotive industry relies on printed electronics. From March 24th to 26th, 2020, LOPEC, the International Exhibition and Conference for the Printed Electronics Industry in Munich, will be providing information on innovative concepts for the automotive industry.
IoT and the digital twin
Industry 4.0 or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), describes the application of IoT in industrial processes and manufacturing. By implementing solutions related to big data, machine learning, digital twin, artificial intelligence (AI), predictive analytics etc., manufacturers aim to achieve the optimal level of responsiveness, adaptiveness and fully connected processes. Joe Lomako, Business Development Manager (IoT) at TÜV SÜD ex...
Software for automotive design - the questions and answers
Chuck Gehman, Perforce Software, explains the integral role that software will have in the cars of tomorrow.Automotive software is being developed at an unprecedented scale. Future vehicles will have more than a billion lines of code. With an estimated 50% of a future vehicle’s value being derived from its software capabilities, development of that software plays a more crucial role than ever before.
Adapting to survive
Steve Rogerson reports from Xilinx’s XDF developers’ forum in The Hague.The intelligent, connected world has become a reality. This was how Victor Peng, President and CEO of Xilinx, opened the company’s XDF developers’ forum in The Hague in November. For this, he said, adaptability was vital.
What do engineers get up to at night?
Steve Rogerson looks at some of the news that may have missed the front page.I worry sometimes about engineers. I mean, what do they do in bed at night? A clue came up at November’s IESF Automotive event in Munich, organised by Siemens subsidiary Mentor. Martin O’Brien, Senior Vice President at Siemens, was explaining the importance of digitalisation.