[Big Intelligence Agency] China officially releases its first Mars rover; next-generation video technology achieves major breakthrough | Digital transformation case included

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China officially releases its first Mars rover

Brief News: China's Mars Exploration Project released the 1:1 landing platform and rover of Tianwen- 1, China's first Mars exploration mission. The most eye-catching feature of the rover is the mast erected at the front end, and the square device on the top is like the head of the robot. The rover is also equipped with 4 "big wings", which are solar panels . In addition, the rover is also equipped with detection radar, magnetic field detector and meteorological measuring instrument, which can conduct all-round detection of Mars.

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Gangtie said: This Mars exploration is the first mission in China's planetary exploration stage and a new milestone in China's deep space exploration. The Mars rover will carry out important missions such as patrolling and exploring the surface of Mars, opening the door to Mars for China, allowing us to truly enter deep space, approach Mars, and unveil its mysterious veil.

Next-generation video technology achieves major breakthrough

Brief news: According to Alibaba Cloud's official microblog, the new generation of international video coding standard H.266 (VVC) , which was developed with the participation of Alibaba Damo Academy's XG Lab, has been released. It will save nearly 50% of transmission traffic at the same image quality . The higher the definition , the more bit rate is saved and the more traffic is saved .

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Gangtie said: Technological breakthroughs bring about an upgrade in experience, and the video industry may usher in another innovation.

Neuralink reveals brain-computer interface black technology

News in Brief: Following the release of the first brain-computer interface product last year, Neuralink, a brain-computer interface research company led by Musk, has made new moves. Neuralink is working on a product that allows users to listen to music directly through the chip .

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Gangtie said: However, we still don’t know how Neuralink’s new brain-computer interface product will bypass the ears and cochlear nerves and transmit music into the brain.

Japanese company invents smart mask that can talk

Brief: A Japanese company called "Donut Labs" has developed a smart mask that connects to a smartphone app via Bluetooth to convert voice into text messages. It can also perform voice dictation and make phone calls . While protecting against the new coronavirus, it also supports translating the wearer's words (from Japanese) into 8 languages ​​including Vietnamese, English, Spanish, and Chinese.

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Steel said: Are masks going to take over the work of translation machines? Whether it is useless or a translation tool, we still have to wait and see how the international epidemic develops.

Ford achieves smarter car vision and autonomous driving

News in brief: Ford has reached an agreement with Intel. In order to give future cars better visual effects , Mobileye visual sensing technology will be used in driver assistance systems , and Mobileye EyeQ will be used in systems such as Ford Co-Pilot360 , including hardware and software, and will eventually form part of the technology behind Ford's active driver assistance system in 2021.

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Gangtie said: Let’s not talk about Ford for now. This is a major victory for Intel, which has always positioned Mobileye as its main technology in the field of ADAS technology.

Apple Glasses can turn any surface into a touchscreen

Brief: A recently disclosed patent application shows that Apple has proposed a new way to present AR information , so that any surface of an object will appear to the wearer of Apple glasses as a control panel with buttons and a display. Users do not need to wear fingertip sensors , and the camera can identify the location of the user's finger tapping.

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Gangtie said: Various information about Apple Glasses has been revealed since the patent application. There are even reports that augmented reality devices such as Apple Glasses will be unveiled at the autumn conference in September. Let us wait and see.

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