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How Women in Tech are rising to the new challenges

CIO

For Namrita, Chief Digital Officer of Aditya Birla Chemicals, Filaments and Insulators, the challenge is integrating legacy wares with digital tools like IoT, AI, and cloud platforms.

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EarthOptics helps farmers look deep into the soil for big data insights

TechCrunch

Using high-tech imaging techniques, the company claims to map the physical and chemical composition of fields faster, better, and more cheaply than traditional techniques, and has raised $10M to scale its solution.

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LiLz uses computer vision to read gauges and dials where humans prefer not to tread

TechCrunch

Using a robot is another way to automate it, but doesn’t a network of IoT devices seem more practical than a quadrupedal bot trucking around constantly? Doing daily rounds of these dials is not just dull work for humans, but can be dangerous as well. million Series A round in early 2021. .

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Secure Your 5G Business Transformation

Palo Alto Networks

5G-OT Connectivity A chemical manufacturer set up a private 5G network to connect its OT devices, like sensors, to monitor temperature and chemical composition, ensuring the process remains safe and stable. Operators can monitor and control machinery virtually.

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Synthetic DNA startup Catalog partners with Seagate for its DNA-based data storage platform

TechCrunch

While a traditional microprocessor processes binary code, Seagate’s chip has tiny reservoirs that process small amounts of synthetic DNA in liquid form; liquid from one reservoir on the chip can be processed with liquid from another reservoir to produce a chemical reaction.

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

CIO

How is WABTEC leveraging emerging technologies like AI and IoT to enhance its manufacturing processes, as well as improve operational efficiency? IoT software in the machines connected to the sensors gives information on the strength or durability of the brakes while the locomotive is in use.

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5 Reasons to Modernize with Cloud: Chemicals Edition

Protera

In recent years, technology advancements like cloud computing, data analytics, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices have created new opportunities for chemical companies but also new pain points as they’ve been required to move out of their comfort zones to digitally transform. Enter: cloud modernization. Quick Takeaways.