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Volta Labs and Element Biosciences Announce Collaboration to Enable Walk-Away Sample Prep and Sequencing on the AVITI™ System

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

"The work done by Element to broaden access to affordable, high-quality sequencing is unprecedented," said Udayan Umapathi, CEO at Volta Labs.

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  • "The work done by Element to broaden access to affordable, high-quality sequencing is unprecedented," said Udayan Umapathi, CEO at Volta Labs.
  • "With this partnership, we will join forces with the Element team to offer an end-to-end solution to break the sample prep bottleneck and support sequencing at scale."
  • This collaboration expands the reach of Volta's novel sample prep system, providing labs the flexibility to sequence smaller batches of reactions more frequently and at a lower cost.
  • The Callisto Sample Prep System supports up to 24 reactions per run across at least eight applications, prepped for sequencing in hours.

Volta Labs and Integrated DNA Technologies Partner to Advance Target Enrichment Workflows

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Volta Labs and IDT are working to create platform-agnostic solutions, with the goal of walk-away sample prep, starting with target enrichment workflows.

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  • Volta Labs and IDT are working to create platform-agnostic solutions, with the goal of walk-away sample prep, starting with target enrichment workflows.
  • Initial study shows capture metrics and variant calling results were comparable or better for libraries processed using the Volta Labs benchtop instrument.
  • "We look forward to working closely with Volta to advance sample prep approaches and enable higher quality sequencing metrics which are especially important in target enrichment workflows like oncology applications."
  • "IDT is focused on optimizing tools and solutions that enable a higher degree of NGS performance," said Udayan Umapathi, CEO at Volta Labs.

Boyden Leadership Consulting Welcomes New Partners in America and Europe

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

As global leadership experts, Boyden continues to expand our unique provision of services to founder CEOs, C-suite leaders, boards and executive committees, leadership teams and organisations.

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  • As global leadership experts, Boyden continues to expand our unique provision of services to founder CEOs, C-suite leaders, boards and executive committees, leadership teams and organisations.
  • We empower our clients to foster visionary leadership, attract top talent, and cultivate businesses that resonate with investors and stakeholders”.
  • Evgeny Smirnov is an accomplished leadership expert with more than 15 years’ experience in leadership development, coaching, training and consulting in leadership advisory firms and international business schools.
  • Boyden’s leadership consulting team delivers bespoke engagements throughout the leadership lifecycle, collaborating with global colleagues to deliver assessment & profiling, succession planning, on-boarding & integration, leadership development, culture change & transformation.

Deep Instinct Threat Report Finds Ransomware, State-Sponsored Attacks, and AI-Powered Cyber Threats Surged in H1 2023

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Deep Instinct , the prevention-first cybersecurity company that stops unknown malware pre-execution with a purpose-built, AI-based deep learning (DL) framework, today released its 2023 Bi-Annual Cyber Threat Report , which details the most pressing cyber threats of the year.

Key Points: 
  • Deep Instinct , the prevention-first cybersecurity company that stops unknown malware pre-execution with a purpose-built, AI-based deep learning (DL) framework, today released its 2023 Bi-Annual Cyber Threat Report , which details the most pressing cyber threats of the year.
  • Prevention against these cyber attacks is possible, but it requires a change from the reactive, ‘assume breach’ mentality that has plagued the industry for far too long.”
    Top findings from Deep Instinct’s 2023 Bi-Annual Cyber Threat Report include the following:
    Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) attributed to a spike in H1 2023 ransomware victims.
  • The newest edition of the report found that more victims were affected by ransomware in the first half of 2023 than in the entirety of 2022.
  • To download Deep Instinct’s 2023 Bi-Annual Cyber Threat Report, please click here .

Puny Human Announces Layoffs and Closure

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Puny Human, a PC and console game developer, is on track to eliminate all remaining full-time positions before the year's close.

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  • Puny Human, a PC and console game developer, is on track to eliminate all remaining full-time positions before the year's close.
  • In the Summer of 2023, two employees left the company, and Puny Human eliminated fourteen additional full-time positions.
  • Puny Human supported Dystopia until early 2023 while simultaneously developing, crowdfunding, and releasing Blade Symphony in 2013 to positive acclaim.
  • Additionally, Puny Human has released multiple code-based plugins on the Unreal Engine Marketplace, including Arc Inventory and Arc Plugins.

Maris-Tech CEO Issues Letter to Shareholders Discussing Revenue Forecast for 2023 and Market Opportunity

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Monday, October 2, 2023

Rehovot, Israel, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maris-Tech Ltd. (Nasdaq: MTEK) (“Maris-Tech” or the “Company”), a B2B provider of edge computing artificial intelligence (“AI”) accelerated video solutions for edge platforms, today issued the following letter to its shareholders from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Israel Bar.

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  • After about a year and a half since we completed our IPO, I would like to update you on certain business developments of the Company, and to provide a revenue forecast for 2023.
  • In July 2022, we launched our new flagship product - our Jupiter-AI, a high-end multiple-stream video platform with AI acceleration.
  • The Jupiter-AI product line has already been presented at exhibitions, and is creating a wave of enthusiasm among potential customers all over the world.
  • We have also received inquiries from new potential customers, some of which are large international companies.

Maris-Tech to Participate at the India Homeland Security Expo With Two Major Partners

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Rehovot, Israel, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maris-Tech Ltd. (Nasdaq: MTEK) (“Maris-Tech” or the “Company”), a B2B provider of edge AI accelerated video solutions for edge platforms, today announced that it will participate in the upcoming India homeland security (“HLS”) Expo that will take place on July 26 and July 27, 2023. The Company will share a booth with two of its major partners: Art of Logic (AOL) Australia and Precision Electronics Limited (PEL) India.

Key Points: 
  • Rehovot, Israel, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maris-Tech Ltd. (Nasdaq: MTEK) (“Maris-Tech” or the “Company”), a B2B provider of edge AI accelerated video solutions for edge platforms, today announced that it will participate in the upcoming India homeland security (“HLS”) Expo that will take place on July 26 and July 27, 2023.
  • The Company will share a booth with two of its major partners: Art of Logic (AOL) Australia and Precision Electronics Limited (PEL) India.
  • Maris-Tech will also present a live demonstration of two of its customized AI-based solutions with cutting-edge, unique technology for HLS applications such as border and crowd surveillance, smart cities, and critical infrastructure security.
  • The Callisto platform, a next-generation 8K ultra-HD video and Hailo-8-based AI acceleration edge computing platform will demonstrate AOL's AI application using several IP cameras, suitable for traffic control and safe city applications.

5 incredible craters that will make you fall in love with the grandeur of our Solar System

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Impact cratering happens on every solid body in the Solar System. In fact, it is the dominant process affecting the surfaces on most extraterrestrial bodies today. On Earth, however, such craters are often lost over time by active geological processes, but elsewhere in the Solar System there are some truly majestic examples of impact craters preserved for all to see. Here, we pick our highlights of what the Solar System has to offer.1. South Pole–Aitken basin, the Moon Our first crater is a big one: the biggest, deepest and oldest impact crater on the Moon.

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Impact cratering happens on every solid body in the Solar System. In fact, it is the dominant process affecting the surfaces on most extraterrestrial bodies today. On Earth, however, such craters are often lost over time by active geological processes, but elsewhere in the Solar System there are some truly majestic examples of impact craters preserved for all to see. Here, we pick our highlights of what the Solar System has to offer.

1. South Pole–Aitken basin, the Moon

    • Our first crater is a big one: the biggest, deepest and oldest impact crater on the Moon.
    • It is 2,500km diameter, 6.2 to 8.2km deep and formed roughly 4.2 billion years ago.
    • As the name suggests, it is at the south pole on the far side of the Moon, although the crater rim can be seen from Earth as a dark mountain range, just on the border between the light and dark side of the moon.

2. Unnamed Crater (S1094b), Mars

    • There are many famous craters on Mars, from the homes of Mars rovers (Gale Crater for Curiosity or Jezero for Perseverance) to the hypothesised source regions of Mars meteorites (Tooting or Mojave).
    • While Mars rovers claim all the glory for exploring the Martian surface, the satellites orbiting Mars have been making discoveries of their own for decades.

3. Enki Catena, Ganymede

    • Enki Catena is a chain crater on Ganymede, one of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter.
    • At latest count, Jupiter has more than 90 moons, a mini planetary system of its own.
    • There are also strings of craters found on two of the moons, Callisto and Ganymede.
    • Enki Catena is a chain of 13 craters which crosses from an area of dark to bright terrain on Ganymede.

4. Occator Crater, Ceres

    • The Occator crater on Ceres is impressive because it contains a bright spot in the centre that has been observed both from space, and from Earth at Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.
    • NASA’s Dawn mission entered an orbit around Ceres in 2015, and imaged the bright spot in Occator crater known as “Spot 5”.

5. Aurelia, Venus

    • It is when it comes to size, but the surface images we have of Venus show the planets have very different features.
    • Venus has a thick cloudy atmosphere, and visible-light cameras can’t see through to the surface.
    • Speaking of volcanoes on Venus, recently a group from the University of Alaska Fairbanks used this Magellan data to find the first active volcano on Venus NASA has three Venus missions in development over the next 10 years, so hopefully soon we will know much more about our enigmatic twin.

Maris-Tech Enters Into Agreement with Art of Logic Australia for $7.5 Million of a New Product Based On the Company’s Uranus-AI Product

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Rehovot, Israel, May 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maris-Tech Ltd. (Nasdaq: MTEK) (“Maris-Tech” or the “Company”), a B2B provider of edge artificial intelligence (“AI") accelerated video solutions for edge platforms, today announced that it has entered into a large-scale product delivery agreement (the “Agreement”) with Art of Logic Pty Ltd ("AOL" or “Art of Logic”) Australia.

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  • AOL develops and manufactures hardware and software systems for artificial intelligence and computer vision applications.
  • AOL has selected Maris-Tech to develop and deliver the Callisto, a customized product based on Maris-Tech's Uranus-AI product family, a next-generation 8K ultra-HD video and Hailo-8 based AI acceleration edge computing platform ("Callisto").
  • "We are thrilled to expand our cooperation with AOL with this Agreement for a customized product.
  • This Agreement for a new customized product expands the scope of our previous order from Maris-Tech and is a testimony to our successful cooperation" said Darren Ruger, CEO of AOL.

Scientists launch JUICE mission to explore Jupiter's icy moons

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

This is one of the mysteries that the space mission JUICE (for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer), set to be launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on Thursday 13 April 2023 at 12.14 p.m. UT, will look to elucidate.

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  • This is one of the mysteries that the space mission JUICE (for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer), set to be launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on Thursday 13 April 2023 at 12.14 p.m. UT, will look to elucidate.
  • Through this mission, the agency has also managed the feat of placing JUICE on the launch pad only 11 years after the project was greenlit.
  • France’s team, of which I am a part, also helped develop six of JUICE’s ten state-of-the-art scientific instruments.

Stretching science’s boundaries


    Jupiter is both the largest planet in our solar system and the one with the most moons. To date, estimates of their number hover between 82 and 95, most of which have been discovered in the last two decades. JUICE is the first mission to receive more than 1 billion euros of funding as part of the ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme. It seeks to address four main questions:
    JUICE was chosen ahead of other proposed missions because it was designed to address the first and last of these questions. The Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s space probes Voyager, Galileo, Juno have already picked up some clues either by direct observation or deduction.

“Ocean moons” containing more water than the Earth

    • NASA’s Galileo was the first to discover water on the moons in 1995.
    • Data captured by the space probe revealed gigantic liquid oceans not only under the crusts of its three icy moons, Callisto, Europa and Ganymed, but also on its volcanic moon, Io.


    The Galilean moons further enjoy the gravitational energy of Jupiter, creating significant tidal effects and allowing the last two conditions above to be met.

Why Ganymed is the main objective


    Ganymed is set to studied in much more depth by JUICE than Callisto and Europa. This is not only because it is the largest moon in the Solar System, but also an ocean moon with its own magnetic field. Similarly to the Earth’s magnetosphere, Ganymede’s has the potential to protect life by diverting the flow of cosmic rays and radiative particles from Jupiter’s radiation belts.

JUICE, a probe of the extreme

    • JUICE will also have to cope with extreme temperatures, ranging from +250°C as it flies by Venus to -230°C in the Jovian system.
    • To maintain a stable internal temperature, the spacecraft has been coated with a multilayer thermal insulation made out of grey silicon aluminium alloy, earning the probe the nickname “silver beauty”.

An energy problem

    • Around Jupiter, which is five times further from the Sun than Earth, the satellite will receive 25 times less solar energy than it would around Earth.
    • The spacecraft does not carry a radioactive battery because Europe is not yet able to produce them industrially, unlike the United States, Russia and China.

Ten scientific instruments on board

    • Of these instruments, France – with assistance from Italy – chiefly engineered the Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS).
    • This will enable us to identify landing sites for future in situ exploration, and evaluate the structure and dynamics of Jupiter’s atmosphere.
    • Finally, it should be noted that JUICE’s plans may be revised based on the latest results from NASA’s Juno mission.