Day: May 3, 2022

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LeddarTech parrainera l’événement EcoMotion 2022 et présentera sa technologie de fusion de données brutes de capteurs et de perception du 9 au 12 mai à Tel Aviv, Israël

QUÉBEC, 03 mai 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, chef de file de calibre mondial en technologie de détection précise, robuste et polyvalente pour les systèmes avancés d’aide à la conduite (systèmes ADAS) et de conduite autonome (systèmes AD), est heureuse d’annoncer sa participation comme commanditaire « Or » à l’événement EcoMotion Week 2022. L’entreprise y proposera ses solutions, et son président et chef de l’exploitation, Frantz Saintellemy, y fera une présentation.

« EcoMotion est un événement important touchant la mobilité qui se tient chaque année en Israël, et LeddarTech est fière d’y être un contributeur clé », a déclaré Charles Boulanger, chef de la direction de LeddarTech. « Cet événement récompense les entreprises technologiques innovantes et est appuyé par des commanditaires de l’industrie comme LeddarTech, l’Institut pour l’Innovation israélien, l’Initiative Mobilité intelligente du bureau du Premier ministre israélien et le ministère de l’Économie. L’équipe de notre centre de développement en fusion de données de capteurs et perception, basée en Israël, et Frantz Saintellemy, président et chef de l’exploitation de LeddarTech, sont impatients de prendre part à cet événement et de présenter notre plateforme de fusion de données de capteurs et de perception ainsi que notre technologie unique d’orientation numérique du faisceau », a conclu M. Boulanger.

LeddarTech participera aux événements suivants :

Scène principale : 11 mai, 12 h 15

Présentation par Frantz Saintellemy, président et chef de l’exploitation de LeddarTech – « Technologie de détection et de perception – Défis critiques et solutions pour les systèmes ADAS et AD » (en anglais)

Pôle technologique LeddarTech : 11 mai, 9 h 00 – 18 h 00

LeddarTech présentera en avant-première ses innovations de pointe :

  • LeddarVision™, la solution de fusion de données de capteurs et de perception pour les systèmes ADAS visant les véhicules automobiles et hors route et les applications de conduite autonome, développée pour les fournisseurs automobiles de rang 1-2 et les équipementiers.
  • LeddarSteer™, une nouvelle technologie solid-state d’orientation numérique du faisceau personnalisable de qualité automobile pour les fabricants de LiDARs, les fournisseurs de rang 1-2 et les développeurs de systèmes de vision.

À propos de LeddarTech

Fondée en 2007, LeddarTech propose des solutions de détection environnementale exhaustives et intégrées qui permettent à ses clients de résoudre des problèmes critiques en matière de détection, de fusion de données et de perception tout au long de la chaîne de valeur. LeddarTech offre des solutions de perception optimisées et évolutives appuyant les niveaux d’autonomie 2 (aide à la conduite) jusqu’à 5 (autonomie complète) avec LeddarVision™, une plateforme de fusion de données brutes de capteurs et de perception qui génère un modèle environnemental 3D détaillé à partir d’une variété de configurations et de types de capteurs. LeddarTech soutient également les fabricants de LiDARs et les fournisseurs automobiles de rang 1 et 2 en proposant des blocs technologiques clés comme l’orientation numérique du faisceau LeddarSteer™ ou le LeddarEngine™, bâti sur la technologie Leddar™ de LeddarTech et qui recourt à des techniques d’acquisition et de traitement de signal brevetées pour générer un signal de retour plus riche et plus net à moindre coût. Le LeddarEngine est une combinaison SoC et logicielle LiDAR évolutive hautement intégrée qui permet aux développeurs de LiDARs et aux fournisseurs automobiles de rang 1-2 de concevoir leurs propres solutions LiDAR. Détentrice de plus de 120 brevets accordés ou en instance, la société a contribué à plusieurs innovations liées à des applications de télédétection de pointe destinées au marché automobile et de la mobilité et qui améliorent les capacités des systèmes d’aide à la conduite et de conduite autonome.

Renseignements complémentaires disponibles sur www.leddartech.com et sur LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook et YouTube.

Contact :
Daniel Aitken, vice-président, Marketing, communications et relations avec les investisseurs mondiaux, LeddarTech Inc.
Tél. : + 1-418-653-9000 poste 232 daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Contact relations investisseurs : InvestorRelations@leddartech.com
https://investors.leddartech.com/

Leddar, LeddarTech, LeddarSteer, LeddarEngine, LeddarVision, LeddarSP, LeddarCore, LeddarEcho, VAYADrive, VayaVision, XLRator et les logos associés sont des marques de commerce ou des marques déposées de LeddarTech Inc. et de ses filiales. Tous les autres noms de marques, noms de produits et marques sont ou peuvent être des marques de commerce ou des marques déposées utilisées pour désigner les produits ou les services de leurs propriétaires respectifs.

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LeddarTech patrocina a EcoMotion 2022 e introdução da L2-5 Tecnologia de Fusão e Percepção de Dados Brutos de 9 a 12 de maio em Tel Aviv, Israel

QUEBEC, May 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A LeddarTech ®, líder global no fornecimento da tecnologia de detecção ADAS e AD mais flexível, robusta e precisa, tem o prazer de anunciar que será a Patrocinadora Gold da EcoMotion Week 2022, onde a empresa apresentará sua tecnologia e o Presidente e COO da LeddarTech, Frantz Saintellemy, será o principal palestrante.

“O EcoMotion é um evento de mobilidade significativo realizado anualmente em Israel, e a LeddarTech tem orgulho de ser uma das principais contribuintes”, disse Charles Boulanger, CEO da LeddarTech. “O evento homenageia as empresas de tecnologias inovadoras e é apoiado por patrocinadores da indústria, como LeddarTech, Israel Innovation Institute, Iniciativa de Mobilidade Inteligente do Escritório do Primeiro-Ministro de Israel e o Ministério da Economia. Nossa equipe do Centro de Desenvolvimento de Fusão e Percepção de Sensores sediada em Israel, e Frantz Saintellemy, Presidente e COO da LeddarTech, estão empolgados com a participação deles no evento e com a introdução da nossa plataforma exclusiva de fusão e percepção de sensores e tecnologia de direção de feixe digita”, concluiu Boulanger.

A LeddarTech participará dos seguintes eventos:

Palco Principal: 11 de maio, 12h15

Apresentação principal de Frantz Saintellemy, Presidente e COO da LeddarTech – “Sensing and Perception Technology – Critical Challenges and Solutions for ADAS and AD”

O LeddarTech Tech Hub: 11 de maio, 9h-18h.

A LeddarTech irá apresentar suas inovações inovadoras:

  • LeddarVision™, a solução de fusão e percepção de sensores para veículos industriais automotivos e off-road ADAS e aplicações de condução autônoma desenvolvidas para fornecedores e OEMs automotivos de Nível 1-2.
  • LeddarSteer™, uma nova tecnologia de direção de feixe de estado sólido personalizável de grau automotivo para fabricantes LiDAR, fornecedores de Nível 1-2 e desenvolvedores de sistemas de visão.

Sobre a LeddarTech

Fundada em 2007, a LeddarTech é uma empresa abrangente de sensoriamento ambiental completo, que viabiliza que os clientes resolvam desafios essenciais de sensoriamento, fusão e percepção em toda a cadeia de valor. A LeddarTech fornece soluções de percepção escaláveis econômicas de Nível 2 ADAS ao Nível 5 de plena autonomia com LeddarVision™, uma plataforma de fusão e percepção de sensores de dados brutos que gera um modelo ambiental 3D abrangente a partir de uma variedade de tipos e configurações de sensores. A LeddarTech também dá suporte aos fabricantes LiDAR e aos fornecedores automotivos de Nível 1-2 com os principais blocos de construção de tecnologia, como a direção de feixe digital LeddarSteer™ e LeddarEngine™, que é construído com base na tecnologia Leddar™ da LeddarTech, empregando técnicas patenteadas de aquisição e processamento de sinal para gerar um sinal de retorno mais rico e limpo a um custo menor. O LeddarEngine compreende um LiDAR SoC altamente integrado e escalável e uma combinação de software que permite que os desenvolvedores LiDAR e os fornecedores automotivos de Nível 1-2 projetem suas próprias soluções LiDAR. A empresa é responsável por muitas inovações de aplicações com sensor remoto automotivos e de mobilidade avançadas, com mais de 120 tecnologias ADAS aprimoradas patenteadas (concedidas ou pendentes), e capacidade de condução autônoma.

Para mais informação sobre a LeddarTech, visite www.leddartech.com, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook e YouTube.

Contato:
Daniel Aitken, Vice-Presidente, Marketing Global, Comunicações e Relacionamento com o Investidor, LeddarTech Inc.
Tel.: + 1-418-653-9000 ramal 232 daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Contato de Relações com Investidores: InvestorRelations@leddartech.com
https://investors.leddartech.com/

Os logotipos Leddar, LeddarTech, LeddarSteer, LeddarEngine, LeddarVision, LeddarSP, LeddarCore, LeddarEcho, VAYADrive, VayaVision, XLRator e afins são marcas comerciais ou marcas comerciais registradas da LeddarTech Inc. e suas subsidiárias. Todas as outras marcas e nomes de produtos são ou podem ser marcas comerciais ou marcas comerciais registradas usadas para identificar produtos ou serviços de seus respectivos proprietários.

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International CCS Knowledge Centre appoints James Millar President and CEO

Regina, SK, May 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The International CCS Knowledge Centre has appointed James Millar to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 24. A highly respected executive with deep experience in energy, industrial infrastructure, and public policy, Millar arrives at a critical inflection point in the development of carbon capture and storage technology in Canada and around the world.

“We need deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if we’re going to meet our ambitious climate goals over the next few decades,” Millar says. “Many global organizations including the International Energy Agency and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change agree that without CCS the world cannot meet its emission reduction targets. I’m excited to lead this organization at a time when widespread investment and interest in CCS is scaling up.”

A native of Calgary, James Millar began his career in Saskatchewan, where he was a senior advisor in government before being appointed Director of Public Affairs for the Calgary Health Region. He transitioned to the energy industry, providing public affairs direction to TransCanada Corporation (now TC Energy) during planning and development of major infrastructure projects including the Keystone XL and Energy East pipelines. Most recently, he managed public affairs for Pieridae Energy, working on a $10-billion LNG project off Canada’s east coast, and Pieridae’s planned carbon capture initiative, to sequester three million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.

With a mandate to advance the global understanding and deployment of large-scale CCS to reduce global GHG emissions, the International CCS Knowledge Centre provides the know-how to implement large-scale CCS projects as well as CCS optimization through the base learnings from both the fully-integrated Boundary Dam 3 CCS Facility and the comprehensive second-generation CCS study, known as the Shand CCS Feasibility Study. Our expertise crosses industries including cement, potash and natural gas combustion. Operating since 2016 under the direction of an independent board, the Knowledge Centre was established by BHP and SaskPower. With growing private and public investment in CCS, the Knowledge Centre is uniquely positioned to advise industries in Canada and around the world in planning, developing and managing this important technology. For more info: https://ccsknowledge.com/

Jill Sawyer
International CCS Knowledge Centre
+1-306-565-KNOW (5669)
jsawyer@ccsknowledge.com
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Get ready to go viral with your original sound creations with Lomotif’s new feature #OGSounds

The new Original Sound feature on global short video-sharing app, Lomotif, allows users to create original audio clips and create content by remixing other users’ Original Sounds as well

NEW YORK, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Lomotif, a global short video-sharing platform that offers easy and intuitive creation, has launched its new Original Sound feature through its “#OGSounds– Go viral with your original sound” campaign.  This new Lomotif Original Sound feature will allow users to create original audio clips and create video content by remixing other users’ Original Sounds as well.

Lomotif is the place where everyday creators can unleash and grow their creative potential – with a breadth of easy-to-use creative tools, a variety of engaging topical channels, and an active community of like-minded everyday creators that enables users to inspire each other to be creative. By amplifying the app’s new Original Sound feature, the #OGSounds challenge presents Lomotif’s community with an opportunity to experiment with audio creation and music collaboration.

To encourage exploration and playfully engage the creative side of users, Original Sound creation is not limited to just singing or self-produced songs – from the sounds of the ocean, to spoken poetry, to a cat’s meow – Original Sounds can be created by everyday creators with everyday sounds. Users can create their own Original Sounds of up to 30-seconds, by simply recording a Lomotif and posting it. If no music clips are selected during the creation process from Lomotif’s extensive music catalogue, an Original Sound is immediately created and attributed to the user. Other like-minded creators may then collaborate by remixing their own Lomotifs from these Original Sounds created.

Speaking on this new feature, Paul Yang, CEO, Lomotif, said, “As a home for everyday creators with dedicated global users from countries spanning Asia to Latin America, and West Africa to the U.S., Lomotif created this Original Sound feature as a new way for our users to feed their creativity and spark inspiration through easy collaboration. Our Lomotif community shares authentic short video content that empowers others to express themselves freely, and giving our users a chance to create and be accredited as creators of Original Sounds was just a natural next step in our evolution. We’re delighted to have rolled out this new feature that will enhance the Lomotif experience and put more power into the hands of our creators. We can’t wait to witness what #OGSounds will be created next!”

Discover the Original Sound feature on Lomotif today. Download the app at https://lomotif.app.link/LomotifOGSounds

About Lomotif

Lomotif is a leading global video-sharing social networking platform that is democratizing video creation. A home for everyday creators since 2014, Lomotif is one of the fastest-growing video-sharing social networking platforms, with a grassroots social community made up of dedicated users from countries spanning Asia to Latin America, and West Africa to the U.S. Lomotif counts the likes of LiveXLive, Snapchat and Universal Music Group (UMG) as its official partners. Lomotif is majority-owned by ZVV Media Partners, LLC, a joint venture of ZASH Global Media and Entertainment Corporation and Vinco Ventures, Inc (NASDAQ: BBIG).  Download the Lomotif app from Apple and Google stores or visit www.lomotif.com.

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Beijing Preps COVID-19 Hospital Spaces, Though New Cases Low

Beijing is preparing new hospital facilities to deal with a possible spike in COVID-19 cases, even though the numbers of new cases remain low.

State media reported Tuesday that a 1,000-bed hospital at Xiaotangshan in the northeastern suburbs built for the 2003 SARS outbreak has been refurbished in case it’s needed.

City officials on Saturday also announced they were setting up a 10,000-bed quarantine facility in the sprawling China National Exhibition Center to house those who have tested positive and their close contacts.

However, no more has been said about such plans and the reports have largely disappeared, a possible sign that officials are seeking to avoid spreading additional fears in a city already on edge.

New cases in Beijing have remained steady, with another 62 reported on Tuesday, 11 of them showing no symptoms, up just slightly from about 50 per day over the weekend. Beijing has reported about 450 cases in the 2-week-old outbreak.

Zero COVID

China has stuck to its strict “zero-COVID” approach that restricts travel, tests entire cities and sets up sprawling facilities to try to isolate every infected person. Lockdowns start with buildings and neighborhoods but become citywide if the virus spreads widely.

Beijing has isolated a few communities but shied away from the sweeping citywide measures seen elsewhere.

That’s a possible reflection of the desire to maintain an outward calm in the city that more than anything symbolizes the Communist Party’s unopposed rule over the vast country. The urge is especially critical in a year when President Xi Jinping is seeking a groundbreaking third five-year term as party leader despite concerns about the return of single-man rule.

Xi has closely identified himself and the party with “zero-COVID,” making it politically impossible to abandon the approach, even as many other countries relax their pandemic restrictions and experts question its usefulness, saying vaccines and new treatments for COVID-19 make it unnecessary.

Beijing has ordered restaurants and gyms closed for the May Day national holiday that runs through Wednesday, while major tourist sites in the city, including the Forbidden City and the Beijing Zoo, will close their indoor exhibition halls starting Tuesday. Schools are closed indefinitely, even while senior students prepare for crucial exams.

Three more rounds of testing have been ordered for most of the city’s 21 million people starting Tuesday, following a similar requirement last week. A negative test result obtained within the previous 48 hours is required to gain entry to most public spaces.

Lockdowns ease in Shanghai

Meanwhile, authorities in Shanghai are slowly beginning to ease lockdown restrictions that have confined most of the city’s 26 million people to their apartments, housing compounds or immediate neighborhoods for close to a month, and in some cases longer.

Shanghai reported another 5,669 cases on Tuesday, all but 274 of them asymptomatic, along with an additional 20 deaths. China’s largest city, home to its main stock market and biggest port, recorded a daily peak of 27,605 new cases nearly three weeks ago on April 13.

Shanghai’s surprisingly low death toll amid an outbreak of more than 400,000 cases has sparked questions about how such deaths are tallied.

The severe lockdown conditions have led to massive disruptions, including food shortages and a wider, though likely temporary, impact on the national economy. Desperate, outraged citizens have confronted authorities at barricades and online, screamed out of their windows and banged pots and pans in a sign of their frustration and anger.

In a development likely to lower confidence in public services, a video showing funeral parlor workers returning a body bag containing a live person to a retirement home has been circulating online.

A Shanghai district government confirmed the incident and said five officials have been punished and the license of a doctor revoked.

In the incident Sunday, two funeral parlor workers in full protective suits carried a yellow body bag out of a hearse. They then opened the bag and appeared to show a medical worker from the Xinchangzheng Nursing Home that the person was still alive. He or she was swiftly returned inside the home.

The incident triggered outrage on Chinese social media, with people questioning the reliability of the social welfare system during the prolonged lockdown.

The government of Putuo district where the nursing home is located said in a statement Monday that the person in the video has been receiving treatment in a hospital and has stable vital signs.

Source: voice of America

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India’s Muslims Mark Eid al-Fitr Amid Community Violence

Muslims across India marked Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday by offering prayers outside mosques, even as the celebrations this year came in the backdrop of a series of recent attacks against the community during the month of Ramadan.

“We will not have the same kind of festivity” this time, said Mohammad Habeeb ur Rehman, a civil engineer in India’s financial capital, Mumbai. “This is the most painful Eid with worst memories for Indian Muslims.”

Anti-Muslim sentiment and attacks have surged across the country in the last month, including stone throwing between Hindu and Muslim groups during religious processions and subsequent demolitions of a number of properties mostly belonging to Muslims by authorities.

The community, which makes up 14% of India’s 1.4 billion population, is reeling from vilification by hard-line Hindu nationalists who have long espoused an anti-Muslim stance. Some leaders of India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have tacitly supported the violence, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi has so far been silent about it. Eid al-Fitr is typically marked with communal prayers, celebratory gatherings around festive meals and new clothes, but celebrations in India for the past two years have been marred by COVID-19 restrictions.

In Indian-controlled Kashmir, the Muslim festival has been subdued for the past three years because of an unprecedented military lockdown after India stripped the region’s semi-autonomy in 2019, followed by the pandemic. The region also saw a rise in violence during Ramadan, with at least 20 militants, two civilians and five police and soldiers killed.

“As we prepare to celebrate Eid, a strong sense of collective loss jars at us,” said Bashir Ahmed, a businessman in Srinagar.

Kashmir is the Muslim-majority disputed region where a violent insurgency against Indian rule and New Delhi’s brutal crackdown has raged for over three decades. Tens of thousands of people have died in the conflict.

Meanwhile in the capital, New Delhi, hundreds assembled in the Jama Masjid, one of India’s largest mosques, while offering Eid prayers there for the first time in over two years due to pandemic restrictions. Families came together early on Tuesday morning while many people shared hugs and wishes.

Source: voice of America