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Vahana Comes to an End; New Chapter
at Airbus Begins E
Nearly four years after the Vahana concept was
sketched on a napkin, the flagship program
that launched the urban air mobility initiative
at Airbus has come to a close. Vahana's key
learnings are now providing Airbus Urban Mo-
bility with invaluable insight on the design of
its future urban air vehicle.
Taiwan's Most Innovative Companies
Unveil Breakthrough Tech at CES 2020 E
On January 6, TAITRA hosted the press con-
ference at the Mandalay Bay South Conven-
tion Center. The event provided early access to
these innovative companies' spokespeople and
their products.
AI Meets 5G at the Edge: The Innovation
Center at MWC 2020 in Barcelona E
NVIDIA's AI Edge Innovation Center, a first for
this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in
Barcelona, will put attendees at the intersec-
tion of AI, 5G, and edge computing.
Czech Republic Acquires Mixed Fleet of
AH-1Z and UH-1Y Helicopters E
Czech Republic becomes the first internation-
al customer to purchase a mixed fleet of H-1
aircraft.
'Tweezer Clock' May Help Tell Time
More Precisely E
Atomic clocks are used around the world to
precisely tell time. Each "tick" of the clock
depends on atomic vibrations and their ef-
fects on surrounding electromagnetic fields.
Standard atomic clocks in use today, based on
the atom cesium, tell time by counting radio
frequencies.
Pacific Design & Manufacturing 2020
Debuts Smart Manufacturing and 3D
Printing Innovation Summits E
Pacific Design & Manufacturing, North Amer-
ica's largest advanced design and manufac-
turing event, announced two summits, the
"Smart Manufacturing Innovation Summit"
and the "3D Printing Innovation Summit," as
part of the 2020 conference programming.
Submarine Cables to Offshore
Wind Farms Transformed Into
a Seismic Network E
An international team of geoscientists led by
Caltech has used fiber optic communications
cables stationed at the bottom of the North
Sea as a giant seismic network, tracking both
earthquakes and ocean waves.
Zero-emission Flight Is Taking a
Giant Leap Forward E
Introducing the E-Fan X, a hybrid-electric air-
craft demonstrator that is 30 times more pow-
erful than its predecessor. The E-Fan X is the
flagship hybrid-electric aircraft demonstrator
at Airbus. But its predecessor, the all-electric
twin-propeller aircraft E-Fan 1.0, can be cred-
ited for playing a key role in laying the ground-
work for the next generation of zero-emission
aircraft technology.
Rogers Communications and University
of Waterloo Partner for 5G Tech E
Rogers Communications and the University of
Waterloo joined in a three-year, multi-million
dollar partnership agreement to advance 5G
research in the Toronto-Waterloo tech corri-
dor. Together they will create the first 5G smart
campus in central Canada.
