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July 13, 2015

FrenchTech : 2015 Ranking of the 100 most innovating startups in France

By GBMC
La French Tech (source maddyness)

La French Tech (source maddyness)

EBG’s Top 100 ranking (2015) is based on various criteria such as technological innovation, the business model, the funds raised, maximum 5 years of age …..

The list contains the following categories:

– Marketing and eCommerce

Alkemics, The Beautyst, Fitizzy, Howtank, TVTY, Holimetrix, Antvoice, Realytics, Mediabong, Data Publica, Fitle, Toky Woky, Search XPR, Vigiglobe, Braineet, Evercontact, Dolmen Technologies, Videodesk, Clic2buy, Lucky Cart, Shippeo, Itinsell, LabSense

– Internet of Things

Matooma, Myfox, Actility, Busit, RED Luxury, Drust, Optiflows, Sevenhugs

– Big Data

OpenDataSoft, Semsoft, PredicSis, Cogniteev, Dataiku, Lokad, Heuritech, Flaminem

– Fintech

Paymium, Weeleo, Fundshop, Kantox,The Assets, Marie Quantier, SmartAngels, Lendix, Antelop Payments,Finsquare, Scaled Risk, Anatech, Unilend,Yoyowallet, Finexkap

– Mobile and Media

Adyoulike, Dynadmic, Vidcoin, Wildmoka, Ogury, Pretty Simple, AdotMob, Sublime Skinz

– Organisation’s Productivity

Azendoo, SimpliField, InterCloud, Tryane, Yseop, Algolia, Keycoopt, Bubblz, BiBOARD, Azalead, Advanseez et SmartPanda

– Disruption and New Concept

Snips, DigiSchool, Smart Me Up, Redbird, Sepage, Mip Robotics, Koolicar, Ceetiz, Plume Labs, Uplike, Blue Frog Robotics, Coephe, The Bubbles Company, Streamdata

– eHealthcare

1001 Pharmacies, Feeligreen, Smokio, Data Med Care, Care Labs, Kresterion, Umanlife, Santech, BodyCap, Ad Scientiam, Genepred.

More info from:

FrenchTech : 2015 Ranking of the 100 most innovating startups in France

(Source: Maddyness.com and EBG = Electronic Business Group)

 

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July 6, 2015

Is Japan experiencing a Robot Revolution?

By GBMC
Japanese robot on the moon

Japanese robot on the moon

 

“Japan is one of the few countries in the world likely to experience something that popular movies have predicted for years: a robot revolution. With PM Abe’s release of his plans for economic structural reform, the topic of creating a Robot Revolution Realization Council came to fruition. The premise of this council is to examine the possibility of introducing more robots into sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, and even nursing care to help foster growth in Japan.”    (Riley Walters, The Daily Signal)

More insight from:

Is Japan experiencing a Robot Revolution?

 

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June 29, 2015

Insights on the “self-driving vehicle revolution”

By GBMC
The self-driving vehicle revolution (Mac Kinsey)

The self-driving vehicle revolution (Mac Kinsey)

 

“Autonomous vehicles (AVs) represent a major innovation for the automotive industry, but their potential impact with respect to timing, uptake, and penetration remains hazy. While high levels of uncertainty currently surround the issue, the ultimate role that AVs could play regarding the economy, mobility, and society as a whole could be profound.” (Mc Kinsey)

Great insights from Mc Kinsey !! Read more from:  The self-driving vehicle revolution

As well as a last minute addition: the MSN post “15 ways self-driving cars could change your life”:

15 ways self-driving cars could change your life

 

 

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June 22, 2015

OHaNAS: get a Japanese Robot Friend (友達 ) and pratice your Japanese !!

By GBMC
OHaNAS (picture: Japan Times)

OHaNAS (picture: Japan Times)

 

Tomy Co  introduced a conversation robot jointly developed with NTT Docomo Inc. that it claims can hold “natural” conversations with people.

“We want to develop toys that are not only for play, but also for jumping into people’s everyday lives to make them more convenient,” said Tomy COO H.G. Meiji.

The robot, Ohanas, is scheduled for release on Oct. 1 (in Japanese only) and converses with help from a cloud-based conversation database that Docomo calls the “natural-language dialogue platform,” the two firms said.

Check out the Video:

OHaNas: get a Japanese Robot Friend (友達 )!!

and the article (source: Japan Times)

OHaNas: get a Japanese Robot Friend (友達 )!!

 

 

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June 1, 2015

Model “Smart Homes” for display in Japan!

By GBMC
Smart Homes

Smart Homes

 

Check out the following Video:

“Toshiba, Honda and Sekisui House Bring the Future to the Present with a Real-World Smart Home”

The three companies created together a newly-built, fully livable, two-household model home that envisions a lifetime of comfort and sustainability, and embodies the goal of a zero carbon emission lifestyle by the year 2020. This model home is being used to test and verify technologies for future lifestyles by putting them into practical use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjO5SkHGYHQ&spfreload=10

 

 

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April 7, 2015

Japanese real-time speech translation technology

By GBMC
Japanese real-time speech translation technology

Japanese real-time speech translation technology

“The Japanese Internal Affairs Ministry wants to provide real-time machine translation services at sightseeing, shopping and medical venues to help visitors who may feel hesitant about coming to Japan because of the language barrier.

The ministry’s vision reflects the government’s tourism goal, which is to raise the annual number of inbound travelers to 20 million by 2020, from 13 million in 2014.

It is planning to allocate ¥1.38 billion in fiscal 2015 to improve the overall quality of real-time speech translation technology and increase the available languages to 10 or more, including Thai, Vietnamese and Indonesian, to cover 90 percent of the tourists who come to Japan.

The plan to host the Olympics has no doubt increased the urgency of the project, because public and private entities alike have started working together on it on an “all-Japan basis.” (Japan Times)

Read more at:  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/31/reference/translation-tech-gets-olympic-push/#.VRu8nunGPIX

 

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March 30, 2015

Japanese High Tech Industry Challenges

By GBMC
HIgh Tech Industry Challenges

HIgh Tech Industry Challenges

” This is a critical time for Japan’s high-tech industry, and it’s only through leveraging core strengths to facilitate differentiation and implementing a strategy that harnesses group-level synergies, that the industry will be able to reinvent itself at speed and at scale to once more achieve global preeminence. ” (Accenture)

For more details, check: http://www.accenture.com/us-en/Pages/insight-highlights-communications-japanese-consumer-electronics.aspx?c=glb_acnemalert_10001787&n=emc_0215&emc=20757712:emc-031215

 

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March 23, 2015

The future of Automotive is Driverless Cars?

By GBMC

” Google is aiming to get its driverless cars on the streets by 2020. Whether it’s able to do so is unclear. It’s been working on plans for an autonomous vehicle for years, but questions remain about whether government regulators will allow the vehicles or if consumers will pay for them. ” (Linked In Pulse)

The question is: As with any machine, it might be a plus but there should always be a switch button to “Manual Human Mode”.

Read more from: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/googles-car-chief-my-son-better-driving-45-years-chip-cutter

 

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February 16, 2015

Which future for Consumer electronics (gadgets)?

By GBMC
Akihabara shops - Tokyo

Akihabara shops – Tokyo

” The future of tech may not be in flashier, more powerful hardware, but instead in services enabled by clever software. The gadgets matter, but only if they allow for software that can create useful, perhaps groundbreaking services that work across all our gadgets. ” (Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times)

Great Insight. Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/technology/personaltech/why-gadgets-must-adapt-to-a-world-ruled-by-software.html?smid=li-share&_r=0

 

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