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Plug and Play partners with Daimler Truck North America and Daimler Truck Financial Services to Enhance the Supply Chain Industry

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This partnership aims to leverage innovative technologies to transform the logistics and heavy-duty trucking value chain

PORTLAND, Ore. and BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Plug and Play, the global innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley with over 60 locations worldwide, has announced a strategic partnership with Daimler Truck North America LLC (DTNA) and Daimler Truck Financial Services to drive transformative change in the supply chain, logistics, heavy-duty trucking sectors.

As a premier accelerator, Plug and Play is dedicated to helping large organizations stay ahead of the curve in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. By leveraging its extensive network of startups and emerging technologies, Plug and Play helps companies address unique technological challenges and gain firsthand insights into the latest trends. The platform also offers invaluable networking opportunities with industry leaders, empowering organizations to lead innovation within their respective sectors.

“We’re excited to partner with Plug and Play to drive innovation in our supply chain and logistics operations,” said Kelsey Justice, director of corporate strategy at Daimler Truck North America. “This collaboration strengthens our broader ecosystem by leveraging Plug and Play’s global network, enabling us to deliver more efficient, sustainable, and customer-centric solutions, while also developing more personalized and effective insurance programs.”

The benefit of vehicle connectivity data in creating enhanced insurance models for trucking is that it enables more accurate, data-driven risk assessment and the development of personalized insurance plans. “Leveraging Plug and Play’s extensive network will help us tackle critical challenges and drive the digital transformation needed to stay competitive in the ever-evolving transportation industry,” said Tobias Waldeck, vice president of sales, marketing and insurance at Daimler Truck Financial Services.

Daimler Truck North America, recognized for its commitment to innovation, will benefit from Plug and Play’s expertise in identifying and nurturing disruptive technologies. This collaboration will focus on finding solutions to address four key areas critical to the business: financial services, connectivity services, zero-emission vehicles, and autonomous vehicles. Together, the two companies will identify and scale technologies that improve operational efficiency, enhance financial processes, and improve industry connectivity for Daimler Truck North America’s customers.

“We are excited to begin the innovation journey with Daimler Truck North America. The Plug and Play supply chain team is looking forward to partnering together, delivering revenue-driving opportunities and finding cost-effective solutions via our global startup network,” said Frederik Bohn, Senior Director at Plug and Play Supply Chain & Logistics. “Additionally, there are tremendous collaboration opportunities via our vast network of corporate partners that will provide additional value to the Daimler innovation team.”

This partnership will help shape the future of supply chain innovation. By leveraging their combined strengths, Plug and Play, Daimler Truck North America, and Daimler Truck Financial Services will set new standards in logistics efficiency, sustainability, and digital transformation.

For more information about Plug and Play Supply Chain & Logistics, visit https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/industries/supply-chain.

About Plug and Play
Plug and Play is the leading innovation platform, connecting startups, corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we’re present in 60+ locations across 5 continents. We offer corporate innovation programs and help our corporate partners in every stage of their innovation journey, from education to execution. We also organize startup acceleration programs and have built an in-house VC to drive innovation across multiple industries where we’ve invested in hundreds of successful companies including Dropbox, Guardant Health, Honey, Lending Club, N26, PayPal, and Rappi. For more information, visit https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/

About Daimler Truck North America
Daimler Truck North America LLC, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a leading provider of comprehensive products, services and technologies for the commercial transportation industry. Daimler Truck North America designs, engineers, manufactures and markets medium- and heavy-duty trucks, school buses, vehicle chassis and their associated technologies and components under the Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp and Detroit brands. Daimler Truck North America is a subsidiary of Daimler Truck Holding AG (DTG), one of the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers.

About Daimler Truck Financial Services
Daimler Truck Financial Services is one of the world’s largest captive financial services providers in the commercial vehicle sector. As part of the Daimler Truck Group, it supports the Group’s truck and bus brands with tailored financial services, which include leasing, financing, insurance, and rental solutions. The clear objective of Daimler Truck Financial Services is to build and maintain the loyalty of the Group’s customer base as well as contributing to the Group’s financial success. Daimler Truck Financial Services has around 1,900 employees and is active in 17 markets worldwide.

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Daimler Truck North America
Anja Weinert, anja.weinert@daimertruck.com / northamerica_press@daimlertruck.com

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Elizabeth Buscher, elizabeth.buscher@daimlertruck.com

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Specified Technologies Inc. Unveils Firestop Clash Management and Locator Updates

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SOMERVILLE, N.J., Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Specified Technologies Inc. has announced their latest Firestop Clash Management (FCM) and Firestop Locator (FSL) releases. FCM automates the process of locating and assigning firestop solutions to conditions within Autodesk® Revit®, enabling firestop novices to find firestop solutions like a firestop expert. In this latest release, STI has further expanded the capabilities of FCM by integrating it with their firestop documentation and compliance tool, Firestop Locator (FSL). FSL enables contractors and facilities’ teams to document the status, location, and products used for any and all fire life safety services across a building.

In the latest update for FSL, teams can now create custom items to track any service on their project beyond the base six (Penetration, Joint, Extinguisher, Door, Damper, and Barrier). Teams can also modify the base six items to include project specific inspection and maintenance requirements and any other details that they would like to be tracked.

With this new integration, decisions made during the design phase of a building using FCM are seamlessly passed into FSL during the construction phase, giving implementation teams a jump start on work to be done. This integration also improves data integrity and eliminates the guesswork in the field of determining what firestop systems and products are to be used where.

“We’re proud of the latest releases of FCM and FSL and look forward to continuing to support the fire life safety community,” says Justin Pine, Sr. Manager of Software & Services.

Specified Technologies Inc. promotes life and building safety by developing innovative fire protection systems and accompanying digital tools that help stop the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases. Our SpecSeal® and EZ Path® product lines are engineered for easy installation and deliver powerful performance, often resulting in lower installed costs. Since firestopping is our only business, we concentrate all our resources on providing the highest quality, fully tested, innovative firestopping solutions.

Contact: Jess Bern; jbern@stifirestop.com

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ZICC: Internet Experts Pay Attention to the Development of Artificial Intelligence

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BEIJING, Nov. 23, 2024 /CNW/ — During the Wuzhen Summit of the World Internet Conference, ZICC interviewed Internet experts from all over the world.

Lampros Sterg, UNESCO Chair in AI & Data Science, said that AI can accelerate social progress, but it needs to be used properly to avoid its negative effects in order to benefit citizens and society. Latif Ladid, the president of the IPv6 Forum, called for the establishment of a global governance system to allow artificial intelligence technology to serve humanity for good. South Korean computer scientist Kilnam Chon shared insights on AI’s positive role in healthcare. He urged global efforts to ensure AI safety and prevent its misuse in weapons. Indian entrepreneur Bibin Babu said he believes that AI will not replace humans, but will create more new jobs.

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Hankyung.com introduces: MecKare, Leading the AI-powered Innovation in Health Monitoring Solution

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– Leading efficient care management for the elderly with unimpeded smartcare

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SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — JCF Technology is a startup that independently developed ‘MecKare’, a radar sensor that measures biological signals in a non-contact manner, and provides a platform service that automatically connects users and guardians in two-way emergency situations through an artificial intelligence analysis system. Since its establishment in 2016, it has developed a highly accurate non-contact multi-biological radar sensor through many years of technology accumulation, and succeeded in commercializing the product for the first time in 2021.

MecKare uses microwave radar and micro-Doppler signal processing technology to measure the user’s heart rate, respiratory rate, and skin temperature within 16.4 ft in real time. The sensor can measure human body movement patterns using precise and highly responsive thermal infrared rays and can detect falls through pattern analysis based on changes in human movement. In particular, the movement and change of thermal infrared rays within the measurement range are detected in real time, and the trend of biomarkers that appear as advance signs before a person falls can be checked through differential motion detection that measures the user’s movement pattern. It provides an alarm in advance by predicting before a person falls, enabling accuracy and quick response to accidents. As a result, it is possible to prevent safety accidents in the elderly by detecting emergency situations such as lonely death, cardiac arrest, breathing difficulties, and falls. Additionally, unlike other existing wearable devices such as smart watches or bands, MecKare does not need to be worn or attached to the body, so it can be used remotely via Wi-Fi without causing stress to the user.

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MecKare can be installed in the bedroom, bathroom, living room, or entrance of a home or facilities(Assisted Living, Nursing Home, etc) to provide 24-hour monitoring without a camera and detect abnormal signs in advance using a biometric information analysis algorithm and deliver them to the guardian.

MecKare’s radar biometric sensor is recognized in the global market for its technology as a device that obtains precisely customized biometric information while overcoming spatial constraints and without risk of privacy infringement. MecKare is being supplied to senior care facilities in Australia, Germany, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and China. In 2025, MecKare plans to conduct verification of vital signs such as attendance, fall prevention, and asthma of elderly people living in hospitals or assisted living in conjunction with local PPOs/HMOs in the United States.

In summary, MecKare is a system that reduces user inconvenience and enables management of multiple patients. By being able to provide personalized health data analysis results, it will serve as an opportunity to change the market paradigm towards preventive smart care. We expect MecKare’s A.I to play a role as an innovator that complements, rather than replaces, humans in care settings.

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