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dotLumen

.lumen (also styled as dotLumen) is developing software and hardware for "pedestrian autonomous driving". The company's first product is a haptics and audio-enabled headset which is designed to give full mobility to the blind and visually impaired. The early-stage firm is based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

iPronics: Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuits

iPronics is a European-based startup focused on programmable photonic integrated circuits. While currently focused on providing devices for academic purposes, iPronics is looking to scale into data centers and more. IDTechEx Technology Analyst, James Falkiner, interviewed Application and Software Co-Lead, David Sanchez, as well as VP of Business Development, Ana Gonzalez, at SPIE Photonics West 2024

CES 2024 Showed that the Future of Cars will be Defined by AI

IDTechEx's new report, "Future Automotive Technologies 2024-2034: Applications, Megatrends, Forecasts", highlights the biggest changes coming to cars over the next ten years. Electrification will change what powers cars, and automation will change how they are driven, but one of the biggest opportunities is connectivity and software definition, which will change how cars are monetized.

CES 2024: Future Mobility Technologies on the Exhibition Floor

CES is one of the biggest exhibitions of technology in the world. The article covers the key themes from the event including AI, connectivity, electric mobility, autonomous technologies, and AR usage in the cabin.

The Age of Artificial Intelligence: AI Chips to 2034

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world as we know it; from the success of DeepMind over Go world champion Lee Sedol in 2016 to the robust predictive abilities of OpenAI's ChatGPT, the complexity of AI training algorithms is growing at a startlingly fast pace, where the amount of compute necessary to run newly-developed training algorithms appears to be doubling roughly every four months.

AI in Smartphones: Premiumization Towards Saturation

IDTechEx's market research report, "AI Chips for Edge Applications 2024-2034: Artificial Intelligence at the Edge", projects that the global AI chips market for edge devices will grow to US$22 billion by 2034, with the consumer electronics industry vertical taking the largest chunk of this revenue figure, at just over 45% by this date.

Randaemon

Randaemon is developing a true random number generator based on beta-decay. The company is developing proof of concept device hardware, as well as proprietary ciphers, for an on-chip solution to high-level data encryption. Senior Technology Analyst Dr Tess Skyrme interviewed the CEO Janusz Borodzinski, VP of Business Development Krzysztof Appelt, and CTO Jan Kuba.