Toyota is getting into the semiconductor business, partnering with auto supplier Denso to form a new company focused on chip manufacture.
As Uber finally closes in on its IPO, its self-driving car unit is getting a big cash infusion and some independence. The company announced tonight that Toyota, Denso and Softbank are investing a total of $1 billion in its Advanced Technologies Group...
You can already use your smartphone as a car key if you own the right vehicle (just ask Tesla Model 3 owners). There hasn't really been a common standard for it, though, and that has hurt adoption -- you can't guarantee that you'll have phone access...
Toyota's autonomous vehicle dreams are too big to contain, so it's establishing a new company to speed up its technology's development. The automaker has teamed up with fellow Japanese entities Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. and Denso Corporation to form the...
Six months ago, Toyota showed off a customized electric, self-driving Lexus. Just yesterday, the auto maker revealed an update to the vehicle line with new Lidar and deep learning AI that can better see objects around the car and predict safer paths...
Toyota is teaming up with Intel, and an assortment of tech and automotive firms, to develop an ecosystem for connected cars. By sharing self-driving vehicle data, the companies aim to develop maps and improved driver assistance systems based on cloud...
It doesn't take much driving to notice that many in-car infotainment systems are custom-built and locked down tight. The Linux Foundation sees it differently and wants our cars to embrace the same notions of common roots and open code that we'd find in an Ubuntu box. Its newly-formed Automotive Grade Linux Workgroup is transforming Tizen into a reference platform that car designers can use for the center stack, or even the instrument cluster. The promise is to both optimize a Linux variant for cars and provide the same kind of years-long support that we'd expect for the drivetrain. Technology heavy-hitters like Intel, Harman, NVIDIA, Samsung and TI form the core of the group, although there are already automakers who've signaled their intentions: Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota are all part of the initial membership. We don't know how soon we'll be booting into Tizen on the morning commute, but we'd expect in-car systems to take a step forward -- just as long as we don't have to recompile our car's OS kernel.
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DENSO launched a new AT20-Q handheld scanner that offers high-speed scanning of both 2-D and 1-D barcodes. Featuring a high-speed shutter, the AT20Q also features an Anti-reflection technology for reliable scanning of barcodes on mobile-phone LCD screens.
The durable AT20Q comes with a rugged, shock-absorbing construction that allows you to drop it onto a concrete floor from a height of 2 meters (6.5 feet) and 100,000 times from 20 centimeters (7.9 inches), but you don’t need to do this. Featuring ergonomic design, this new handheld barcode scanner also boasts IP42 dust- and water-resistant protection, as well as a connector-cable locking mechanism that prevents damage to the connector or cable.
“At DENSO, our company philosophy is constant improvement,” said Fran Labun, vice president, Sales Groups. “With the AT20Q, we have incorporated all our latest features and benefits into an affordable handheld 2-D scanner that we are certain our customers will welcome.”
