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Majority of UK and US workers positive about AI
The use of machines that are enabled by AI to handle tasks independently will enrich the workplace, according to a new report released during automatica 2018, trade fair for robots and automation; however, many employees surveyed for the report consider the term 'artificial intelligence' to be misleading as a machine cannot learn intelligently or act autonomously like a human being.
Technology for passport and ID security on the rise
To date, Infineon Technologies has sold 1.5b security chips with its Integrity Guard technology. Infineon provides robust solutions for enabling the protection of today and tomorrow’s government-issued electronic ID documents like passports from potential security attacks. The technology features a complex digital security architecture. It includes a fully encrypted data path and a self-checking dual CPU core.
Process reference flow leverages tools for design test-time savings
Mentor has announced that Samsung Electronics has certified the Mentor Tessent products for Samsung Foundry’s 8nm LPP (Low Power Plus) process. These tools provide dramatic design and test time improvements for very large designs targeting markets such as mobile communications, high speed network/server computing, cryptocurrency, and autonomous driving.
Are the roads safer with self-driving cars?
A new report has examined the impact of automated vehicles on road safety and cyber-security vulnerabilities.Automated vehicles promise more safety by eliminating crashes linked to human error. But claims that self-driving cars could avoid 90% of road deaths by eliminating these errors are untested, the new report by the International Transport Forum has found.
Laser scanning halves inspection times
Czech company Lukov Plast, a producer of injection moulded plastic parts, electronic components and electrical sub-assemblies for the automotive industry, has reported faster inspection cycles and feature measurements following the purchase of a Nikon Metrology LC15Dx laser scanner.
Cybersecurity validation platform incorporates LiFi technology
LHP Engineering Solutions, an engineering services provider and technology integrator has brought together National Instruments (NI), PTC and AASA’s LiFi subsidiary, 01LightComm to create a framework for an NI-Based Functional Safety and Cyber Security Validation Platform.
Advances in enabling tech to reset automotive industry by 2023
The global automobile industry, currently worth $3.5 trillion in annual revenues, could face four concurrent disruptive threats, according to GlobalData. These four include: the connected car, autonomous driving technology, electric vehicle technology and transport-as-a-service. Overthe next five years, the auto industry is due for a radical reset as these unfolding industry mega-trends dislocate its legacy supply and value chains and reallocate ...
Autonomous vehicles interact with each other for the first time
On the 18th April 2018, the DRIVEN consortium demonstrated publicly for the first time the capabilities of its fleet of autonomous vehicles to interact and ‘talk’ to each other. From its headquarters at the RACE Building at the Culham Science Centre in Abingdon, DRIVEN set two of its vehicles, a white and blue 2014 Ford Fusion Titanium hybrid and a 2017 Ford Mondeo hybrid on the roads to show assembled media the latest milestone in th...
Challenging times ahead for the electronics industry
Members of the professional community the Electronic Components Supply Network(ecsn)collaborate each year to produce an accurate annual forecast for the UK electronic components market. They predicted that 2018was'likely to be another challenging year' and with extended manufacturer lead times, strong growth in new applications, more mergers and acquisitions, a potential trade war and the dreaded 'A' and 'B' words it seems they called it correctl...
ON Semiconductor acquires SensL Technologies Ltd.
ON Semiconductor has announced its acquisition of SensL Technologies Ltd. ("SensL"). The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to ON Semiconductor's non-GAAP earnings per share. SensL, based in Ireland, is a technology leader specialising in Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM), Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) and LiDAR sensing products for automotive, medical, industrial and consumer markets.