Edison Award

Announcing the Maxeff Induction Motor Generator 2022 Edison Awards in Sustainability

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Friday, February 11, 2022

FLORENCE, Ala., Feb. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edison Awards globally recognizes, honors and fosters innovators and innovations that positively impact the world.

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  • FLORENCE, Ala., Feb. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edison Awards globally recognizes, honors and fosters innovators and innovations that positively impact the world.
  • As a 2022 Edison Award Finalist Adventechis thrilled to be included among this elite group of finalists recognized for excellence in innovation.
  • Specifically, the Maxeff Induction Motor Generatorwas nominated in the category of Sustainability and will medal in the Power Generation and Recovery during the gala event, April 20-22, 2022.
  • Hosted by journalist Miles O'Brien from PBS NewsHour, this year's Edison Awards will be held at the Luminary Hotel in Ft. Myers, Florida.

Exro Technologies' Coil Driver™ Named 2022 Edison Awards Finalist

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

Coil Driver chosen as a finalist in 2022 Edison Best New Product Awards for Manufacturing, logistics and transportation.

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  • Coil Driver chosen as a finalist in 2022 Edison Best New Product Awards for Manufacturing, logistics and transportation.
  • CALGARY, AB, Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ Exro Technologies Inc. (TSX: EXRO) (OTCQB: EXROF) (the "Company" or "Exro"), a leading clean technology company that has developed a new class of power electronics for electric motors and batteries, announced today that its Coil Driver technology was named a finalist for the 2022 Edison Best New Product Awards in the automotive technology category.
  • Exro looks forward to joining senior executives from the industry to recognize the accomplishments of all 2022 Edison Award winners on April 21, 2022.
  • "We're honored to be named a finalist for this year's Edison Best New Product Awards in recognition of the flexibility and versatility that Coil Driver lends to electric motor designs," said Exro CEO Sue Ozdemir.

Lumotive and ZKW Group Jointly Demonstrate Vehicle Headlight with Integrated Functional Lidar at CES 2022

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Thursday, January 6, 2022

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumotive , aleading developer of solid-state lidar systems, and the ZKW Group ,a specialist for innovative premium lighting systems and electronics, today unveiled a functional demonstration of Lumotive's lidar technology integrated with a ZKW vehicle headlight.

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  • LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumotive , aleading developer of solid-state lidar systems, and the ZKW Group ,a specialist for innovative premium lighting systems and electronics, today unveiled a functional demonstration of Lumotive's lidar technology integrated with a ZKW vehicle headlight.
  • "The market for automotive LiDAR is expected to reach $2.3B in 2026 and then $6.2B in 2032, including LiDAR integrated in next-generation lighting systems that incorporate 3D sensing capabilities.
  • With our discoveries and inventions, the ZKW corporate group makes vehicles more desirable, more unique, safer, and more energy efficient.
  • Founded in 2018, Lumotive is a leader in all-silicon lidar systems, developing high-performance solutions for consumer electronics, industrial automation, robotics and automotive applications.

Lumotive Introduces Open Lidar API to Accelerate Market Adoption of Software-Defined, Solid-State Lidar 2.0 Solutions

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

To harness the power of Lidar 2.0, Lumotive is leading the effort to define an Open Lidar API allowing application developers, perception software developers, and lidar hardware developers to use a common and future-proof interface for software-defined lidar.

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  • To harness the power of Lidar 2.0, Lumotive is leading the effort to define an Open Lidar API allowing application developers, perception software developers, and lidar hardware developers to use a common and future-proof interface for software-defined lidar.
  • The Open Lidar API also provides a common format interface for point cloud data and support for basic lidar control functions of legacy Lidar 1.0 hardware.
  • In addition, Lumotive is committed to having all its current and future products compatible with the Open Lidar API.
  • The Lumotive Open Lidar API and its supporting hardware platform are available now to selected partners by contacting Lumotive .

ContractPodAi raises $115M in Growth Funding Led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to Shape the Digital Transformation of the Legal Industry

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Thursday, September 30, 2021

LONDON, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ContractPodAi, the award-winning provider of the AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) led 'One Legal Platform', today announced a USD $115 million Series C investment headed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. This latest round saw ContractPodAi's valuation increase 5x from its previous Series B round in 2019. As part of the transaction, Ayush Jain of SoftBank Investment Advisers will join the ContractPodAi Board. Proceeds from the round will go towards further accelerating ContractPodAi's platform capabilities and expanding its market presence internationally, leveraging SoftBank's networks to capture new opportunities in the APAC region. This funding round also marks Vision Fund 2's first investment in legal technology, one of the fastest growing SaaS categories.

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  • This funding round also marks Vision Fund 2's first investment in legal technology, one of the fastest growing SaaS categories.
  • Legal is the next frontier for digital transformation, and ContractPodAi is leading the charge.
  • ContractPodAi's versatile platform offering and no-risk digital transformation delivery model maximize a legal team's technology investment.
  • Additionally, ContractPodAi offers an expert legal transformation team who can engineer applications to any company's workflows and playbook.

ContractPodAi raises $115M in Growth Funding Led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to Shape the Digital Transformation of the Legal Industry

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Thursday, September 30, 2021

LONDON, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ContractPodAi, the award-winning provider of the AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) led 'One Legal Platform', today announced a USD $115 million Series C investment headed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. This latest round saw ContractPodAi's valuation increase 5x from its previous Series B round in 2019. As part of the transaction, Ayush Jain of SoftBank Investment Advisers will join the ContractPodAi Board. Proceeds from the round will go towards further accelerating ContractPodAi's platform capabilities and expanding its market presence internationally, leveraging SoftBank's networks to capture new opportunities in the APAC region. This funding round also marks Vision Fund 2's first investment in legal technology, one of the fastest growing SaaS categories.

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  • This funding round also marks Vision Fund 2's first investment in legal technology, one of the fastest growing SaaS categories.
  • Legal is the next frontier for digital transformation, and ContractPodAi is leading the charge.
  • ContractPodAi's versatile platform offering and no-risk digital transformation delivery model maximize a legal team's technology investment.
  • Additionally, ContractPodAi offers an expert legal transformation team who can engineer applications to any company's workflows and playbook.

Two Air Pollution Monitoring Patents Awarded to AirSpeQ, a Fine & Ultrafine Particulate Matter Air Pollution Sensor Company

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Monday, August 2, 2021

US patents 10,921,224 and 11,047,777 are the second set of two patents granted to the company.

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  • US patents 10,921,224 and 11,047,777 are the second set of two patents granted to the company.
  • The system may have a sheath air stage including a port for providing sample air, at least one sheath air inlet port for providing sheath air, and a sheath air combining region.
  • A portion of the air channel height may be narrowed to allow 1 larger thermophoretic force to be generated.
  • AirSpeQ is committed to protecting human health and the planet with its affordable high-quality fine and ultrafine air pollution sensors.

XENDEE Microgrid Cloud Computing Platform Announced as 2021 Edison Awards Finalist for Critical Human Infrastructure

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

The XENDEE Microgrid Cloud Computing Platform has been announced as a category winner in the 2021 Edison Awards for Critical Human Infrastructure.

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  • The XENDEE Microgrid Cloud Computing Platform has been announced as a category winner in the 2021 Edison Awards for Critical Human Infrastructure.
  • The award ceremony itself takes place on Thomas Edisons birthday, April 22nd, at the Luminary Hotel in Fort Myers, Florida.
  • This year saw the integration of an incredible amount of new features into the XENDEE platform, both from a technical and useability standpoint, remarked Scott Mitchell, MSCS, Chief Software Architect at XENDEE.
  • The entire group is extremely pleased to be recognized for our work in the field of Critical Human Infrastructure by the Edison Awards committee, said Michael Stadler, Ph.D., CTO of XENDEE.