Wuhan to build biggest AV trial zone; Sweden bans Huawei, ZTE 5G

#India #transport - Deep tech startup NAYAN India Science and Technologies leverages AI and computer vision for informatics and video analytics to monitor roadways and highways for infrastructure hazards and traffic violations. (YourStory)

#India #AI - The Indian startup ecosystem is also seeing a surge in startups leveraging AI and ML to tap into new opportunities. As of February 2020, the market had 2,045 AI startups and more than 17,000 market followers. A report by industry body Nasscom noted that Data and AI can add $450-500 billion to India’s GDP by 2025. (YourStory)

#China #AVs - Dongfeng Motor officially launched on October 19 its autonomous driving project in Wuhan, attempting to build China’s biggest demonstration zone for autonomous driving application in the capital of Hubei province. (Autonews)

#Japan #healthcare - Japanese data analysis company Fronteo aims to begin clinical trials as soon as early next year on a diagnostic tool for dementia that uses AI. Fronteo’s AI system analyses 5- to 10-minute conversations between a patient and a doctor. (Asia Nikkei - subscription)

#China #robotics - Globally, there are 113 installed industrial robots per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing sector, an increase from 74 just four years ago. China had a density rate of 25 units in 2013, which grew to 97 by 2017. In 2019, that figure had grown once again to 187. (China Daily)

#China #AIpolicy - AI has gained increasing momentum and been widely applied in various sectors, thus becoming a driving force of scientific and technological development during China’s 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period. (China Daily)

#China #India #5G - India and Japan have agreed to cooperate in a number of telecom and IT-related fields, including 5G and AI India and Japan have together finalised a cybersecurity agreement that will promote cooperation in key areas, in what appears a clear attempt to distance from Chinese technology. (Techwire Asia)

#China ##US #Huaweiban - Huawei Technologies can continue to expand its global smart city business in 2021 despite the U.S. crackdown that is threatening the Chinese company’s flagship smartphone operations, a senior Huawei executive has told Nikkei Asia. (Asia Nikkei - subscription)

#China #Sweden #US #Huaweiban - Sweden has become the latest country to ban Chinese telecoms groups Huawei and ZTE from its 5G mobile networks. The Swedish telecoms regulator said Tuesday that, following advice from the country’s armed forces and security, it had decided to ban Huawei and ZTE from new installations ahead of next month’s 5G auctions. (FT)

#China #exportlaw - On October 17 the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) passed the Export Control Law of the People’s Republic of China, which will take effect on December 1, 2020. The ECL establishes China’s first comprehensive framework for restricting exports of military and dual-use products and technology for national security and public policy reasons. (Lexology)

#China #drones - On September 20 2020, 3,051 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles took to the skies to break the record for the most UAVs airborne simultaneously. The dazzling, record-breaking light show was achieved by Shenzhen Damoda Intelligent Control Technology Co., Ltd. (China) in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. (Guinness World Records)

Carrington Malin is a UAE-based entrepreneur, marketer and writer who focuses on emerging technologies.