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Scrona has big manufacturing plans for its tiny 3D printing

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These days, the ETH Zurich spinoff has even bigger ambitions, with plans to scale its tiny printing tech in a bid to bring additive manufacturing/3D printing into the world of mass manufacturing. million grant from the Swiss Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, bringing the round a bit shy of an even $10 million.

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What is transformational leadership? A model for motivating innovation

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The transformational leadership approach encourages, inspires, and motivates employees to innovate and create the change necessary to shape the future success of the company. In 1985, researcher Bernard M. Cook has extended on Jobs’ vision, maintaining a focus on innovation, software, and brand loyalty.

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

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Similarly, clothing brand Under Armour recently produced an ad that used AI-generated 3D models of the British boxer Anthony Joshua, based on videos they took of him in the past. The victors may not be the greatest innovators, but they’ll be the best at protecting their innovations.

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Broadband Innovation Begins With State-of-the-Art Labs

CableLabs

Innovation is unleashed in an environment of collaboration, experimentation and expertise. CableLabs has a range of labs designed to strengthen and support collaboration and broadband innovation. With this degree of interaction and cooperation, innovation is amplified. As an industry, we’re stronger together.

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Taipei-based computer vision startup eYs3D gets $7M Series A

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The company’s technology, including integrated circuits, 3D sensors, camera modules and AI-based software, have a wide range of applications, such as robotics, touchless controls, autonomous vehicles and smart retail. The new funding will also be used to expand eYs3D’s product development and launch a series of 3D computer vision modules.

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Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2 million NASA contract for lunar construction tech

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million contract is a continuation of a previous Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) dual-use contract with the U.S. ICON, which is best-known for its 3D-printed homes, has been working on Project Olympus for some time. Air Force, which was partly funded by NASA. The company was awarded the initial SBIR grant from the U.S.

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Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets

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One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using only text prompts. Poly’s first tool in its planned web-based suite generates 3D textures with physically-based rendering maps.