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CES 2019 Special: Day 2 recap with Junko Yoshida

EE Times Current · 12 Jan 2019 · 23m

What this episode covers

Junko Yoshida, Co-Global Editor-in-Chief at ASPENCORE Media, joins David Finch to recap Day 2 of CES 2019, discussing the industry's shift toward data accuracy, privacy, and the challenges of productizing wearable health tech. They analyze Ford's pivot from autonomous vehicles to driver-assist systems, highlighting the human factors issues in their delivery pilot with Domino's Pizza, and examine the regulatory and safety hurdles facing automotive chipmakers. The conversation also covers emerging battery technologies from CEA-Leti and the standardization efforts for biometric sensors by companies like Balance Cell.

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NXP, Phillips, Analog Devices, Nvidia, Balance Cell, ST microelectronics, Ford Motor Company, Walmart, Domino's Pizza, Omron, CEA-Leti, Tesla, Panasonic

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