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This Startup’s AI Tool Makes Moving Day Easier

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Rattner cofounded Yembo in 2016 to develop an AI-based tool for moving companies that creates an inventory of objects in a home by analyzing video taken with a smartphone. How Yembo grew out of a family business Rattner has his wife to thank for his startup idea. We are bringing about change.

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Audi unveils redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for 2016 season

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Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. The FIA WEC regulations have been providing automobile manufacturers with incentives to build increasingly efficient race cars since 2014. This shows how sound the basic idea still is. —Ulrich Baretzky.

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Tesla is unveiling its new ‘robotaxi’ on August 8

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When it comes to the robotaxi, Tesla has been talking about making all its consumer vehicles built since 2016 being capable of becoming robotaxis through a software update, but at Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo event in April 2022, Musk announced that Tesla would also build a new vehicle specifically to be a “robotaxi.”

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Ferrari partners with battery supplier SK On for advanced cells

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In 2016, Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne called the idea of an electric Ferrari “an obscene concept.” Prior to that, Ferrari launched a trail balloon for hybrid tech in the form of the limited-edition LaFerrari.

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After Tesla trademarked ‘CYBERBACKPACK,’ the product’s inventor sits at a crossroads

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Since December, Riz says he has been developing the “CYBERBACKPACK,” an idea that blossomed from a product unveiling nearly two and a half years ago. “I began designing and building what would become the Cyberbackpack,” Riz said in a blog post he published shortly after reports of Tesla trademarking the name.

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Toyota, Aisin and Denso investing $2.8B in new company to develop fully-integrated, production-quality software for automated driving

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Building production-quality software is a critical success factor for Toyota’s automated driving program. TRI) in North America in 2016 to conduct research in the areas of artificial intelligence, automated driving, and robotics. Dr. James Kuffner, currently TRI Chief Technology Officer, will lead TRI-AD as its CEO.

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Wärtsilä introduces dedicated organisation to drive digital transformation

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Following the appointment of Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and Executive Vice-President Marco Ryan in September 2016, Wärtsilä has taken several actions to speed up the developments achieved during the last decade. The aim is to increase efficiency while enabling a zero-emissions society.

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