Important Innovations Collection

BMW Using Israel's Tactile Mobility Software                                             Source:  Tactile Mobility Making Smart Vehicles, Smarter Starting in 2021, Israel's Tactile Mobility's unique software will be embedded into BMW Group's BMWG.DE next generation vehicles.  The software enables the vehicle to analyze the road surface conditions under the tires to make smarter decisions.  The software uses the vehicles non-visual sensors, such as wheel speed and angle, gear position and RPM to help smart and autonomous vehicles "feel" the road, road dynamics and road conditions. The software detects control, pressure, traction and more. Tactile Mobility Tactile Mobility is a hot startup that last October secured $9 million in funding including from Porsche.  Now, it has a deal with BMW to make BMW vehicles even smarter. Their software pro...

For Apple and Google, Big Health Tech Futures Source:  Stock Image Perspective from Apple CEO Tim Cook Apple and Google are launching their joint coronavirus contact tracing software. They just provided the first version to Android and iOS  developers to test it before a broader consumer launch.  The public launch will happen when Apple and Google approve the final public health version. This is a huge move in tracking the spread of the virus.  Apple alone controls a whopping 50% of the global smartphone market.  The contact tracing over their phones will provide a key means of spotting  and preventing the spread of the coronavirus, while protecting individual privacy. Consumers Opt In or Out It's up to each individual to decide to opt in or opt out of the contact tracing technology.  Both Google and Apple say the system will not disclose the individual's identity.  For those who opt in, there will be easy Blueto...

British Software Company Builds Digital City Interactive Simulations for Self Driving Vehicles   - Just Got Significant VC Funding Source:  Immense Simulations  Big Money Pouring into Software for Driverless Cars British software company Immense Simulations makes interactive city simulations of traffic and people flows on any given day.  The company today raised $4.6 million in a Series A funding led by UK's Amadeus Capital Partners and Japan's Global Brain Corporation.  This is a major sign of the times.  Investors are betting on autonomous vehicles going mainstream.  So far this year, companies in the self-driving vehicle sphere have raised $3 Billion in funding. Immense Technology Immense uses data from mobile phone operators, public transport and telematics databases to build city simulations.  Carmakers use the simulations to test their plans for fleets of autonomous cars on scenarios that are as close to real, congest...

New Artificial Intelligence System that Predicts Pandemics Innovator Ranier Mallol Inspiring Innovator - Young Scientist from the Dominican Republic This new, AI predictive system is breakthrough and the innovator behind it is inspirational.  Scientist Ranier Mallol of the Dominican Republic almost lost his mother to dengue fever when he was a boy.  He vowed to do something about the disease, carried by mosquitos, which infects 390 million people every year.  He developed an AI algorithm that is a breakthrough. Aime Mallol fed the algorithm he developed statistics on dengue infections.  The algorithm uses health, location, climate and socio-economic data to predict disease outbreaks three months before they happen.  Its success rate is 88% accuracy.  Mallol has established an organization called Aime that uses his algorithm to forecast disease outbreaks. Predicts Dengue Plus Mallol says his system is nationally implemented in Malaysia. ...