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BioAmber and CJ CheilJedang plan JV for bio-succinic acid production in Asia

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has signed a non-binding letter of intent with South Korean-based CJ CheilJedang Corporation (CJCJ). The proposed joint venture is subject to certain conditions, including technical and commercial due diligence, with the definitive agreements expected to be signed by July 2017. BioAmber Inc. —Jean-Francois Huc, BioAmber CEO.

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Robert Bosch Venture Capital invests in DeepMap; HD mapping for autonomous vehicles with centimeter-level real-time localization

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Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC), the corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group, has completed an investment in US-based startup DeepMap. DeepMap builds upon the growing RBVC portfolio of technologies addressing the autonomous vehicle vertical, next to start-ups like AImotive and Tetravue. Earlier post.).

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RAND study finds introducing autonomous vehicles sooner could save hundreds of thousands of lives

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Autonomous vehicles should only have to be moderately better than human drivers before being widely used in the United States, an approach that could save thousands of lives annually even before the technology is perfected, according to a new RAND Corporation report. It’s the very definition of perfect being the enemy of good.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Census, the mainframe computer, legitimizing the person computer, and developing the software that beat the best in the world at chess and then Jeopardy. Joining me to talk about it—and IBM's other pivots, past and future—is a person uniquely qualified to do so. Steven Cherry Jim, IBM wasn't the first to personal computers.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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After a year of speculation based on little more than a person in a robot suit combined with some optimistic assertions made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk , many roboticists tuned in to the event livestream (or attended in person) to see what Tesla’s approach to humanoid robotics would turn out to be. If you pre-order 100K+ units.’.

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Ford 2017 trends report: disruption the status quo, “never more difficult” to find objective information

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The three revisited trends are: Trust Is the New Black (2013): In the first report, coming in the aftermath of the Great Recession, Ford wrote that the social contract as it had been known had been broken, and people’s mistrust of corporations, governments and media was making integrity a new, rare form of competitive advantage.

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First Look: 2024 Ford Ranger and Ranger Raptor

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Normally, when you set out to build a jack of all trades, the end product tends to be kind of middling. Definitely not. Wider and taller than the standard Ranger, the pickup comes with aggressive fender flares and ditches the Blue Oval for an elongated grill with the corporate name worked into the plastic.

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