Day: December 16, 2021

MACAU, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SenseTime, a leading global artificial intelligence (AI) software company, has formed a strategic partnership with Kiang Wu Hospital, one of the largest and oldest hospitals in Macau to advance smart health application and research with AI.

Announced during the Macau BEYOND Expo, the partnership builds upon deployments of multiple AI modules of SenseTime’s SenseCare Smart Health Platform in the past year, aiming to further accelerate the adoption and research of AI technologies in healthcare and create a new paradigm of smart hospital.

SenseTime’s proprietary SenseCare platform is a high-performance diagnostic and treatment assistance platform which provides various AI-powered tools for different clinical departments. Following the phase-one deployment of the Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA), Lung Computed Tomography (CT), Chest X-Ray modules in December 2020, Kiang Wu hospital has continued to expand the use of SenseCare platform with Liver CT, Carotid CTA, Radiation Therapy (RT) Contour, Liver Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Lower Limb X-ray and more, achieving nearly 100% utilization rate for many of them, which demonstrates the reliability of SenseCare and the strong confidence from doctors.

The complex and labor-intensive 3D reconstruction for coronary CTA had long been a big challenge for the hospital and seriously limited daily patient throughput. Leveraging SenseCare Cardiac, radiologists can now use intelligent toolkits for fully automated, high-precision 3D segmentation and reconstruction that help quicky analyze plaques and stenoses in coronary arteries. The entire process for conducting 3D post-processing has been shortened from 15-20 minutes to only 2-5 minutes, significantly reducing doctors’ workload on manual operations. The software also supports automatic generation of films and structured reports in multiple formats. Compared with the previous two years without the assistance of AI, the hospital’s monthly throughput of cardiac CTA in 2021 nearly doubled.

Meanwhile, the SenseCare Lung CT has effectively boosted the detection rate and accuracy in Lung CT images for early-stage diagnoses. The powerful AI assistance has helped the hospital maintain workflow efficiency during the COVID-19 outbreak. So far, the SenseCare platform has improved the medical imaging efficiency at Kiang Wu Hospital by around 50% on average, providing AI assistance for tens of thousands of cases.

As a leading hospital in Macau, Kiang Wu Hospital’s success in utilizing AI to support clinical workflows and daily operation is setting a new paradigm of smart hospital. In line with its principle of human-centric AI development, SenseTime looks forward to bringing its SenseCare platform to more regions such as southeast Asia and Middle East, bolster industries like healthcare and medical tourism, contribute to the global smart health ecosystem and benefit more people around the world.

About SenseTime

SenseTime is a leading AI software company focused on creating a better AI-empowered future through innovation. Upholding a vision of advancing the interconnection of the physical and digital worlds with AI, driving sustainable productivity growth and seamless interactive experiences, SenseTime is committed to advancing the state of the art in AI research, developing scalable and affordable AI software platforms that benefit businesses, people and society, and attracting and nurturing top talents, shaping the future together.

With our roots in the academic world, we invest in our original and cutting-edge research that allows us to offer and continuously improve industry-leading, full-stack AI capabilities, covering key fields across perception intelligence, decision intelligence, AI-enabled content generation and AI-enabled content enhancement, as well as key capabilities in AI chips, sensors and computing infrastructure. Our proprietary AI infrastructure, SenseCore, allows us to develop powerful and efficient AI software platforms that are scalable and adaptable for a wide range of applications.

Today, our technologies are trusted by customers and partners in many industry verticals including Smart Business, Smart City, Smart Life and Smart Auto.

We have offices in markets including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau, Japan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and South Korea, etc., as well as presences in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. For more information, please visit SenseTime’s website as well as its LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook pages.

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SHANGHAI, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The China Pavilion enthralled visitors at Dubai Expo 2020 with the “Shanghai Electric Day” event held on December 1 where some of Shanghai Electric’s greatest technological feats dedicated to helping the world build a smarter and greener future were on full display.

The exhibition, covering the Company’s latest achievements in new energy, environmental protection, smart infrastructure, and industrial automation, took the audience on a tour showing Shanghai Electric’s journey to becoming one of the leaders in new energy and industrial manufacturing across five dimensions: Innovation, Coordination, Green, Open and Share.

“As one of the leading providers of energy and industrial equipment, Shanghai Electric is helping to accelerate UAE’s clean energy transition and reshape its energy mix for a green future by bringing its state-of-the-art smart solutions to Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. Through this landmark event, I hope Shanghai Electric can further strengthen cooperation with partners in UAE and beyond,” said Wang Rui, Director-General of the China Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020.

Zhou Guangyao, Deputy Director of the China Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020, and Abdulhameed AlMuhaidib, CEO of Noor Energy 1, attended the event alongside company representatives from Shanghai Electric and ACWA Power.

UAE launched the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 in 2017 which aims to increase the portion of clean and renewable energy in Dubai from 7% in 2020 to 25% in 2030 to 75% in 2050 by investing AED 600 billion by 2050 to meet growing energy demand and ensure sustainable growth for the country’s economy. As one of the key partners committed to helping the country achieve this goal, Shanghai Electric was appointed as Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for the fourth phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park to undertake both the 700 MW CSP and 250 MW PV projects.

Since the onset of the project, engineers and workers of Shanghai Electric spared no effort to complete all the major construction phases without any delay despite the harsh environment and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The solar tower, standing 260m-high at the center of the CSP tower plant site, will also be the world’s tallest structure of its kind. Upon completion, the combined thermal energy storage of the solar tower and parabolic trough plants will supply 24/7 green energy for over 320,000 households, reducing around 1.6 million tons of carbon emissions annually.

The 900 MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is expected to supply green energy to 270,000 households and reduce 1.1 million tons of carbon emission once it goes online. On November 9, Block A, one of three blocks of the 900 MW project, was granted a temporary handover certificate.

As the first World Expo ever held in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region, the Dubai Expo 2020, running for 182 days from October 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022, unites all the technological marvels around the world that highlight scientific, technological, economic, and social progress. With its theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”, it aims to drive inspiration, innovation and collaboration to create a better future. Named ‘The Light of China’, the China pavilion is one of the largest exhibition buildings at the Dubai Expo 2020 and allows global audiences to visit the venue through a “cloud experience”

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BEIJING, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation’s (HKG: 0386, “Sinopec”) has reported another strategic breakthrough of shale oil exploration. This time, its subsidiary Sinopec East China Petroleum Bureau has recorded high-yield shale oil flow in three prospecting wells in Subei Basin. Among which, the Qinye 1HF well has tested daily oil production of 55 tons, the Shuaiye 3-7HF well has tested 20 tons per day, and the previous deployed Shaduo 1 well has a cumulative production of 11,000 tons over 392 days of continuous flow.

Preliminary evaluation shows that Sinopec’s establishment of a 420-square-kilometer favorable area with 350 million tons of shale oil resources in the Qintong sag has exhibited good prospects for exploration and development in the region and will inaugurate crude oil resources strategic replacement in China’s Subei Basin.

The shale oil in the Subei Basin has a burial depth of more than 3,000 meters, where development is difficult as the pressure is high and the storage space is thinner than a hair, bringing great challenges to processing techniques like drilling and fracturing. Sinopec East China Petroleum Bureau has achieved this major breakthrough in shale oil exploration by combining the actual exploration facts of Subei Basin to strengthen research on formation conditions and enrichment patterns of continental shale oil.

Sinopec has continued to expand and further its exploration efforts of shale oil. In January 2021, Sinopec Exploration Branch conducted test production of Taiye 1 well of shale oil and gas, preliminary estimation has showed shale gas reserves of 200 billion cubic meters and condensate of 280 million tons.

In November 2021, Sinopec Shengli Oilfield achieved a major breakthrough of shale oil exploration in the East Exploratory Area, the first batch of shale oil geological reserves has reached 458 million tons by current predictions. Initial estimates of shale oil resources in the region amount to 4 billion tons, making it a new frontier for increasing reserves and production in eastern China.

In the exploration and development of shale gas, Sinopec established China’s first 10-billion-cubic-meter major shale gas field, the Fuling shale gas field which has produced 40 billion cubic meters of shale gas cumulatively. As of now, the shale gas field has proved new reserves of 104.883 billion cubic meters, making the cumulative total to reach 900 billion cubic meters which accounts for 34 percent of the total proved shale gas reserves in China.

In addition, Sinopec discovered China’s first deep shale gas field, the Weirong shale gas field, the first phase of which has built a production capacity of 1 billion cubic meters in 2020.

For more information, please visit Sinopec.

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Featuring Advanced Technologies Perfected Over Many Years of Home Appliance Experience, Smart Garden Lets Consumers Grow Their Own Greens All Year-Round

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — LG Electronics’ (LG) updated concept of green living will be unveiled at CES 2022 with its modern freestanding indoor gardening appliance, LG tiiun.¹ Tiiun, which means “to sprout” in Korean, is an apt name for LG’s newest appliance that enables even the most novice of gardeners to cultivate vegetables, herbs and even flowers in the comfort of their own homes, all year long.² Stylish and remarkably simple to use, LG’s latest lifestyle innovation offers all the benefits of a full-featured garden without the worries of pests or unfavorable climate.

Designed as a completely self-contained unit, LG tiiun features two shelves that can each hold up to six all-in-one seed packages along with three different kinds of seed kits. With each seed package containing 10 holes for seed germination, users can grow a variety of greens simultaneously for home-grown goodness in only four to eight weeks, faster with less mess thanks to the magic of technology and LG’s advanced know-how.

A CES 2022 Innovation Award winner, LG tiiun was recognized for its innovative technology and design and for the differentiated consumer benefit it delivers. This modern smart gardening system leverages LG’s technological expertise across multiple home appliance categories to deliver reliable results and an effortless, largely automated, plant cultivation process, employing various technologies from decades of expertise honed from developing advanced refrigerators, water purifiers and ventilation systems.

Utilizing LG’s renowned Inverter Compressor, the Flexible Weather Control System precisely adjusts tiiun’s internal temperature to create the optimal conditions for organic growth. As well as automatically regulating temperature and light to mimic the natural cycle of the day, LG’s smart gardening system delivers water eight times every 24 hours while its Auto Ebb & Watering System circulates the ideal amount of moisture to help transform the seeds into healthy greens and vibrant flowers.

The internal structure of LG tiiun is designed to increase photosynthesis efficiency, amplifying the effect of the internal LED light source to speed up the growing process. The transparent door lets users watch their plants grow while still providing an airtight seal to maintain a consistent internal temperature and keep pesky insects out. With LG’s mobile ThinQ™ app, users can monitor the entire germination process from afar, check or change settings and receive notifications when the water tank needs refilling.

A convenient solution for greener, healthier living at home, LG tiiun also provides value through its simple yet elegant design. Harmonizing beautifully with any style of interior décor, tiiun is showcased in two sophisticated and soothing colors: Nature Beige and Nature Green.

“LG tiiun is a practical and convenient solution for busy consumers who want to enjoy a greener, healthier lifestyle at home,” said Lyu Jae-cheol, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company. “A stylish addition to one’s home or apartment, our smart gardening system makes growing herbs, leafy greens and flowers fun and simple, even for those of us with zero gardening experience.”

LG tiiun and LG tiiun mini will be on virtual display in LG’s digital exhibition booth during CES 2022 starting January 5. See LG tiiun and other innovative home appliances in LG Home.

About LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company

The LG Home Appliance & Air Solution Company is a global leader in home appliances, smart home solutions, air solutions as well as visionary products featuring LG ThinQ AI. The company is creating various solutions with its industry leading core technologies and is committed to making life better and healthier for consumers by developing thoughtfully designed kitchen appliances, living appliances, HVAC and air purification solutions. Together, these products deliver enhanced convenience, superb performance, efficient operation and compelling health benefits. For more news on LG, visit www.LGnewsroom.com.

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• The Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED) has four uniquely positioned wheels that move optimally and independently with a low and flat body
• The platform is designed for applications that require stability and high manoeuvrability and it can be utilized in complex and challenging environments thanks to an adjustable wheelbase and flexible steering angles
• Applications of the high-tech platform can be extended to both manned and unmanned system variants
• MobED will make its global debut at CES 2022, where Hyundai Motor will present its future vision with robotics

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) today revealed the Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED), an all-new and pioneering small mobility platform using cutting-edge robotics technologies.

The MobED has an innovative design arrangement. It’s flat, rectangular body rides on four large wheels, with an independent suspension that enables optimal body posture and stable movement even on inclined and uneven roads. This suspension allows the platform to move through complex urban environments by freely adjusting its wheelbase and steering angles.

“We have developed the MobED platform to overcome the limitations of existing indoor guide and service robots while maximizing its usability in cities by dramatically improving the platform’s overall mobility,” said Dong Jin Hyun, Head of Hyundai Motor Group Robotics Lab. “We are also looking ahead to assess how potential users of MobED will further expand their needs and use for this type of technology.”

By being equipped with innovative technologies including an advanced ‘Eccentric Wheel’ drive and high-tech steering, braking and altitude control systems, the MobED adapts and realizes optimum posture on various road surfaces and environments. The three motors mounted to each wheel provide power and precise steering to the wheels while also controlling the overall posture of the body.

The intelligent design arrangement of each wheel featuring an individual power and steering control system enables in-place rotation and omnidirectional movement, which allows for highly effective mobility even in narrow situations. The eccentric mechanism-based posture control system also stabilizes the body attitude by adjusting the height of each wheel according to the ground environment. The MobED’s 12-inch pneumatic tires further help to absorb bumps and vibrations.

MobED measures 67 cm long, 60 cm wide, 33 cm high, and weighs 50 kg. Its wheelbase expands to 65 cm for optimum stability in high-speed driving and then scales down to 45 cm for low-speed maneuvers in more complex environments. Its maximum speed is 30 km/h, allowing for around four hours of driving on a single charge with a battery capacity of 2 kWh.

Designed for full versatility and modularity, the MobED can be utilized for various applications, depending on the mounted device. The Group expects the platform’s wheel adjustability, compact body size and low vibration capabilities to make it an optimal technology solution for delivery, guiding and filming equipment. Thanks to its outstanding maneuverability, the platform can also be used for service robots that can operate both indoors and outdoors.

MobED can be used as a mobility device for the elderly or the disabled when the platform is sufficiently increased for people to mount it. It can also be used as a stroller or leisure vehicle.

Hyundai Motor Group will be at CES 2022, Jan. 5-8, 2022. At the event, Hyundai Motor will present its future vision with robotics. The MobED will also be on display at Hyundai Motor’s booth.

More videos of MobED can be found on the Group’s YouTube channel: [Full MobED Video (LINK), Stabilizing (LINK), Limitless Movement (LINK), Infinite Possibilities (LINK)]

More information about Hyundai Motor Group, please see: www.hyundaimotorgroup.com

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BEIJING, Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The close ties between China and Russia are becoming even stronger as the two countries jointly brave through unprecedented global challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

The strengthening of bonds can be observed by the Wednesday’s virtual meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, where the two leaders called the relations “a paradigm of international relations in the 21st century” and vowed to further enhance them in an all-round manner.

‘A model of cooperation in 21st century’

During the meeting, Xi highlighted the sound development of bilateral relations and close cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

He spoke highly of Russia’s support of China in defending its core national interests and opposing attempts of driving a wedge between the two countries.

Noting that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation and the two sides have decided to extend the treaty for another five years, Xi said the extension has been endowed with new spirit and content.

The two countries will firmly support each other on issues of core interests and defend their national dignity and common interests, Xi stressed.

He said he is ready to work with Putin to draw up the new outline for the bilateral cooperation based on the achievements the two sides have made this year, so as to continue pushing forward the high-level development of their ties.

New record in bilateral trade volume

Speaking of the bilateral trade, Xi hailed tremendous political strengths and huge potential as trade between China and Russia in the first three quarters of 2021 has topped $100 billion for the first time.

For the whole year, bilateral trade looks to reach a record high, Xi said.

Referring to the China-Russia Year of Scientific and Technological Innovation which concluded in November, Xi said a series of strategic major projects have been implemented smoothly and the synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union has also strengthened during the time.

Seeking common development based on cooperation

The Chinese president also called on the two sides to share development opportunities, while highlighting bilateral cooperation in the fields of energy and COVID-19 containment.

Xi said China and Russia should step up cooperation in the new energy sector and consolidate traditional energy cooperation, besides advancing cooperation in nuclear energy and renewable energy.

Referring to the Global Development Initiative that he proposed at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Xi said it is a public good focusing on addressing market challenges faced by the world, especially emerging markets and developing countries. The initiative also aims to boost the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, he added.

Noting how China and Russia have been working jointly against COVID-19, Xi said close cooperation not only adds new meaning to bilateral ties but also contributes to the global fight against the pandemic.

Putin scheduled to attend 2022 Olympic Winter Games

Xi said he looks forward to Putin’s upcoming visit to Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Stressing that China will deliver a “simple, safe and splendid” Winter Olympic Games, Xi said China is ready to take the opportunity to enhance sports exchanges between the two countries.

Since Putin’s visit will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders in the past two years, Xi said that he expects to exchange in-depth views on bilateral relationship and major international and regional issues.

Xi said that he looks forward to this “get-together for the Winter Olympics” and stands ready to work with Putin “for a shared future” to jointly open a new chapter in post-pandemic China-Russia relations.

Democracy – the shared value of mankind

Explaining China’s mission, Xi said it is “both big and simple” because it is all about delivering a better life to all Chinese. “Putting people first is our fundamental philosophy of governance,” he stated.

The Chinese president opposed the hegemonic moves and Cold War mentality adopted in the name of “multilateralism” and “rules,” and noted that some forces were trying to interfere in China and Russia’s internal affairs by using “democracy” and “human rights” as their excuse.

He called on the two countries to enhance coordination and cooperation in international affairs to safeguard their security interests and make contribution to global governance.

Reiterating that democracy is a shared human value, Xi said only the people, and no other country, can judge whether their country is democratic or not.

China is ready to enhance cooperation with Russia on this regard to uphold the correct perception of democracy and defend all countries’ legitimate rights of seeking democracy.

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