HMIS

Kohler Co. Acquires Curtis Instruments to Drive Electrification Efforts

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Monday, January 10, 2022

The acquisition expands and diversifies Kohler's power portfolio by leveraging Curtis' electrification expertise with Kohler's well-established gasoline and diesel engine business to best serve off-highway OEM customers.

Key Points: 
  • The acquisition expands and diversifies Kohler's power portfolio by leveraging Curtis' electrification expertise with Kohler's well-established gasoline and diesel engine business to best serve off-highway OEM customers.
  • Curtis Instruments will operate as a standalone entity within the Kohler Power Group with Stuart Marwell, President, reporting to Brian Melka, Group President Power.
  • Kohler Power and Curtis now have more than 160 years of combined technical experience in energy management solutions.
  • "Our entire Curtis Instruments organization is excited to join the Kohler Company of global businesses and be part of a forward-thinking privately held company," said Stuart Marwell.

Synaptics Launches S9A0H SoC to Enable Larger, Smarter, and Industry’s Most Secure Haptic Touchpads

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Friday, January 7, 2022

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CES --Synaptics Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA ) today announced its S9A0H ASIC TouchPadsolution, an integrated hardware/software platform supporting the industrys highest level of firmware security.

Key Points: 
  • LAS VEGAS, Jan. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CES --Synaptics Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA ) today announced its S9A0H ASIC TouchPadsolution, an integrated hardware/software platform supporting the industrys highest level of firmware security.
  • It also provides scalability to meet demandfor larger, smarter, and more responsive haptic-enabled touchpads to enhance productivity.
  • The S9A0H is a Microsoft Windows and Google Chromebook compatible solution that is the first to enable NIST SP800-193 compliance and 384-bit encryption for firmware security.
  • Synaptics, and the Synaptics logo are trademarks of Synaptics in the United States and/or other countries.

Rightware Releases Kanzi One, the First All-in-One Automotive HMI Tool for the Advanced Intelligent Cockpit

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220103005425/en/
    Rightware today released Kanzi One, the first automotive HMI toolchain to be fully compatible with Android.
  • In addition to the core Kanzi framework consisting of Kanzi Studio and Kanzi Engine, Kanzi One delivers further value to automakers by including a growing list of feature packs.
  • Rightware is the company behind the Kanzi family of tools and services for design and development of advanced digital user interfaces.
  • Kanzi is the market-leading automotive UI tool trusted by over 50 automotive brands across the globe.

TBSI developed a multi-dimensional intuitive human-machine interface for smart gloves based on triboelectric nanogenerator sensors

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Monday, December 27, 2021

They proposed a simple structured sensitive bending angle triboelectric nanogenerator (BA-TENG) and designed an intelligent HMI system from flexible devices to real-time wireless communication modules and graphical interfaces.

Key Points: 
  • They proposed a simple structured sensitive bending angle triboelectric nanogenerator (BA-TENG) and designed an intelligent HMI system from flexible devices to real-time wireless communication modules and graphical interfaces.
  • The bending angle sensor is capable of detecting multidimensional information in hand gestures, including finger bending angles, bending speed, and bending time.
  • The teams' results were recently published as "Triboelectric Bending Sensor based Smart Glove towards Intuitive Multi-Dimensional Human-Machine Interfaces" in the leading international journal Nano Energy.
  • The development in the field of the human-computer interface has put higher demands on humanized and immersive human-machine interfaces (HMIs).

TBSI developed a multi-dimensional intuitive human-machine interface for smart gloves based on triboelectric nanogenerator sensors

Retrieved on: 
Monday, December 27, 2021

They proposed a simple structured sensitive bending angle triboelectric nanogenerator (BA-TENG) and designed an intelligent HMI system from flexible devices to real-time wireless communication modules and graphical interfaces.

Key Points: 
  • They proposed a simple structured sensitive bending angle triboelectric nanogenerator (BA-TENG) and designed an intelligent HMI system from flexible devices to real-time wireless communication modules and graphical interfaces.
  • The bending angle sensor is capable of detecting multidimensional information in hand gestures, including finger bending angles, bending speed, and bending time.
  • The teams' results were recently published as "Triboelectric Bending Sensor based Smart Glove towards Intuitive Multi-Dimensional Human-Machine Interfaces" in the leading international journal Nano Energy.
  • The development in the field of the human-computer interface has put higher demands on humanized and immersive human-machine interfaces (HMIs).

Claroty Announces Standard Investments as Co-leader of $400 Million Series E Funding

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Claroty , the cybersecurity company for cyber-physical systems (CPS) across industrial, healthcare, and enterprise environments, today announced Standard Investments , a related business of privately-held global industrial company Standard Industries, as a co-lead investor in its $400 million Series E funding round .

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Claroty , the cybersecurity company for cyber-physical systems (CPS) across industrial, healthcare, and enterprise environments, today announced Standard Investments , a related business of privately-held global industrial company Standard Industries, as a co-lead investor in its $400 million Series E funding round .
  • "In addition to co-leading Claroty's Series D and E rounds, we have also deployed The Claroty Platform across Standard Industries' manufacturing sites globally," said David Millstone, co-CEO of Standard Industries and co-CIO of Standard Investments.
  • The round brings the company's total funding to $635 million, making it the most well-funded cybersecurity company in the industrial (OT), healthcare (IoMT), and enterprise IoT sectors.
  • Standard Investments, a related business of Standard Industries, is a fundamentally-driven investment platform focused on the intersection of industry and technology.

Claroty Announces Rockwell Automation as Co-leader of $400 Million Series E Funding

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

"We have more than 300 sites installed globally with Claroty today, and co-leading this funding round represents our strengthened commitment to serving our industrial customers."

Key Points: 
  • "We have more than 300 sites installed globally with Claroty today, and co-leading this funding round represents our strengthened commitment to serving our industrial customers."
  • Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation.
  • Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 24,500 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries.
  • Backed by the world's largest investment firms and industrial automation vendors, Claroty is deployed by hundreds of organizations at thousands of sites globally.

UltraSense Systems Brings Neural Processing to Smart Surfaces with a New Generation of Multi-mode Sensing Solutions

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

and further forge the UI/UX paradigm shift from mechanical to digital interfaces for smart surfaces.

Key Points: 
  • and further forge the UI/UX paradigm shift from mechanical to digital interfaces for smart surfaces.
  • TouchPoint Edge is a fully integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) which replicates the touch input of mechanical buttons by directly sensing up to eight standalone UltraSense ultrasound + force sensing TouchPoint P transducers.
  • Smart surfaces will further change the way we interact with products in the coming years.
  • The definition of smart surfaces is a solid surface with underside illumination to show the user where to touch.

Global Industrial Monitor Market (2021 to 2026) - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact and Forecasts - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

When using technology for industrial applications, industrial technology needs to be high performing.

Key Points: 
  • When using technology for industrial applications, industrial technology needs to be high performing.
  • From a geographical viewpoint, the global Industrial Monitors Market is presently controlled by North America.
  • Numerous leading manufacturers of industrial monitors, semiconductor components displays, and HMIs are based in the region, making it a pivotal force in the global industrial monitors market.
  • As the automotive industry accounts for the important adoption of industrial monitors, the region gives a huge opportunity for market growth.

Fuji Electric Introduces Direct Drive Turbo Blower for High Air Flow Applications

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Fuji Electric Corp. of America has expanded their product portfolio with the addition of the Direct Drive 20hp blower to FDC Series.

Key Points: 
  • Fuji Electric Corp. of America has expanded their product portfolio with the addition of the Direct Drive 20hp blower to FDC Series.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211116006270/en/
    Fuji Electric Direct Drive 20hp blower (Photo: Business Wire)
    The FDC series offers a complete lineup of energy efficient, UL-certified and RoHS compliant Turbo Blower models that are ideal for a wide variety of industrial applications including Cooling, Blow-off, drying, Wastewater treatment, and more.
  • The FDC Series offers customers the same level of high reliability, performance, and quality that they expect from Fuji Electric, said Bill Maier, National Sales Manager for FEAs Ring Compressor & Blower Department .
  • This lineup joins Fuji Electrics portfolio of Regenerative Blowers, High Pressure Blowers, Turbo Style Blowers, and Vacuum systems.