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Helping Autonomous Vehicles See
Around Corners E
To improve the safety of autonomous sys-
tems, MIT engineers have developed a system
that can sense tiny changes in shadows on the
ground to determine if there's a moving object
coming around the corner. In a paper presented
at the recent International Conference on In-
telligent Robots and Systems (IROS), research-
ers describe successful experiments with an
autonomous car driving around a parking ga-
rage and an autonomous wheelchair navigat-
ing hallways.
Samsung Unveils 5G NR Integrated Radio
at MWC LA 2019 E
Samsung Electronics has announced at MWC
Los Angeles 2019 its new 5G New Radio (NR)
Access Unit (AU) supporting the 28-GHz spec-
trum. This new AU brings together a radio, an
antenna, and a digital unit into one compact
box, making it the industry's first integrated
radio for mmWave spectrum, compliant to the
3GPP NR standard.
The Buck Starts Here: NVIDIA's Ian Buck
on What's Next in AI Revolution E
AI is still young, but software is available to
help even relatively unsophisticated users har-
ness it. That's according to Ian Buck, general
manager of NVIDIA's accelerated computing
group, who shared his views in the latest AI
Podcast.
Heilind Electronics Adds Molex Robust
Contrinex Inductive and Photoelectric
Sensors E
Heilind Electronics, a leading global distributor
of electronic components and authorized dis-
tributor for Molex products, has expanded its
portfolio of Molex industrial automation solu-
tions to include Contrinex inductive and pho-
toelectric sensors.
Fast Flash Programming for
Microsemi FPGAs E
Newly released support for Microsemi FPGAs
and SoCs on ASSET InterTech's ScanWorks
can dramatically decrease programming times
for SPI flash memory devices to the point
where inline programming on the assembly
line will not disrupt the manufacturing beat
rate. ASSET InterTech is a leading supplier of
JTAG-based software and hardware debug,
validation, and test tools. ScanWorks, one of
the company's flagship product lines, is a fast
test and programming platform.
Innovation and Investment Are
Growth Drivers for Asia's Transition
to Clean Energy E
Over 180 thought leaders shed light on cur-
rent and future developments for minimizing
the impact and implications of climate change
at the recently concluded Asia Clean Energy
Summit (ACES), hosted by the Sustainable En-
ergy Association of Singapore (SEAS).
Future of Laser Innovations Discussed
at Revamped ICALEO Conference E
The Laser Institute of America's (LIA's) 38
th
In-
ternational Congress on Applications of Lasers
and Electro-Optics (ICALEO) was recently held
in Orlando, Florida, and featured the confer-
ence's many firsts. A meeting of laser industry
experts and decision-makers from around the
world, the event hosted dialogue with a deeper
industry focus, more expansive technical ses-
sions, and a new business conference that ad-
dressed laser end-users while highlighting so-
lutions from the manufacturing community.
