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The Seer of Prophesee | CES: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird…, and The Sleepable, The Driveable, The Mixological

EE Times Current · 17 Jan 2020 · 43m

What this episode covers

Luca Verre, CEO of Prophesee, explains how their event-based sensors capture only changes in a scene to reduce data bandwidth for automotive and industrial applications, highlighting a collaboration with Sony on a new 1-megapixel sensor. EE Times editors then review CES 2020, discussing privacy chips from D-Clock, edge processing software from Tiraki, and autonomous boats from Brunswick. They also cover IBM's quantum computing farm, John Deere's AI-powered precision agriculture sprayers, and various consumer gadgets like smart beds and AI toothbrushes.

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early-stage companies and large enterprises

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Companies
Prophesee, Sony, D-Clock, Tiraki, Brunswick, IBM, John Deere, Altifarm, Qualcomm, NXP, Freescale, Procter & Gamble
Products
Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Alexa

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