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Hailed as the future gold mine of the digital economy, the Internet of Things encompasses billions of connected objects whose data is managed on networks. How can we meet the connectivity needs of all these connected objects? How can we develop an ecosystem of applications and services that turns innovation into tangible benefits in our daily lives? That is up for debate.

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Standard prpl operating system strengthens Livebox ecosystem

• The prpl Foundation (pronounced “purple”) focuses on the interoperability and security of Wi-Fi boxes and extenders.
• Orange Liveboxes will soon use prplOS as their operating system, allowing application ecosystems to be developed.
• Orange OpenTech is showcasing three examples of how prpl can be used. These include downloading a content filtering application from an app store, prioritising bandwidth for successful videocalls and extending the lifespan of the box hardware by allowing for behaviour modifications on the software side.

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An industrial maintenance solution combining AI, a 5G private network and IoT

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Soft Robotics Lab – ETH Zürich (lab head: Prof. Robert Katzschmann (not in the picture). From left to right: Jose Greminger (Master student), Pablo Paniagua (Master student), Jakob Schreiner (visiting PhD student), Aiste Balciunaite (PhD student), Miriam Filippi (Established researcher), and Asia Badolato (PhD student).
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When will we see living robots? The challenges facing biohybrid robotics

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person wearing bioelectronic fibre arrays for dual-ECG signal acquisition / credit: Wenyu Wang and Yuan Shui
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Bioelectronics: disease monitoring sensors that can be printed directly onto human skin

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Artificial pollination: robotic solutions that aim to supplement the work of bees

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Biomimetics: can robots outperform animals?

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Autonomous cars: the five levels of autonomy

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