The concept of generative designs has set a new paradigm in the designing and prototyping phases of automotive manufacturing. These designs are said to mimic nature’s evolutionary approach to design. In the manufacturing industry, when a component is to be made, the designers or engineers input their design goals in the generative design software. The …
General Motors filed a patent application very recently at the USPTO for using blockchain as a data exchange platform for self-driving cars. The patent was filed by the GM Global Technology Operations LLC and has a wider aim of using blockchain among a plurality of entities to share event information related to vehicle operation. One …
Range anxiety is a common topic of discussion among potential EV adopters and technology enthusiasts. It is defined as the user’s worry that an EV will be completely depleted of its juice before it reaches its destination. Currently available A/C charging takes roughly around 4-6 hours for complete charging of EV batteries. This exacerbates the …
Qualcomm launched a new robotics platform, the RB3 at the mobile world congress 2019, in Barcelona. The platform is its first offering targeted at robotics developers. The company claims that the RB3 system consists of optimized hardware and software tools that can assist robot developers and system manufacturers to develop new robots in the ever …
Competitive video games have been the major proving grounds for artificial intelligence research since the beginning of the field. Chess was an early challenge and the IBM Deep Blue successful match with Chess grand-master Gary Kasparov was widely covered in the popular media. It can also be credited to bring artificial intelligence in the consciousness …
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AI chip startups are the hottest investment space in Artificial Intelligence startups in recent years. This is a huge positive for investment in semiconductor startup space as the investment had almost dried out in the 2000’s. Developing a new chip is an extremely costly affair where design and manufacturing costs run over 100 million USD. …
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Oceans produce over 200 billion pounds of seafood every year and are an important source of livelihood for many people. They are also important ecologically as they cover a vast portion of our planet and long term changes of oceans have a direct impact on human civilization making them an important research area. Can the …
This is how IoT is going to help in advancing the study of the Ocean Read More »
It is clear that autonomous driving is now the most important idea for driving investment and research activity in the automotive sector. Most automotive OEMs and their tier-1 suppliers are scrambling to announce their research efforts in this direction to make sure that they are not left out from the on-going technological shift. Most car …
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Metal binder jetting has attracted the attention of mid-level manufacturers. It is envisioned to be an ideal technology for the production of low-cost, lightweight parts and small components with complex designs. Major players in the field claim that their version of binder jetting draws inspiration from metal injection moulding. With its patented single-pass jetting technology, …
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Deep learning and artificial intelligence is the most hyped buzzword these days and it has attracted a great deal of capital and research interest across all the major technology hubs in the world. Not just companies, even countries have come up with AI strategies and vision documents! AI conquering games such as chess, Go and …
Activation Atlases – A new way of peering into the ‘black box’ of neural networks Read More »
