With more than 100,000 people on the national organ transplant waiting list, autonomous transportation could have a profound impact on the organ transplantation journey.\nTo make the most of next-generation modes of transportation, like autonomous vehicles and drones, we must take steps to innovate our organ transportation supply chain today.\nRoom for innovation in today’s organ transplant supply chainSince the first successful kidney transplant in 1954, the organ donation and transplant supply chain has evolved into the complex system we have today.\nBut historically, as health care has evolved, the transplant supply chain itself currently lacks end-to-end visibility and agility.\nWhen every second counts, real-time coordination across all stakeholders of the transplant supply chain is critical.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Microsoft Introduces Kosmos-1: A Multimodal Large Language Model That Can Perceive General Modalities, Follow Instructions, And Perform In-Context Learning","slug":"microsoft-introduces-kosmos-1-a-multimodal-large-language-model-that-can-perceive-general-modalities-follow-instructions-and-perform-in-context-learning","publishDate":"2023-03-06 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-07 14:30:44.026799","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Multimodal perception, a fundamental intelligence component, is required to attain artificial general intelligence regarding knowledge acquisition and connection to reality.\nFigure 1: A multimodal massive language model (MLLM) called KOSMOS-1 can learn in context for both language and multimodal tasks, perceive input in several modes, and follow instructions.\nIn this study, we further the transition from LLMs to MLLMs by integrating vision with large language models (LLMs).\nIn this study, they provide KOSMOS-1, a Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM) with available modalities perception, zero-shot learning, and context-based learning capabilities (i.e., few-shot learning).\nThe general-purpose interface, as seen in Figure 1, is a language model built on the Transformer framework, and perceptual modules dock with the language model.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Another AV company hits the skids, Scout Motors picks a home and Tesla’s tepid investor day","slug":"another-av-company-hits-the-skids-scout-motors-picks-a-home-and-teslas-tepid-investor-day","publishDate":"2023-03-06 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-07 14:30:43.290590","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Ola will invest $920 million in battery and EV production in India’s state of Tamil Nadu.\nStellantis agreed to sell its distribution business in Turkey for €400 million ($425 million) to its local partner.\nCombined with the initial cuts in January, the self-driving technology company has let go of 8%, or 209 employees, of its workforce.\nLuminar held its investor day and provided details that built off its announcement at a Mercedes-Benz tech event.\nThe company acquired lidar-related IP from Seagate (the data storage technology company) and launched a semiconductor company called LSI that takes the chip design companies it has acquired and puts them all under one entity and with one focus.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Pronto To Showcase Its Simple, Cost Effective Autonomous Haulage System at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2023","slug":"pronto-to-showcase-its-simple-cost-effective-autonomous-haulage-system-at-conexpo-con-agg-2023","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-07 14:30:42.808229","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Pronto Autonomous Haulage System Exhibited at Bell Trucks America Booth # F9645SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pronto , a leading autonomous vehicle solutions provider, today announced it will showcase its Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2023 (March 14-18).\nPronto's system will be displayed on a Bell B45E articulated dump truck at the Bell Trucks America (BTA) booth (#F9645).\n\"Visit Pronto to understand how autonomous haulage fits into your operation,\" said Anthony Levandowski, Chief Executive Officer, Pronto.\n\"We are excited to partner with Pronto to showcase AHS on Bell's trucks, which is now a reality,\" said Neville Paynter, President of Bell Trucks America.\nAbout Bell Trucks AmericaBell Trucks America, Inc was founded in 2012 by a group of seasoned equipment professionals as the master distributor of Bell Articulated Off Road Dump Trucks in the United States and Mexico.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Autonomous Trucking Upstart Embark Goes From $5B Valuation To Kaput In 16 Months","slug":"autonomous-trucking-upstart-embark-goes-from-5b-valuation-to-kaput-in-16-months","publishDate":"2023-03-06 11:50:30-08:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-07 14:30:42.088801","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"50 Shares EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInAutonomous trucking startup Embark Trucks capped off one of the faster riches-to-rags stories of the SPAC era, announcing that it is laying off most employees and winding down operations.\nShortly after, the team pivoted to self-driving trucks, focusing on highway driving.\nEmbark is one of multiple startups in the autonomous trucking space that have since shuttered or fallen on hard times.\nOthers include:San Francisco-based Otto, one of the earlier startups focused on self-driving trucks, sold to Uber for $680 million in 2016.\nAfter going public at an initial valuation around $8.5 billion, the company now has a market cap around $460 million.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"SF-based tech boom darling Embark lays off 230, winds down","slug":"sf-based-tech-boom-darling-embark-lays-off-230-winds-down","publishDate":"2023-03-06 23:48:32","createdLocal":"2023-03-07 14:30:41.128198","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The aftermath of the pandemic-era tech boom has taken another San Francisco victim.\nAutonomous trucking software company Embark Trucks is laying off 230 workers and moving toward a total shutdown, the firm announced Friday, less than 16 months after it went public at a $5.2 billion valuation.\nThe firm planned to create a network of long-haul, autonomous trucks that would deliver freight between cities, whereupon human drivers would take over for local pickups and drop-offs.\n“You held up your end of that bargain, I was not able to hold up mine — for that I am profoundly sorry.”Rodrigues also blamed a “tough” nine months for the autonomous trucking industry.\nHear of anything happening at Embark or another tech company?
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Honda's Autonomous Work Vehicle Improves Payload and Cuteness","slug":"honda-s-autonomous-work-vehicle-improves-payload-and-cuteness","publishDate":"2023-03-06 23:30:00.334000+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-07 14:30:40.071124","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"A little more than a year ago, Honda shared how its Autonomous Work Vehicle helped Black & Veatch set up its 1,000-acre solar farm in New Mexico.\nFast forward to this week, and Honda’s already onto the third-generation AWV, boasting enhanced ergonomics, more than two times better payload capacity and prolonged longevity on a charge.\nAdvertisementSeriously though, the new AWV is quite a lot better than the old one.\nI only make it about five hours before my eyes start to twitch, so that doesn’t seem too bad.\nAs far as how much the AWV will cost, the press release states that Honda’s still working on commercializing it.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Self-driving truck startup Embark says it may go bust, shares plunge 33%","slug":"self-driving-truck-startup-embark-says-it-may-go-bust-shares-plunge-33","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-07 14:30:39.507845","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Shares of autonomous-truck startup Embark Technology Inc. sank Monday after the company announced deep layoffs and said it may go out of business.\nEmbark shares EMBK, -4.30% plunged 33%, and have fallen 97% over the past 12 months, closing Monday’s regular session at $2.56 after trading as high as $134 last April.
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