New computer friendly technology built for autistic children

New computer friendly technology built for autistic children

For children suffering from autism, reading for understanding is often challenging but with the help of new technology they can realise their actual potential.

'Hour of Code', a global campaign by Microsoft, commits to increase access to computer science education to youth with a focus on specially-abled children.

The initiative along with c-- an educational hub helping the cause of mentally challenged and autistic children, seeks to introduce coding and computational thinking to promote I-T based opportunities among such children.

"Technology is a promoter of your potential and it doesn't pose as such any threat to the autistic. Such children usually do not want to be told what to do, also they usually do not like eye contact. Therefore, with the technology they are able to do things themselves. It is the only way forward for such children."

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4D Visualization

4D-THE MODERN DIMENSION

"4D" is shorthand for "four-dimensional"- the fourth dimension being time. 4D visualization takes three-dimensional images and adds the element of time to the process.

In contrast to 3D imaging diagnostic processes, 4D allows doctor to visualize internal anatomy moving in real-time. For example: Movement patterns of fetuses allows conclusions to be drawn about their development; increase of accuracy in ultrasound guided biopsies thanks to the visualization of needle movements in real time in all 3 planes. So physicians and sonographers can detect or rule out any number of issues, from vascular anomalies and genetic syndromes

Concept Of 4D Visualization

In the field of scientific visualization, the term "four dimensional visualization" usually refers to the process of rendering a three dimensional field of scalar values. While this paradigm applies to many different data sets, there are also uses for visualizing data that correspond to actual four-dimensional structures. Four dimensional structures have typically been visualized via wire frame methods, but this process alone is usually insufficient for an intuitive understanding. The visualization of four dimensional objects is possible through wire frame methods with extended visualization cues, and through ray tracing methods. Both the methods employ true four-space viewing parameters and geometry.

4D Viewing Vectors and Viewing Frustum

METHOD:

4D-HAMMER, involves the following two steps:

(1) Rigid alignment of 3D images of a given subject acquired at different time points, in order to produce a 4D image. 3D-HAMMER is employed to establish the correspondences between neighboring 3D images, and then align one image (time t) to its previous-time image (t-1) by a rigid transformation calculated from the established

correspondences.

(2) Hierarchical deformation of the 4D atlas to the 4D subject images, via a hierarchical attribute-based matching method. Initially, the deformation of the atlas is influenced primarily by voxels with distinctive attribute vectors, thereby minimizing the chances of poor matches and also reducing computational burden. As the deformation proceeds, voxels with less distinctive attribute vectors gradually gain influence over the deformation

ALGORITHM:

it uses the ray tracing algorithm

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Bluetooth 5 set to boost the Internet of Things in 2017

Bluetooth 5:

The launch of Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth® technology continues to evolve to meet the needs of the industry as the global wireless standard for simple, secure connectivity. With 4x range, 2x speed and 8x broadcasting message capacity, the enhancements of Bluetooth 5 focus on increasing the functionality of Bluetooth for the IoT. These features, along with improved interoperability and coexistence with other wireless technologies, continue to advance the IoT experience by enabling simple and effortless interactions across the vast range of connected devices.

The global wireless standard for simple, secure connectivity.

Security

Bluetooth adheres to U.S. federal security regulations, ensuring that all Bluetooth devices are capable of meeting and exceeding strict government security standards.

Low Energy

The power-efficiency of Bluetooth with low energy functionality makes it perfect for devices that run for long periods on power sources, such as coin cell batteries or energy-harvesting devices. Bluetooth 5 offers the option of increased range or speed, and it’s always low energy.

Coexists with other technologies

Bluetooth 5 also includes updates that help reduce potential interference with other wireless technologies to ensure Bluetooth devices can coexist within the increasingly complex global IoT environment.

Application:

• The new Bluetooth standard is now ready for action and should progressively roll out into consumer devices from 2017. Promising a serious increase in performance, Bluetooth 5 is ready to meet the needs of a new generation of connected gadgets with even faster data sharing.
• Bluetooth is a widely used wireless communication standard for securely sharing data over short distances between two electronic devices via a specific set of radio waves.
• The technology features in many connected devices, such as laptops, smartphones, wireless headphones and smartwatches, allowing them to connect and communicate wirelessly. Today, Bluetooth plays a key role in the development of the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Rose Lite LED Smart Bulb

What It Is?

Iota Lite is an app controllable Smart LED Bulb. The device opens the gate to a plethora of wireless features that’ll redefine the way you've perceived lighting. With Iota Lite in your room, you get access to a variety of unimaginable features that an ordinary LED bulb cannot provide. For instance, you can change the color of the bulb and set the ambiance of your house as per your likes. You get to pick a shade from a palette offering 16 M unique hue’s. You can also schedule the bulb to shuffle its color at a particular time. So next time you rise and shine to a good morning, the bulb will dimly glow in your room giving you the perfect early morning experience

Working principle:

IOTA Lite is packed with a Texas Instruments (TI) processor and is fitted with a Toshiba LED that provides a lifespan of 15000 hours.

The LED technology makes it highly efficient and durable. Lite uses low energy Bluetooth technology to connect with your smartphone.

Application:

A Color for Every Mood!

From the ideal lighting for a party to when you need to relax, this versatile smart bulb can adapt to almost every occasion. Set the colours that you want this smart bulb to emit. You can set the hues to be random or you can make it exude a select few colours, like blues, greens and purples.

Enjoy Spectacular Music & Sound show!

You can sync the Iota smart bulb with music using your mobile device to create the perfect ambience for a celebration. The Lite app lets you synchronize your playlist with the device. So once you play a track, the lighting changes as per the song’s rhythm. Now amaze your friends by setting the right party ambiance at your home.

Call/SMS Alerts

Never miss an important call as Lite, with its unique call alert feature, will blink in a certain color if you’ve got a call. You can customize your app with absolute ease and can allow only a few selected contacts to alert you via Lite.

Wireless Light Control

Download Iota Lite app from the Playstore & Appstore   to wirelessly control this amazing bulb.Just connect Lite with your IOTA Lite app on Android 4.3 or higher and iOS 6 or higher devices.

Weather Alerts

Use IOTA's app to make this smart bulb exude a particular colour depending on weather conditions. Set a shade of blue for rainy weather or red for sunny weather.

Schedule & Timer

Now automate your home lighting. You can schedule Lite to turn on or change colors at a particular time.

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Google Nose

What is Google nose?

A Google April Fool's Day post on Google Nose, a new service in beta that “leverages new and existing technologies to offer the sharpest olfactory experience available” may have been a joke, but it's not that far from reality.

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This Gadget Turns Your iPad Into a Powerful 3D Scanner

3D Scanning Comes to the ipad:

    3D printing is an incredible technology, although it requires detailed information about the objects you want to print. For most people, this is a big limitation — it's not like every phone or tablet has a 3D imaging camera. Enter Occipital.

working principle:

The sensor can quickly scan an object or room and gather distance and geometry information to create an accurate 3D rendering. Occipital, the company behind the sensor, said its device can "understand" the data it collects, letting users instantly call up wall dimensions, for example. It even makes use of the iPad's built-in camera

The Structure Sensor is an oblong metal object that attaches to an iPad with a special bracket. It works with apps specifically designed to use the sensor to scan and capture 3D information about an object or environment. You can use the sensor for a wide range of tasks — from object capture to augmented-reality games.

Application:

 Although the sensor is designed for use with the iPad, Occipital makes it easy to plug it into another device.

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Sweat Detectors? Tiny Sensors Use Perspiration to Track Health

What it is?

        A soft, skin‐mounted microfluidic device for capture, collection and analysis of sweat.
Sweat could be the next thing wearable devices sense to track your health, researchers say. A new microfluidic skin patch capable of collecting and analyse

Working Principle 

        Imagine if taking a snapshot of your health were as easy as slapping a sticker on you skin. A new study finds that a tiny adhesive sensor can read what's going on in your body based on your sweat, and relay information about your well-being wirelessly to asmartphone. This  type of wearable  

sensor could work as an alternative to blood tests to asses people's health one day, according to the researchers.

Application

The readings collected by the sweat sensor seemed comparable to the current lab-based standards during a trial involving nine volunteers doing indoor cycling. Health readings included sweat rate and sweat loss, pH (an indicator of hydration levels), and concentrations of lactate, glucose, and chloride.           

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Smart-Phone-droprinter

What is it? 

Have you imagine that you could print any thing showed on your smart phone's screen, like messages, web page or image? Now you can!

DroPrinter is the world’s first and only phone printer solely designed for smart phone. Using thermal paper (the paper used by many thermal printers), droPrinter could print any thing showed on your smart phone's screen. 

 Working Principle:

                 DroPrinter is compact and easy to use, you just turn it on, one step to connect the smartphone, and it could start printing anything within seconds. We designed droPrinter to be super simple. After the first time, droPrinter will pair automatically to your smart phone.

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What can I print with droPrinter?

You could print tips, photos, website, image, etc. Every thing showed on your smart phone you always could print them by your droPrinter.

Application:

       We designed it portable , so the size of it is small enough to your bag

       

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Flying Cars

What is a Flying Car?

A flying car is a type of personal air vehicle that provides door-to-door transportation by both road and air. The term "flying car" is often used to include roadable aircraft and hovercars.

Introduction

Flying car will be one of the greatest invention of the modern technology. A two-seater flying car which drives on normal roads, using petrol, but can take wing from any open grassy area. Flying cars fly slightly lower than planes. It doesn’t need any airport. Many users will find this a very efficient way to move. It contains various ground-breaking technologies which could spark a new age of personal aviation, such as variable-angle wings which allow it to take off on a much shorter runway than rival aircraft.

Why fly cars are needed?

Even with the roadable aircraft that we have now, one MAJOR advantage would be travel time. I live in southern India and many of my friends live in north India. At the moment, without a flying car, I have to get in my car and drive four and half hours to see them. It’s not the worst drive, but it’s definitely tedious and can be exhausting after a while. However, if I had a flying car like the Transition or the PAL-V, I could cut the travel time almost in half, maybe more. Many towns have small airports. The town I live in has one and the town I go to a lot. So it may take time to reach there and if planes are not available at that time then I must wait until the next plane schedule.

This makes the world smaller. Flying cars would allow people to travel greater distances quickly. People could live farther away from work and go places they normally couldn’t. Those are some pretty good advantages.

specification of fly car:

Working principle of fly cars:

The fly cars uses the similar principle that is used in plane or a Aircraft.

     

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Skin deep tech: Cicret bracelet aims to turn your arm into 'new tablet'

Reading emails on your skin may sound wacky, but not for the French designers working on a bracelet that projects your smartphone content onto your arm. To turn the surreal Cicret device into reality, the designers are seeking funding.

The Cicret, activated with a twist of the wrist, is equipped with an embedded memory card, processor, accelerometer, micro-USB port, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. But the key part is the so-called "pico-projector" and an array of proximity sensors. The pico projector projects the interface onto your arm. When you put your finger on the interface, you stop one of eight proximity sensors. The sensor sends the information back to the processor in your Circet bracelet.

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Google launches photo scanning app

• Tech giant Google has rolled out a new scanning app Google PhotoScan that allows users to scan and digitise physical photographs.
• The free standalone app detects edges, straightens the image, rotates it to the correct orientation and removes glare, Google said in a statement.  Scanned photos can be saved in one tap to Google Photos to be organised, searchable, shared and safely backed up at high quality, it added.
• “We all have those old albums and boxes of photos that are some of our most treasured memories. Such as photos of grandma when she was young, or of your childhood pet, and even that hairstyle you wish you could forget. But we just keep thinking about scanning the photos to preserve these moments, but never really get around to it. Well, here is an easy option,” it said.
• The app is available for both Android and iOS devices starting today. Google is also adding editing tools to its Google Photos app. These will begin rolling out today across Android, iOS and the web as well.

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Google Fiber

The TV you love. On Fiber.

Watch 220+ channels, HD included, and thousands of shows and movies on demand. Use Smart Search and Recommendations to find all your favorite programs and discover new ones.

Connect over powerful Wi-Fi

You’ll experience the fastest speeds with a wired connection, but you can also get online wirelessly using the Network+ Box. That's our gigabit router designed to the latest standards (802.11a/b/g/n/ac).

Keep everything, share anything

Enjoy one terabyte of cloud storage. With Google Drive, you can back up and access your files anywhere: at home, at the office, or on the go. No matter what happens to your computer or smartphone, your files are safe in the cloud.

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Introducing Translate for Animals (beta): Bridging the gap between animals and humans

Translate for Animal

Making the world’s information universally accessible is a key goal for Google. Language is one of our biggest challenges so we have targeted our efforts on removing language barriers between the species. We are excited to introduce Translate for Animals, an Android application which we hope will allow us to better understand our animal friends. We’ve always been a pet-friendly company at Google, and we hope that Translate for Animals encourages greater interaction and understanding between animal and human.

processing the Data:

Please be patient whilst the voice recognition software checks the recorded pet sounds against the millions of stored noises in the Animal Linguistic Database. This should only take a few seconds.

Translate for Animals is an application for Android phones that recognises and transcribes words and phrases that are common to a species, like cats for example. To develop Translate for Animals, we worked closely with many of the world’s top language synthesis teams, and with leaders in the field of animal cognitive linguistics, including senior fellows at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

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Data Transfers At Gigabits To Terabits Per Second

             Let’s talk about ongoing research developments that are working out solutions to provide digital data transfers at extraordinary speeds. These researches have shown possibilities with transferring data at gigabits per second (Gbit/s); even terabits per second (Tbit/s) in certain cases. This article will peek into the ‘future of super-fast’ complex interactions within your personal computer, searching through extremely large amounts of data and internet connections with super-speeds.

Contents 

•  Li-Fi – Achieving low-cost, high-speed internet at 10 Gbit/s through LED lights.
•  New Optical fiber cable transfers data at almost the speed of light – 73 Tbit/s.
•  5th Generation of Cellular networks.
•  Searching Big Data at 40 Gbit/s.
•  Intel’s Silicon Photonic Link to transfer data at Tbit/s within, and with other computers.

Li-Fi – Achieving low-cost, high-speed internet at 10 Gbit/s through LED lights.

A white light is made up of red, green and blue colors. The researchers in UK were able to transmit 3.5Gbit/s of data through each red, green and blue lights of a micro-LED bulb. The video briefly explains how and why this technology is better than the current Wi-fi technology.

New Optical fiber cable transfers data at almost the speed of light – 73 Tbit/s.

Even the best quality optical fibers we find today are limited to handle data transfers of 40 Gbit/s. Now, researchers in England were able to transfer data at 99.7% of the speed of light (73 Tbit/s) using newly developed optical fibers.

5th Generation of Cellular networks.

5G is going to be a new mobile revolution in mobile telephone market. 5G technologies now we can use worldwide cellular phones and this technology also strike the china mobile market and a user being competent to get access to USA phone as a local phone. Because of 5G technology the customers can be offered approximately priceless handset to its customers. In future also , 5G will take over the world market. One of the biggest advantages of 5G is, it has excellent capability to support both software and consultancy. 5G network will provide high connectivity because of switch and router technology.

If we will compare 5G with other generation mobile phones, it is obvious that 5G has some extraordinary features and advantages. 5G has better coverage area and high data rate at the edge of the cell, It has low battery consumption, Availability of multiple data transfer path, Around 1 Gbps data rate is easily possible, Security is more, Energy efficiency and spectral efficiency are good.Due to the above advantages, 5th generation wireless system is very much essential.

Searching Big Data at 40 Gbit/s.

Big Data technology is meant to be a solution when data becomes voluminous and complex enough where it cannot be handled and processed by traditional solutions. So while Big Data does it’s job of handling and processing, there is also a need for fast searching and finding data within such enormous volume. A recent development by Fujitsu allows searching through such enormous and complex data at 40 Gbit/s.

Intel’s Silicon Photonic Link to transfer data at Tbit/s within, and with other computers.

Intel has built a prototype Silicon Photonic link that has successfully been tested to transfer data at 50 Gbit/s, and they’re currently working on pushing the limits to a speed in terabits per second. The following video explains the working of Silicon Photonics.

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First Hyperloop Could Blaze a Trail Between Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Hyperloop One, which aims to fulfill the vision of high-speed transportation promoted by Elon Musk, has signed a deal to develop a line between Dubai and UAE capital Abu Dhabi, Dubai reportedly announced this week.

No financial terms have been disclosed, but the project reportedly will have several stations throughout Dubai connecting the hyperloop system to Abu Dhabi.

Pods will carry passengers and cargo between the two.

Other Problems for Hyperloop

Regulatory and other issues also could have driven the hyperloop project abroad.

"Here in the United States, a project has to be competitive with other forms of transportation -- and there many alternatives," observed Michael Jude, a program manager at Stratecast/Frost & Sullivan.

U.S. regulators haven't a clue how to deal with the hyperloop, he told TechNewsWorld.

Further, safety is an issue, because "you've got this thing going at marginal supersonic speeds 20 feet above ground, and if a truck or something ran into one of the supports and damaged or knocked down a tube, you've got a ballistic missile," Jude said. "The liability is going to be unthinkable."

Such projects must be cost-justified in the U.S., which might be difficult, he suggested, and there is also the specter of terrorism.

There are no markets outside the U.S. that would support a hyperloop, Jude maintained.

"This is a solution looking for a problem," he said. It's hideously expensive, and it's a great terrorist target." 

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Chromecast Ultra

What is Chromecast Ultra?

Stream up to 4K Ultra HD & HDR picture quality over your WiFi network with Chromecast Ultra, a streaming device that plugs into your TV’s HDMI port. Chromecast Ultra provides fast, reliable performance with minimal buffering and smoother streaming.

Use your iPhone®, iPad®, Android device, or laptop to stream thousands of Cast-enabled apps.

A better way to get 4K video and more to your TV

You’ll enjoy a crisper picture, deeper color, and smoother video when streaming 4K content to a 4K TV with Chromecast Ultra*.

Whether your TV is 4K or HD, Chromecast Ultra automatically optimizes your content for the best picture quality possible.

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Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

The virtual reality computer-generated simulation of a three-dimensional image or environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by a person using special electronic equipment, such as a helmet with a screen inside or gloves fitted with sensors.

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Li-Fi technology And How it Works

Li-Fi:

Light Fidelity or Li-Fi is a Visible Light Communications (VLC) system running wireless communications travelling at very high speeds. Li-Fi uses common household LED (light emitting diodes) lightbulbs to enable data transfer, boasting speeds of up to 224 gigabits per second.

How it Works

Li-Fi and Wi-Fi are quite similar as both transmit data electromagnetically. However, Wi-Fi uses radio waves while Li-Fi runs on visible light.

As we now know, Li-Fi is a Visible Light Communications (VLC) system. This means that it accommodates a photo-detector to receive light signals and a signal processing element to convert the data into 'stream-able' content.

An LED lightbulb is a semi-conductor light source meaning that the constant current of electricity supplied to an LED lightbulb can be dipped and dimmed, up and down at extremely high speeds, without being visible to the human eye.

For example, data is fed into an LED light bulb (with signal processing technology), it then sends data (embedded in its beam) at rapid speeds to the photo-detector (photodiode).

The tiny changes in the rapid dimming of LED bulbs is then converted by the 'receiver' into electrical signal.

The signal is then converted back into a binary data stream that we would recognise as web, video and audio applications that run on internet enables devices. [You might also like: What is microservices?]

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Google Home

Google Home

Google Home is a Wi-Fi speaker that also works as a smarthome control center and an assistant for the whole family. You can use it to playback entertainment throughout your entire house, effortlessly manage every-day tasks, and ask Google what you want to know.

HardWare:

Reports have surfaced that Google Home - due to its relation to Chromecast - will have the same ARM processor and Wi-Fi chip as the models, though no specific hardware listing has been released.[4][12] It will include dual microphones, and for privacy concerns, will have a mute button for the microphone to silence all communication toward it

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Amazon Echo

Amazon Echo:

Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. Echo connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more—instantly. All you have to do is ask.

Echo has seven microphones and beam forming technology so it can hear you from across the room—even while music is playing. Echo is also an expertly tuned speaker that can fill any room with 360° immersive sound. When you want to use Echo, just say the wake word "Alexa" and Echo responds instantly. If you have more than one Echo or Echo Dot, Alexa responds intelligently from the Echo you're closest to with ESP (Echo Spatial Perception). 

When you want to use Echo, simply say the wake word, "Alexa," and Echo lights up and streams audio to the cloud, where the Alexa Voice Service is leveraged to recognize and respond to your request instantly. about voice recognition on Echo.

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Gesture-Based Remote Control

Gesture recognition is a fairly simple idea that is only now making its way into consumer electronics. The idea is to employ a camera (such as a laptop's Webcam) to watch the user and react to the person's hand signals. Holding your palm out flat would indicate "stop," for example, if you're playing a movie or a song. And waving a fist around in the air could double as a pointing system: You would just move your fist to the right to move the pointer right, and so on.

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Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch

   The Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch launches in the US next week, the device will be available from the 18th of November.

  There will be two models available the Samsung Gear S3 Classic and the Frontier and now Samsung has released a new promo video for the Gear S3.   In the video below  we get to see some of the features on the new Gear S3 as well  as now the bezel is used for navigation and controlling functions on the device.

Samsung’s new smartwatch is equipped with a 1.3 inch Super AMOLE display that has a resolution of 360 x 36- pixels and it is powered by a dual core processor clocked at 1GHz.  Other specifications on the device include include 768MB of RAM and 4GB of built in storage. The Samsung Gear S3 Frontier and Classic will go on sale in the US next week and they will each cost $349.99. 

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Electric smart trucks charging toward market

 

With electric cars gradually overcoming range and pricing obstacles to become more competitive with liquid fuel contemporaries, electric vehicle technology is branching out, little by little. Tesla has plans to introduce trucks and buses next year, and Daimler announced Fuso E-Cell truck trials earlier this year. Now a lesser known player is revealing its own e-truck plans. British outfit Charge, the official electric truck partner of Formula E, has provided the first look at its futuristic production model, which it plans to start rolling out on highways next year.

We're not really in love with the wall-like front-end - the more rounded driver cab of Charge's Formula E prototype support truck looks a little less ridiculous - but Charge claims that the real innovation will come in the construction behind that flat face. At a reveal event in London last week, it detailed plans to build electric trucks, sized 3.5 to 26 tonnes, from lightweight composites, using a modular method that allows one person to assemble a full truck in just four hours, equating to a 10,000-truck/year production capacity with a staff of just 10.

"We find trucks today totally unacceptable," says Charge CEO Denis Sverdlov. "At Charge we are making trucks the way they should be - affordable, elegant, quiet, clean and safe. We are removing all the barriers to entry for electric vehicles by pricing them in line with conventional trucks, giving every fleet manager, tradesman or company the opportunity to change the way they transport goods and make our towns and cities better places to live in."

Charge's truck design doesn't just look futuristic; it's built with the future in mind. The company claims its trucks will be autonomous -ready, capable of being upgraded with self-driving capabilities when the regulatory environment so allows. Other hardware systems will also be up gradable, relying on over-the-air updates, just like smartphones and other mobile gadgets.

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