Collaborate Disseminate
It’s not just China: at least 75 out of 176 countries globally are actively using AI technologies for surveillance purposes, research shows. Continue reading Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world
Japanese electronics giant NEC has been working with a company called Cartivator to design, build and test VTOL air taxi concepts. Now the two companies have demonstrated a multi-seat manned multicopter, a step toward a flying car future Japa… Continue reading NEC demonstrates wobbly multicopter flying car prototype
Boffins at NEC say that they have developed a biometric technology that can surreptitiously identify individuals by differences in their ears.
Continue reading Prick up your ears! There’s a new biometric in town
An early stage venture firm, Draper Nexus, has closed its second fund at $175 million, according to Managing Director Q Motiwala. Its debut fund closed in 2013, at $50 million.
Limited partners in Draper Nexus are global tech conglomerates, primarily based in Japan.
For its second fund, the firm signed up about 20 LP’s including Panasonic, Hitachi, Kyocera, Shimizu, NEC, Canon and others. Read More Continue reading Draper Nexus closes $175 million fund, LP’s include Panasonic, Canon and other Japanese tech giants
An early stage venture firm, Draper Nexus, has closed its second fund at $175 million, according to Managing Director Q Motiwala. Its debut fund closed in 2013, at $50 million.
Limited partners in Draper Nexus are global tech conglomerates, primarily based in Japan.
For its second fund, the firm signed up about 20 LP’s including Panasonic, Hitachi, Kyocera, Shimizu, NEC, Canon and others. Read More Continue reading Draper Nexus closes $175 million fund, LP’s include Panasonic, Canon and other Japanese tech giants
News comes from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, of something of a coup for their Compute Module product. Support for it is to be integrated into NEC’s line of commercial displays, and the electronics giant has lined up a list of software partners to provide integrated signage solutions for the platform.
It is interesting to note how NEC have done this, while it’s being spun by the Foundation as a coup for them the compute module sits on a daughter board in a slot on the back of the display rather than on the display PCB itself. They are likely hedging …read more
News comes from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, of something of a coup for their Compute Module product. Support for it is to be integrated into NEC’s line of commercial displays, and the electronics giant has lined up a list of software partners to provide integrated signage solutions for the platform.
It is interesting to note how NEC have done this, while it’s being spun by the Foundation as a coup for them the compute module sits on a daughter board in a slot on the back of the display rather than on the display PCB itself. They are likely hedging …read more
We’ve had our fingers, voices and irises scanned, but, thanks to NEC, there’s a new biometric en vogue – ears.
Continue reading Forget fingerprints, ears are so next season in biometrics
