IBM announced it has acquired Montreal-based fintech company, Expertus Technologies Inc. The acquisition strengthens IBM’s portfolio as an end-to-end digital payments solution provider and further advances IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy. (more…)
December 16, 2020
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IntelliSite Corporation announced the purchase of Broad Sky Networks, a fast growing, business-class wireless internet provider specialising in emerging 5G wireless and global wireless connectivity for IoT enterprise solutions and services. (more…)
December 15, 2020
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Combining its core competencies in robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles with a deep understanding of customer needs, LG Electronics announced that it is developing an autonomous robot that will use ultraviolet (UV-C) light to disinfect high-touch, high-traffic areas. LG Business Solutions USA plans to offer the UV robot to U.S. hospitality, education, corporate, retail, restaurant, and transportation customers in early 2021.
“We hope LG’s first UV disseminating robot will give our customers, and in turn their customers, peace of mind,” explained Michael Kosla, vice president, LG Business Solutions USA. “Whether it’s hotel guests, students in classrooms or patrons of restaurants and other businesses, they can rest assured that the LG autonomous UV robot will help reduce their exposure to harmful bacteria and germs,” he says.
To be officially unveiled at Digital CES® 2021, LG’s new robot is expected to enable a new standard of hygiene by helping to disinfect high-touch, high-traffic areas. Because of its autonomous design, the robot will be able to move easily around tables, chairs and other furniture, generally irradiating a room’s touchable surfaces in 15 to 30 minutes, disinfecting multiple areas on a single battery charge.
Engineered to be easy to operate, the robot can be integrated into established cleaning routines without requiring extensive staff training or specialists to operate it. Staff will be able to monitor progress via remote updates to smartphones or tablets. Employee exposure to UV rays will be minimised through a built-in safety lock activated by human motion detection sensors, pressing of an emergency stop button or via the mobile application.
“A higher level of disinfection is going to become the new customer expectation in the new contactless economy where we now all live, work, learn and play,” Kosla says. “LG is bringing to bear its expertise in robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles for creative solutions like this to meet specific customer requirements.” This is the first in a series of new LG CLOi autonomous robots planned for introduction in the United States during 2021.
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Imagine your household appliances being smart enough to read the weather forecast and give you recommendations on the best time to start the dryer because it’s about to rain, or when to turn off the air purifier because the air quality that day is good (more…)
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Remark Holdings, Inc., a diversified global technology company with artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions and digital media properties, announced that Remark’s KanKan AI business successfully released its edge computing systems, the S and T Series Smart Boxes, AI-based edge computing boxes equipped with NVIDIA’s new generation of high-performance edge computing modules, with a smaller size and lower power requirements. (more…)
December 10, 2020
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Gyrfalcon Technology (GTI) announced AI-Xâ„¢, a new full-stack solution for AI development ideal for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Popular applications for AI-X include edge-AI vision devices, consumer electronics, AI-camera sensors and automotive. (more…)
November 26, 2020
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A new phase in the field of road network security and infrastructure monitoring is starting. ASPI Tech, IBM and Fincantieri NexTech announce that the new digital system for civil infrastructure monitoring, based on IBM Maximo, is now in operation. (more…)
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Caspar.AI has partnered with Amazon Alexa to bring enhanced comfort and safety to several retirement communities on the West Coast. (more…)
November 25, 2020
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Nokia and stc announced a joint collaboration to operate stc’s technology innovation Centre in Riyadh. An agreement was signed to this extent by Abdullah Alowini, VP, technology strategy and architecture at stc, and Khalid Hussain, Saudi Country senior officer at Nokia, in the presence of Haitham Al Faraj, SVP, technology and operations at stc, and Amr K. El Leithy, head of Middle East and Africa Market at Nokia. (more…)
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Red Box announced the expansion of its relationships with Microsoft by lining up for the launch of Conversa, Red Box’s enterprise voice platform. (more…)
November 23, 2020
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