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Aramco’s Prosperity7 powers AI drug firm Insilico’s $95M round

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Sustainable chemistry, as defined by OECD , is “a scientific concept that seeks to improve the efficiency with which natural resources are used to meet human needs for chemical products and services.” while hardware production happened in China. When asked why the company straddles China and the U.S.,

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

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WABTEC products and locomotives have numerous embedded digital pieces – both hardware and software, which allow us to track performance, and assess their reliability and warranty for the customers. Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Internet of Things My vast experience enables me for these nuances of the role.

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Japan’s Terra Drone lands $70M Series B funding to accelerate global expansion 

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Our airspace is going to get more crowded than ever, but most companies today are concentrating only on hardware development,” said Terra Drone CEO and founder Toru Tokushige , who is also serving as the CEO of Terra Motors, which develops electric vehicles. The company also could raise another funding before its IPO, Seki added.

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Radar trends to watch: December 2021

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Increasingly widespread skepticism over Artificial General Intelligence may be a harbinger of another AI Winter –or at least an AGI winter, since current AI techniques have found many homes in industry. The US Department of Defense has issuedethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence by its contractors.

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5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In April: Firefighting Robots And Animal-Free Eggs

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The Finland-based startup has developed hardware for the collection and recycling of nutrients from wastewaters such as rain. The Boston-based company says it has discovered a microbe, called X-32, that destroys multiple types of plastics by quickly breaking down hydrocarbon chains across different chemical structures.

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EarthOptics helps farmers look deep into the soil for big data insights

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Using high-tech imaging techniques, the company claims to map the physical and chemical composition of fields faster, better, and more cheaply than traditional techniques, and has raised $10M to scale its solution. The imaging hardware can be mounted on ordinary tractors or trucks, and pulls in readings every few feet.

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LiLz uses computer vision to read gauges and dials where humans prefer not to tread

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” They started by targeting basic building management, but now have expanded to chemical and industrial plants, construction and manufacturing sites, public infrastructure and more due to customer demand, he added. version of the hardware as well. And the capabilities of the device are increasing as well.

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