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📣We are thrilled to announce the successful launch of the first robotics warehouse for Wellcome, one of the leading supermarket chains in Hong Kong. The collaboration between Geek+ and DFI Retail Group showcases our commitment to transforming the way grocery warehouses operate in the digital age. 🛒   🤖This hybrid solution combines the Geek+ pallet-to-person system with the Shelf-to-Person Picking System, delivering unparalleled efficiency, cost savings, and operational excellence to our clients. Harnessing the power of Geek+'s advanced automation technology, not only has resulted in enhanced picking efficiency, while simultaneously reducing the labor-intensive work. 📦 #AMR #Supermarket #shelftoperson #apac #casestudy 🔎Check out more in this case video👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 #shelftoperson #apac #casestudy

Lately, there's been a buzz about network coding. My colleague recently penned some insights on network coding. 150 years ago, Victor Hugo said that nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come. Sometimes in technology there are great ideas that do not gain traction for years: often because they need other technological developments to make them either feasible or more economic. These under-used ideas are sometimes described as “Sleeping Beauties” - waiting for their prince to come.   One such idea is Network Coding, first proposed in the late 1990s in research led by Professor Raymond Yeung at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Put simply, Network Coding is an improved method of passing data through telecommunications networks, especially when the network contains a number of poor-quality links. The research showed that Network Coding offered significant improvements in data throughput when compared to conventional transmission methods such as TCP/IP.   Since 2003 Network Coding has been used in some specialised applications, but despite its promise it has not been more generally adopted. The main reason for this is that Network Coding depends for its success upon recoding and decoding of data signals at intermediate and receiving points inside the network. The process of recoding and decoding requires sufficient computing power to be distributed throughout the network, but until quite recently most networks have not contained distributed devices with sufficient computing capacity to make this possible. In fact the dominant networking trend since 2003 has been the introduction of cloud computing, which focusses upon centralised rather than distributed computing.   Two developments have changed the paradigm. The first is the more recent growth of edge computing, under which computing power is distributed away from the network centre in order to process information nearer to its source. Edge computing improves latency and optimises network bandwidth, but it also offers the distributed processing power that Network Coding requires to operate efficiently.   The second development was further research at The Chinese University of Hong Kong which led to the development of BATS, an acronym for Batched Sparse Coding. BATS Coding is a method of speeding up the encoding, recoding and decoding process in Network Coding, while simultaneously reducing the computer resources needed in that process. The BATS concept is protected by international patents and is being commercialised by n-hop technologies Ltd., a Hong Kong based start-up venture.   As well as his role at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Yeung is also one of the founding directors of n-hop technologies Ltd. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month, Professor Yeung said “The combination of edge computing and BATS Coding provides an ideal platform for Network Coding to reach its full potential. It is time for this “Sleeping Beauty” to wake up!”.    

[HKFBS X HKSTP Capital] 2024 Venture Capital on Campus (VCOC) – Investment Challenge This year, we are honoured to have Mr. Gossard Leung, CPA, Ms. Yolanda Yang and Mr. Simon Law to be our panel judges! Panel Judges: Mr. Gossard Leung is an experienced venture capitalist with over 15 years of experience in investment, SME/Startup support, and rich exposure in technology, entrepreneurship, equity, and debt financing. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs.   Gossard is currently the Head of Investment and Entrepreneurship Development at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he oversees start-up investments and initiatives offered by the University. He is dedicated to create societal impact by advancing knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship. Before joining PolyU, he worked in the HKSTP - Business and Investment Support, advising start-ups in corporate strategy, business development, governance and finance.   Dr. Simon Law is currently the Assistant General Manager (Innovation) at the Sino Group, with the main role in identifying deep technology solutions for the group’s adoptions. He was previously the Director for Universities and Institutions for the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) where he led the effort to develop and implement programs to engage renowned universities and institutes to identify collaboration opportunities for technology commercialization with HKSTP. Ms. Yolanda Yang is the vice president in ABC International. She actively engaged in sourcing, analyzing, and executing investment opportunities in early and growth stage startups and accumulated extensive experience in innovation and technology investments in Greater China, North America, and Israel. She led investments across sectors including FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, smart city, healthcare etc, with portfolio companies sold to Facebook and Samsung. Prior to ABC International, she was an Investment Director of Radiant Tech Ventures Limited for 7 years. Visit our website for more details and inquire via vcoc@hkfbs.org.hk!

Geek+ is celebrating 70+ projects in 19 countries across Europe!   Learn more from Marie Peterson, International Marketing & Communications Vice President for Geekplus in an interview with Chris Lingamfelter from Robot Advisors   You may already know that Geekplus has offices in Germany and the UK. But our sales, implementation and service stretch throughout Europe, a full end-to-end offering throughout the EU region! Come visit booth 6B61 at LogiMAT 2024 to learn more.   #logimat2024 #emea #inthenews #shelftoperson #totetoperson #pallettoperson

Have you wondered about the advantages and disadvantages of direct 3D printed clear aligners vs. thermoformed? Our latest whitepaper on the comparison goes in-depth into:  🌟The history of their commercialization 🌟Workflow considerations 🌟Cost, materials, and scale comparisons 🌟Accuracy, uniformity and efficacy 🌟Facility requirements and 🌟Shape retention Download the guide now!

🏆𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁 & 𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻   Frost & Sullivan and LeadLeo recently released the "2023 China Large Language Model Industry Research Evaluation," a comprehensive assessment of large-scale AI language models in industry research applications in China. 📊     According to the evaluation results, SenseChat, our platform for large language model applications, ranked top on the overall list. SenseChat also secured the top position in various sub-categories, including context transformation, text generation, and knowledge storage. These achievements highlight SenseChat’s exceptional ability to provide profound analysis and valuable insights for industry research. 📑📚     We take great pride in this accomplishment, and yet our commitment to advancing AI technology remains unwavering. Building upon the robust computing power of SenseCore, SenseTime’s AI Infrastructure, we are driven to push the boundaries of AI continuously. We will persistently harness our innovative strength to develop leading implementations of large models, foster generative AI application ecosystems, and actively contribute to the era of artificial general intelligence (AGI).🚀     #SenseTime #SenseChat #IndustryResearch #AGI #FrostAndSullivan #LLM #LargeLanguageModel 

Event "Telemedicine and AI in sleep" in Malaysia Belun CEO Lydia Leung celebrates the World Sleep Day 2024 with other guest speakers in a conference organized by the Sleep Team of the University of Malaya Medical Center. More information: orl-um.com #ai #medtech #sleephealth #sleepapnea #sleep #worldsleepday #worldsleepday2024

When's the last time you brought an $11,000,000 opportunity to the table? Let's make that a regular thing! We know you know that Monday’s are a retail nightmare ... Pulling data into excel to figure what happened last week, why it happened and how to react. We can help change that. Check out the video to learn how Profitmind can help you make better, faster and more accurate decisions. We're happy to set up a demo. (Shoutout to Instinct Animations for the video production 🙌) #Shoptalk2024 #analytics #retail