Category: manufacturers

Eight US companies will manufacture NASA’s COVID-19 ventilator

Post author By Randall
Post date May 29, 2020
Categories In caltech, coronavirus, covid-19, emergency use authorization, eua, fda, gear, jet propulsion laboratory, jpl, licensing, manufacture, manufacturers, Nasa, News, Tech, tomorrow, ventilator, vital

[ad_1] The eight manufacturers selected to produce VITAL stretch from Connecticut to California and from Minnesota to Texas. JPL did not say when the device might be ready for use. NASA/JPL-Caltech Next, JPL is evaluating international manufacturers from countries including Brazil, India, Malaysia and Mexico. Those manufactures will also receive free licensing through Caltech. “The […]

Ventilator companies are opening up critical repair documents to the public

Post author By Randall
Post date April 23, 2020
Categories In coronavirus, covid-19, fisher & paykal, ge, gear, healthcare, manuals, manufacturers, medical equipment, medtronic, News, open source, pirg, repair, right to repair, Tech, ventilators

[ad_1] “I want to thank ventilator manufacturers such as GE for providing access to service documents,” Nathan Proctor, head of the right to repair campaign at the PIRG, said in a statement. “When technicians can’t access service manuals, it puts unnecessary barriers to fixing life-saving equipment.” While the need for medical equipment technical manuals is […]

Alexa Auto adds offline capabilities that work in tunnels and parking garages

Post author By Randall
Post date September 11, 2019
Categories In alexa, alexa auto, alexa auto sdk, Amazon, automakers, business, gear, in-car, Infotainment, manufacturers, offline, services, Tech, Transportation, version 2.0, voice assistant, voice control

[ad_1] With the new SDK, users can ask Alexa to do things like turn on the AC, tune the radio or make a call — even when connectivity is intermittent or nonexistent. That’s thanks to a “Local Voice Control” extension that allows automakers to add a scaled-down version of Alexa’s cloud-based service to a vehicle’s […]

Mercedes-Benz likely to agree to California’s tougher emissions rules

Post author By Randall
Post date August 20, 2019
Categories In automakers, business, california, Climate Change, emissions, epa, gear, global warming, green, manufacturers, mercedes, mercedes-benz, pact, Politics, rules, Tech, Transportation, trump administration

[ad_1] While Mercedes-Benz has not confirmed its plans to join those automakers, it wouldn’t be entirely surprising if the company did so. According to The New York Times, California and 13 other states plan to enforce their current, stricter emissions regulations. Those states may also sue the Trump administration. Rather than wait for the legal […]

US government warns China may have access to drone data

Post author By Randall
Post date May 20, 2019
Categories In China, chinese, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, data, department of homeland security, dhs, dji, Drones, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, government, intelligence, manufacturers, Robots, Security, Tech

[ad_1] The alert reportedly cautions organizations involved in national security and critical functions that they must be “especially vigilant as they may be at greater risk of espionage.” If the alert has any merit, it could be serious, as in the US, drones are used for everything from law enforcement to first response missions and […]