CES 2018 Highlights Global Innovation “VMI's Best of the Best”

CES 2018 Highlights Global Innovation “VMI’s Best of the Best”

By Vanguard Marketing International, Inc. www.e-vmi.com v.2 February 2018

CES is the largest global gathering of innovation and connectivity! Top takeaways:  Partnerships are driving innovation via underlying advancements in autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI)  Significant US and Chinese AI cooperation, communication and creativity with no boundary; a good thing?  Human Augmentation, Assistants and Health/Wellness… providing extraordinary benefits for all of us!

 Broke last year’s record of more than 184,000 attendees – Each VMI analyst walked 27+ miles over 4 days!

 From more than 150 countries  At Eureka Park: Over 900 startups  55,000 international attendees ➢ National Science Foundation, Kickstarter  4,000 exhibiting companies Indiegogo, and International Incubators

 2.75 million ft2 of exhibit space  6,500 members of the media

See What’s Next, Be What’s Next!  20+ years attending CES, 10+ Annual VMI CES Best-of-the-Best Reports  VMI Analysts canvas the halls, uncover enabling technologies and breakthroughs, and help our clients apply them to new growth initiatives  For a personal or executive team webinar tour – contact us at 480-488-5707 or [email protected]

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©2018 Vanguard Marketing International, Inc. www.e-vmi.com VMI’s 2018 CES Best of the Best - January 2018 480-488-5707 Pg | 2 #1 Everywhere at CES 2018 (no kidding) Voice/Virtual Assistant & Connectivity Behind the hype, Amazon, Google, Baidu, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung… are at War!

What’s at stake? Control over your home, your purchases, your leisure, your life…

Who will be the defacto winner? Who will know everything about you and what you buy? AI Assistants Who will get to serve you (their stuff, their ideas)?

CES 2018 became the latest battleground for these global tech giants…

©2018 Vanguard Marketing International, Inc. www.e-vmi.com VMI’s 2018 CES Best of the Best - January 2018 480-488-5707 Pg | 3  VMI’s 2018 CES Top Picks and Best of the Best Last Year’s Disruptors Top Picks THE “WOW” VISION – BELL AIR TAXI ON-DEMAND –P5 Personal THE “WOW” BIG SCREENS – SAMSUNG & LG –P6 Favorites THE “WOW” PARTNERSHIPS – TUSIMPLE / NVIDIA AUTONOMY –P7  Best of the Best

Smart Cities –p9 Power Charging & Battery –p17 AI and Autonomy: Our suggestion on how  Databuoy – ShotPoint Shooter Detection  OSSIA – Long Range Charging  Processors at the Edge –p24  NEC NeoFace Recognition Wall  ProLogium – Solid State Lithium Flexible Battery best to review ➢ Horizon Robotics Enterprise / Industry -p10 3D Additive Manufacturing and 3D Scanning –p18 ➢ Intel Movidius Neural Compute Stick VMI’s Best of the Best…  Turing Video Physical Security Robots and Drones  Ethereal Machines – 5D Printing ➢ Intel Loihi, Neuropmorphic processor  nUAViation Utility Drones  ARTEC 3D AI based scanner ➢ Novumind Ai Accelerator  Site1001 Building IoT Integration ➢Sit down, choose a  Davis Instruments Agriculture IoT Integration Quantum Computing & Encryption –p19  Algorithm Training, Remotely Operated Vehicles -p25  section, start reading  Dassault Systemes Incubator IBM Q ➢ Sigma Integrale – FM Vehicle Simulation and ROV   Patent Dive DIY Patents Intel Tangle Lake ➢ Cognata – Sim/Mod Data  Gigavation Gigashield Encryption ➢ Cvedia SynCity – Simulation for ML ➢Take you time and think AR/VR –p13  FLIR Systems / ARSENZ ThermoGlass Wearable Health & Wellness:  Safety, Navigation, Anti Spoofing –p26 about the innovation  LOOXID Labs VR & Eye Tracking  AI Applied & Non Invasive Precision Health –p20 ➢ Intel Mobileye – Responsibility, Sensitive Safety (with a cup of coffee or  NCCODEC Video Compression ➢ Selvas Checkup – Cancer/ Chronic AI Prediction ➢ Clearmotion – Active Car Suspension  STM Brands – AR for Retailers ➢ Foodmarble – Manage Digestive Issues ➢ CivilMaps – Sensor-agnostic Vehicle Maps a glass of wine)  AIPOLY – Assistant-Free Shopping ➢ Focus Ultrasound Foundation ➢ Regulus Cyber – Spoofing Protection ➢ Neural Analytics – Stroke to trauma  Solid State LiDAR (machine vision) –p28 Touch –p15 ➢ Neurovalens – Neural Weight loss device ➢Then watch the  Synaptics Optical In-Display Fingerprint Sensor ➢ Tetravue  Ultrahaptics SDK for Mid-Air Haptics  Adaptive Hearing, Speech, Vision –p22 ➢ LeddarTech corresponding video.  Proximity NUI – New kind of HCI ➢ Nura Nuraphone – Adaptive Hearing ➢ Resound – Optimized hearing aid ➢Enjoy! Positioning / Imaging –p16 ➢ Tobii Dynavox – Speech generator  TDK / AKM High Accuracy TMR 3-Axis Magnetometer ➢ PH Technical Labs Dynafocal – Adjusts focus  LOKATUR Relative Positioning ➢ Orcam Technologies – For the Blind/Partial Blind  On Semiconductor Digital Image / Depth Mapping YouTube icon - click on icon to launch each video.

BELL Air Taxi – A New Level for Urban Air Mobility On-Demand Texas • Imagine -- a 10 minutes trip versus 1 ½ hours! • This seamlessly orchestrated experience by the Texas-based Bell Helicopter Company makes us believers in the future of on-demand air-commuting! It’s thrilling! A Winning Pedigree • This is about shared electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) transport that elevates us Capt. Charles Yeager Air Force’s Bell-built X-1 Supersonic Research Aircraft above congested streets and gets you where you need to be in a blink of an eye. Broke the sound barrier Oct 14, 1947 • Comfortable and relaxing; Bell wants eVTOL taxis to be accessible, affordable and reliable! • Bell is currently working with Uber to create a network of on-demand eVTOL aircraft. • And it’s closer than you think… target demonstration by 2020; On demand by 2025-2030… Dallas, New York, Dubai, and Los Angeles!

Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about the Bell and their Air Taxi

Bell Commercial Helicopters

USMC Bell V-22 Osprey

Video Credits: Wired Magazine Jan 2018

An Uber envisioned route

South Korea SAMSUNG 146-inch MicroLED 4K “The Wall” Modular TV • The World’s First Modular TV Wall measures 146 inches and uses MicroLED technology to produce its picture. Available this year; price not yet available • Scale up or down; Make it the size and number of screens you want. • The elimination of bezels has long been a market need, and could dominate the competition in increasingly competitive top tier segments. Driven by AI, gaming and business applications. Photo Credit: Slash Gear • And… yes, it doubles as a Bixby Assistant-enabled smart home hub SAMSUNG 85-inch 8K AI Technology • Samsung's AI technology based on machine learning analyzes the TV content and automatically upscales low-resolution 720p and 1080p images into 8K picture quality • Detail Creation (AI enhanced); Edge Restoration (sharp contrast out of grainy South Korea words); and Noise Reduction (making image crystal clear) Photo Credit: Samsung Website

Photos Credit: Samsung Website Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Big Screens and AI South Korea

LG Rollable OLED & Smart Home Hub – CONCEPT • OLED TV W8 will be among the first TV’s to be powered by LG’s new a9 Intelligent Processor, which powers the new LG ThinQ AI solution that doubles as a Google Assistant-enabled smart home hub • The internal components are housed within a connected sound bar so they don’t occupy space behind the screen like they would normally. • It is currently a prototype; available in a few years.

©2018Photo Vanguard Credit: EngadgetMarketing International, Inc. www.e-vmi.com VMI’s 2018 CES Best of the Best - January 2018 480-488-5707 Pg | 6 Return to Index THE “WOW” PARTNERSHIPS - TUSIMPLE / NVIDIA AUTONOMY

TUSIMPLE Autonomous Future of Long Haul Trucking - maybe as early as 2019 San Diego, China • Partnered with NVIDIA, TuSimple, a Chinese startup founded in 2015, presented its Level 4 autonomous technology in a Class 8 Peterbilt truck to the general public at CES 2018 for the first time • The company’s U.S. operations are based out of San Diego, and this past July it established a testing facility in Arizona, where the truck has successfully traveled about 10,000 miles between Phoenix and Tucson. • By the end of 2018, they hope to expand the fleet to 25 truck. • TuSimple has built a similar truck fleet in China, where real-world testing is also underway. Fleet caravans controlled by a single driver • Their full stack solution is built on the NVIDIA DRIVE computing platform, with 200-meter detection, tracking, and distance estimation using 9 EO video cameras and 3 Millimeter Wave Radar units. The system capabilities includes meter-level localization in various conditions, automated HD mapping with lane-level information. • Founded in 2015, $83.1M in VC funding; With the exception of Nvidia (Series B - 2017), all investors are based in China Photo Credit: Neil Abt / Fleet Owner • Core tech from: Caltech, Hong Kong Univ., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Nanyang Technological Univ., Waseda Univ., Toyota and General Motors Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Autonomy

Pegasus is built on California two Xavier SoCs and two next- generation NVIDIA NVIDIA Xavier is key to NVIDIA DRIVE, the Pegasus AI Computing Platform for Level 5 autonomy GPUs. • Xavier is a key part of the NVIDIA DRIVE Pegasus AI computing platform. Delivering the performance of a trunk full of PCs in an auto-grade form factor the size of a license plate, it’s the world’s first AI car supercomputer designed for fully autonomous Level 5 robotaxis. • Customers will get the first samples of Pegasus with its 320 trillion operations per second of processing performance in mid-2018. • Bringing AI to every aspect of the driving experience and providing a technological path forward for 320+ companies and organizations working with NVIDIA on autonomous vehicles. • Xavier is the most complex system on a chip ever created with more than 9 billion transistors. It is built around a custom 8-core CPU, a new deep learning accelerator, a 512-core Volta GPU, a new computer vision accelerators and a new 8K HDR video processor. • Xavier was created by a network of over 2,000 NVIDIA engineers over a four-year period, and an investment of $2bn in research and development.

Photo Credit: NEC Corporation Virginia DATABUOY ShotPoint Shooter Detection System • After last October’s deadly mass shooting of concertgoers in Las Vegas, this hostile fire indicator system got everyone’s attention • The ShotPoint sensor network system integrates seamlessly within buildings and smart city street lights for quick detection and localization of gunfire. When a trigger is pulled it takes roughly a second to detect, with full detection and localization rates within 30 seconds or less. A text comes to your phone with locations, latitude and longitude followed seconds later with a picture of the suspect and video in realtime • The Pentagon has looked to ShotPoint as the standard for the industry • In 2016 received Seed funding of $250K from Varkain; refer to website for partners. Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Data Buoy and their Shooter Detection Systems Photo Credit: Databuoy

NEC NeoFace Recognition Wall Japan • Fastest and most accurate biometric facial recognition under all conditions… • Correctly recognize faces up to a 45-degree angle, within 0.2- 0.5 seconds from existing video surveillance systems • Provides real-time non intrusive watch list detection and real-time alerts • NEC’s plan is to disrupt the facility badging market for access control, tracking journeys, and dual factor authentication. • Nikkei IPO in 1999; Facial Recognition Wall was developed through IRAD. Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about NEC’s Facial Recognition Wall

California TURING VIDEO Smart Robots, Drones and AI Solutions - Nimbo • Applying AI to robotic security systems; Recently the company partnered with Segway Robotics (Loomo) to develop a small moving camera platform for patrolling perimeters. The system creates a 24 hour patrol and coupled with the AI it can identify situations (activity recognition) occurring and disseminate real-time alerts with video evidence for action. • Allows you to operate your robot on mobile devices from anywhere. • Ideal markets include: Residential, Public Safety, Parking Lots, Smart Facilities and Industrial settings • AI algorithms excludes non-human events such as lights changing or leaves shaking; perfect for monitoring industrial complexes • Debuted the Nimbo at CES 2018 alongside its partner, Segway Robotics Photo Credit: Loomo Segway Robotics Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Turing Video and AI-Applied to Robots and UAVs

NUAVIATION Hyperlift Drone Florida • Founded in 2017, nUAViation is focused on mass production of a UAV capable of a dead-lift of 200 lbs. • For a variety of industries including: Agriculture, Construction, Fire Fighting, Law Enforcement, Military (resupply) and Search & Rescue (single person extraction of life raft drop) • Additional option: a tethered UAV for continuous operation (lift and or shooter detection). • Total electric – 20-45 min; Hybrid gas/electric – 2-3 hours Photo Credit: nUAViation • Looking for partnerships and entrance into markets; Thus far there has been no active funding rounds. Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about nUAViation and Heavy-Lift Drones

SITE 1001 Smart AI Powered Building Operations; Facilities California Management Platform • Mobile interface will show real-time activity from building sensors and IoT systems; and • Predicatively bring up work order details along with all the other information property managers and maintenance teams need to get their jobs done right, on-location, the first time. • This system reduces costs in building operations by enabling continuity in its operation and tracks work orders according to regulatory compliance • Asset depreciation, utilization, and personnel represents 40% of the cost of operations Photo Credit: Site 1001 • Set-up: the system provides automatic asset import, is IoT & Sensor ready, allows unlimited users, and offers location-based control. • The Series A: $6m (2017); Pre-money valuation: $28m; Investors: JE Dunn Construction, ward.ventures, TIFEC, KCRise Fund, Flyover Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Site 1001 and Smart Facilities Management

DAVIS INSTRUMENTS EnviroMonitor California • EnviroMonitor provides a way for growers/farmers to make managing crops efficient and profitable. • How? EnviroMonitor gathers intelligence by measuring, monitoring and managing critical field data related to climate, irrigation, and crop production. Add almost any sensor to suit your needs and microclimate. • Sensor data is gathered over a secure, self-optimizing, self-healing network. • Affordable, reliable, easy to operate, can support over 80 sensors from Davis Instruments and other leading sensor manufacturers • Farmers are able to access information on their phone or tablet; focus is on improving crop health and yield • Developed by Davis Instruments, a weather monitoring hardware company. Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more EnviroMonitor and Low-Cost Agricultural Data Gathering via Mesh Networks

Photo Credit: Davis Instruments

DASSAULT SYSTEMES 3DEXPERIENCE Lab France • Dassault’s worldwide startup accelerator provides cloud-based GUI and development software for quick prototyping, design, analysis and simulation. • Provides a cloud-based 3D experience for incubating business entrepreneurs—from concept drawings to initial CAD design, 3D printing through test marketing and final production. • Enterprise customers also have the ability to engage with the 3DEXPERIENCE Center team in order to outsource engineering work. • The Lab was launched in 2015; Brings together 12 Dassault brands and makes them available to the 210,000+ enterprise customers and 12,600 partners

Photo Credit: Dassault Systemes Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about 3DEXPERIENCE Lab and Decentralized, Rapid Prototyping 3DEXPERIENCE Lab Enables Innovative Maker’s Projects at Boston Fab Lab • Boston Fab Labs provides an opportunity for people, students, makers and innovators to meet, learn, share and create together. Today, they utilize 3DEXPERIENCE Lab’s GUI and development software. • Notably set up in collaboration with MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms to be an important node in the network of global fab labs and facilitate digital fabrication. Contact: http://www.fabfoundation.org/

PATENTDIVE Rapid Patent Drafting Software for the Inventor-Engineer Louisiana • Meeting with lawyers and trying to explain your invention can be frustrating for both parties; It’s also expensive and time consuming. This visual analytics system is a complete DIY program that results in fast, best-practice application for patent drafting. • Automated steps with mind-mapping streamlines patent documentation – and usable by the inventor-engineer; turn around time for high quality, robust patent documentation is ONE DAY for $1K (versus $10-$15K). Speeds up the process! • Creator, Eric Leininger went from a PhD in Neuroscience to a registered Patent Agent and programmer • Founded in 2013, and funded in part by NSF, Xavier University, Louisiana Economic Development, and The Catalyst Fund Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about PatentDive and Automated Patenting Software Photo Credit: PatentDive ©2018 Vanguard Marketing International, Inc. www.e-vmi.com VMI’s 2018 CES Best of the Best - January 2018 480-488-5707 Pg | 12 Return to Index AR/VR & STREAMING – PRACTICAL ADVANCEMENTS

Oregon FLIR SYSTEMS / ARSENZ ThermoGlass in a Wearable • 1st IR Hands-Free Wearable. ARSENZ ThermoGlass allows you to stay focused on the object you are inspecting, while simultaneously using your hands for other important tasks, such as operating machinery and tools. • It has taken just a short three years working in the commercial sector for FLIR to enable its new partners to truly develop new markets for thermal imaging! • 2018 partners: Tinker Forge, DJI, Casio, Panasonic and ARSENZ Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about FLIR and Augmented Reality

South Korea LOOXID LABS Better understanding of unspoken emotions • LooxidVR - First mobile VR headset to provide interface for both eyes and the brain • Two eye tracking cameras and 6 EEG brainwave sensors are embedded to seamlessly measure and log eye and brain activity without having to do so manually; Brain signals and eye movements are correlated for richer data harvesting. • $750k venture round funding (2016). Potential drug-free treatment for mental disorders and ADHD 1 Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Looxid Labs and VR with Brainwave Analysis

NGCODEC Next Gen Video Compression enabling VR from the Cloud California • Imagine – HD VR from the Cloud with no bandwidth or latency issues…AND 10x less $ than local processing. Yes…. It’s possible! • NGCodec’s agile startup team has created RealityCodec™, a video compressor-decompressor technology optimized for ultra-low latency, high-quality applications -- providing consumers with desktop level performance of VR in head-mounted display by leveraging the cloud • By deploying mobile edge servers with built-in Reality Codec encoders, service providers will be positioned to provide VR experiences as a service to consumers in the near term! • Series A: $8m from Xilinx, funding in part from NSF and Belmore Capital (2018) Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about NGCodec’s VR Cloud-Based Compression Photo Credit: NGCodec ©2018 Vanguard Marketing International, Inc. www.e-vmi.com VMI’s 2018 CES Best of the Best - January 2018 480-488-5707 Pg | 13 Return to Index RETAIL AR/VISION API: CONVENIENCE

Australia STM Brands - AR Assistance to Help Retailers be More Successful • This is about brands helping retailers be more successful with customers using AR to engage with products at brick & mortar stores • Feedback from retailers and consumers --- VERY positive • Using AR allows for the consumer to see greater details of a potential purchase (in this case a backpack) such as its construction. It allows for an assisted sale in an un-assisted environment. Trying to tell the person what the product is about when a sales person isn’t there to assist you • Launched during CES 2018 – looking to create partnerships with retailers Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about STM Brands and their solution for AR-Assistance for Retail

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AIPOLY Vision API – For Assistant-Free Shopping California • B2B solution to enable a consumer’s products get onto shelves using AI, no queues, no checkout – Note, this is similar technology that may drive the new Amazon brick and mortar stores • Using biometrics, computer vision, and automatic bank card clearing, • AI Poly enables the ability to make any location a store, with lower manpower requirements for tracking customers and reducing theft • Complete shopping autonomy for convenience stores, distribution centers, and coming soon: gas stations • AI Poly seeks to enable both smart shopping experiences, in addition to systems that assist visually and Photo Credit: AI Poly audio impaired individuals Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about AIPoly’s Assistant-Free Shopping

SYNAPTICS Optical In-Display Fingerprint Sensor California • Clear ID FS9500 biometric authentication via an optical fingerprint sensor – one touch anywhere on the display • For smartphones with edge-to-edge infinity displays or near bezel-less displays, the sensors are fast, convenient and secure. • Available with SentryPoint technology, offering OEMs a wide-range of unique and highly secure authentication features including: Quantum Matcher for adaptive fingerprint images using unique artificial intelligence technology to distinguish between spoofs and actual fingers; and SecureLink which combines support for TLS protocol with ECC authentication and AES encryption • Synaptics is a global leader in capacitive sensing technology Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Synaptics’ In-Display Fingerprint Sensor Photo Credit: Synaptics, Inc. ULTRAHAPTICS Touch Development Kit for Mid-Air Haptics England • Founded in 2013, the company is focused on utilizing ultrasound to generate tangible sensations (mid-air haptics). • Envisioned applications include: VR & Gaming, Appliances, Automotive (Bosch Automotive), Hologram ATMs, and Multimedia. • The form factor is designed to act just as a touchscreen does today without the need of physically connecting with a device. Currently the company is offering development kits and evaluation programs for developers and partners. • The company is working on creating an intuitive solution that can also provide safety in environments such as cars. • Concluded Series B May 2017 with $23M; total $40M invested; Pedigree: MIT, Stanford, University of Singapore, University Bristol. Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Ultrahaptics and their Kit for Mid-Air Haptics Photo Credit: UltraHaptics

Proximity NUI – New kind of Human Computer Interactions Canada • Expands computer interaction beyond touch screens • Their AI helps to tie in currently deployed sensors to gain better insights into the users proximately; NUI leverages vibrational and electromagnetic properties of devices and their immediate surrounding through already implemented software. • In addition developers are enabled to implement human-computer interactions with personal devices. • The (software only) SDK, proximately HCI, tools with over 30 inputs for developers Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Proximity NUI and their solution for new ways to interact with computers Photo Credit: Proximity NUI

TDK and AKM Corporation - High Accuracy TMR 3-axis Magnetometer1 2 Japan • The tiny, highly sensitive magnetic sensor can detect minute changes in magnetic fields very precisely, enabling the highly accurate detection of both position and orientation with the help of the Earth’s magnetic field or a magnetic field generator • Ideal for compact devices like smartphones, tablets, wearables and other applications that demand high position and orientation precision such as AR, VR, MR, gesture recognition, game controller, and indoor navigation and suitable for IoT devices. • High sensitivity of 10 nT/LSB; Industry’s lowest RMS noise of just 40 nT-rms; Dimensions of just 1.6 mm x 1.6 mm x 0.6 mm • Joint development between TDK ($10B business) and Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about TDK and AKM’s High Accuracy TMR 3-Axis Magnetometer Photo Credit: AKM Corp LOKATUR LokateMe! Relative Positioning Utah • LokateMe! Is a wireless (XBEE) array sensor that interfaces to a mobile app and renders nearby wireless devices on a 3D image relative to the array (or mobile device) • Accuracy from 5 inches to no more than 2 feet for most application • Find your missing wireless devices such as other phones, IoT wearables; • Can be used for near field radar for vehicle location, auto-navigation of drones, AR tags, and more • Self-funded startup; has worked on PNT programs with China Lake and the US Army Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Lokatur’s LokateMe! Photo Credit: Lokatur ON SEMICONDUCTOR Tiny, Digital Image Sensor with Depth Mapping Arizona • A new image sensor with embedded functionality allows customers to capture a color image and simultaneous depth map from a single device! • Specs: 1/3.2-inch Back Side Illuminated (BSI) 4 Megapixel CMOS digital image sensor (AR0340) providing 120 frames per second and slow motion support; Will be in full production later in Q1.2018 • ideal for use in IoT applications including wearable devices, AR/VR products and other designs including video doorbells and security cameras. Photo Credit: On Semiconductor Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about ON Semiconductor’s AR0340 Sensor ©2018 Vanguard Marketing International, Inc. www.e-vmi.com VMI’s 2018 CES Best of the Best - January 2018 480-488-5707 Pg | 16 Return to Index POWER CHARGING & BATTERY

Washington OSSIA - Long Range Wireless Power for IoT, Batteries, Smartphones, and Automotive • Imagine, power cords being obsolete… in the next 10-15 years! Ossia’s focused power delivers 2 watts at 1 meter3 • Ossia’s Cota® technology uses radio frequency (2.4 GHz frequency) , much like WiFi, and delivers wireless power while in motion and without contact or line-of-sight limits • The company is currently working through FCC approval (Jan 2018)1 and expects deployment later this year or next. • Transmitter technology is licensed that looks like a ceiling tile, a smart speaker, and a device that you could use as a double AA battery • Current product line has grown to focus on living areas, automobiles, office, medical, wearables, industrial, and the military2 Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Ossia and their many solutions for wireless power

Photo Credit: Ultimate Tech Taiwan PROLOGIUM Solid-State Lithium Flexible Battery - Very Safe • Next-gen battery technology used seeking to become the standard of mobile and wearable devices • This Taiwanese battery manufacturer has been developing their tech for several years and is considered the leader in the space. • Flexible, indestructible, solid state, LCB adapts electrolyte instead of liquid/jelly • No fires because no leakage and less hazards even if it is damaged by folding hitting, penetrating, or burning1 • Partnership with Weltmeister will co-produce first EV in the world which adopts next generation lithium ceramic batteries Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Prologium’s Safe, Solid-State Flexible Battery

ETHEREAL MACHINES – 5D Printing India • First of its kind in the world – Halo, a prosumer-oriented 5-axis 3D printer and 5-axis CNC Router enabling hybrid-manufacturing (additive and subtractive). • The company refers to their solution as 5D printing, where a typical 3D printers will operate on just 3-axes: X, Y, and Z; the Halo has two additional axes - a translational axis and a rotatory axis. • Still an early stage venture, founded in 2014 with no known VC funding • Winner of CES 2018 - Best of Innovation Awards Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Ethereal Machines and the next stage of 3D-Printing

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ARTEC 3D – First AI-based Handheld 3D Scanner Luxembourg • New generation of 3D scanners - scan any object with this all-in-one device in seconds • Artec Leo - professional and portable scanners for capturing/processing of 3D surfaces, as well as facial recognition making 3D image development a breeze. • AI-based feature within the Artec Studio 11 software, automatically processes raw 3D data into high-quality 3D models, Artec has achieved a major industry milestone by creating a 3D scanner that can autonomously collect and process data onboard • Includes features like auto-align, global registration (20x faster) and texturing of 3D models by creating two datasets – a geometry and a texture dataset.

Photo Credit: Artec3D • Offering an SDK (version 2 released Feb 2017) as the companies seeks to further automated 3D digitizing, industrial quality control or reverse engineering Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Artec 3D’s AI-Based Handheld 3D Scanner

IBM’s “Q” Quantum Computer for Commercial Applications California • IBM Q is an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computers for business and science • Pictured left, on display at CES, is the near absolute zero housing-environment necessary for Q to operate, (colder than outer space) • IBM’s prototype of a working 50-qubits quantum computer, is currently the largest in the world; It will solve problems in areas such as artificial intelligence and meteorology that would be complex enough to require years to be solved by traditional computing. • Q has not yet been released yet for use by commercial partners, but the company does have its 20-qubit quantum computer available Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about IBM’s Quantum Computer Photo Credit: VMI California INTEL Quantum Chip, Tangle Lake • Intel announced the successful design, fabrication and delivery of a 49-qubit superconducting quantum test chip. • The gate-based chip, with a provable quantum speed, pictured left, uses microwave generators to control and manipulate the qubits. • Tangle Lake represents progress toward Intel’s goal of developing of a complete quantum computing system – from architecture to algorithms to control electronics. Achieving a 49-qubit test chip is an important milestone because it will allow researchers to assess and improve error correction techniques and simulate computational problems. Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Intel’s Superconducting Quantum Test Chip Photo Credit: Intel

GIGAVATION Gigashield Encryption for All Computing Massachusetts • The highest level of encryption --- what it would take 2+ years for a linear computer to break, would take a Quantum Computer just two days -- until now… • Gigashield enables full security for device communication protocols by adding intelligence into the protocol stack itself – enforcing intelligent and granular encryption, while simultaneously guarding against attacks from malicious devices and the insider threat • Cryptography capability at the very highest, providing unified biometric-based authentication without storing any biometric information • Gigavation’s products include GigaShield Port, Hub, and Server, with existing customers in the US Strategic Command, USAF and the National Science Foundation, as early investors in the technology. Founded by MIT and Harvard graduates. Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Gigavation’s solution for Computer Encryption Photo Credit: Gigavation

SELVAS AI Selvy Checkup – Cancer / Chronic Disease Predictor South Korea • Selvas Checkup that receive praised for their consumer oriented heath monitoring system, having been awarded the CES 2018 Innovation Award for a Better World. • Selvy Checkup is a deep learning-based medical service that predicts within 94% the probability a patient’s potential incidence of major diseases within two or three years for six most common cancers, including lung and liver cancers and major adult diseases including cardio-cerebrovascular disease and diabetes, by reviewing their health examination records and lab reports. • The learning technologies are based on 10 years of health examination information across 510,000 people • This South Korean firm, with AI products in several markets including language processing in the medical field, is looking for help in entering the US market Photo Credit: Selvas AI Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Selvas AI and AI-Applied Solutions for Healthcare

FOODMARBLE To Assess and Help Manage Disruptive Digestive Issues • AIRE is a breath test sensor that can help to determine the foods that are most compatible with your digestive system. • When food isn’t digested fully, a lot of it will turn into gas in the gut. Many people cannot efficiently handle this gas, so it builds up causing bloating, pain and even diarrhea or constipation. • Fortunately, you can measure how much of this gas is being generated, since some of it will pass from the gut into the bloodstream. The gas then travels in your blood and when it reaches the lungs, it exits on your breath, where it can be measured. • How it works: 1. Tests FODMAP* -> 2. Constructs Custom Diet -> 3. Tracks to keep your Symptoms under Control • *FODMAPs = Fermentable Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides And Polyols. These are certain types of carbohydrates found in a lot of foods, that ferment rapidly into gas in your gut. Photo Credit: FoodMarble • The company launched in 2015; Can be pre-ordered for $125 – Shipping first batch of devices February 2018! Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Aire’s Foodmarble

FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION - Focused Ultrasound for Healthcare Washington, D.C. • First clinical trial combining focused ultrasound and an immuno-oncology drug begins as researchers at the University of Virginia investigate using it in combination with the immunotherapy drug Keytruda® in patients with metastatic breast cancer1 • Non-invasive alternative to surgery and radiation for treatment of tumors (YouTube), stones, blockages, etc. • Partnered with Bird Fdn, Cancer Research Institute, Epilepsy Fdn, Int’l Essential Tremor Fdn, Melanoma Research Alliance, and The Michael J. Fox Fdn. Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Focused Ultrasound Foundation’s Efforts into Non-Invasive Surgeries

Focused Ultrasound Foundation NEURAL ANALYTICS - Healthcare Tools for Measuring your Brain Activity California • Lucid M1 Transcranial Doppler System for non-invasive concussion, intercranial pressure detector, stroke, and trauma analytics • Ready-for-order, user-friendly, and portable transcranial doppler system with 2x the resolution of legacy equipment and provides a platform for analysis of the complete waveform spectrum. The data can then be reviewed, edited, exported easily for integration onto new and existing healthcare systems. • Series B: $15m (2018); Total funding of $51.4m from various organizations including NSF, Reimagined Ventures, NIH, UCLA1 Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Neural Analytics’ solution for measuring brain activity Photo Credit: Neural Analytics

NEUROVALENS Wearable Weight Loss Device – 45 minutes a day Ireland • First wearable (45 minutes a day) that helps you actually reduce body fat (between 5-16% of body fat); increases metabolism & energy • The Modius Headset helps regulate body mass and stimulates the hypothalamus to control appetite, fat storage, and metabolic hormones. This headset works by modifying feeding behavior and metabolic rate, in order to maintain body mass composition within set parameters, and does so in order to optimize energy utilization. • The headset allows the use a small electrical pulse to non-invasively activate the part of the vestibular system that had been found to cause a significant reduction of body fat in animals. • Developed from research at UCSD; $1.6m in Equity Crowdfunding and $1.5m seed round from Angel CoFund and Beltrae (2017) Photo Credit: Neurovalens Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Neurovalens’ solution for wearable weight loss

NURA Nuraphone – Learns your Individual Hearing Profile Australia • The Nuraphone came to life from a Kickstarter campaign… it’s still in prototype phase with expected improvements in 2018 • The technology works on adapting the sound to the specifics of the listener; To do this the Nuraphone measures tones that the ear generates when it hears sound and takes that data to adjust the tones it’s releasing for optimal listening. • Provides personalized listening to the market with profiles for consumers on their unique listening parameters. • Founded April 2015, the company has gained $1.8M from Kickstarter backers (7000+) in 2016. • The company began shipping Nuraphone October 2017; future roadmap includes adaptive hearing ear buds. Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Nura and their Smart, Optimizing Headphones Photo Credit: Nuraphone website Denmark RESOUND Optimize Your Hearing Aid • ReSound LiNX3D redefines modern hearing care as the first hearing aid with comprehensive remote fine-tuning capabilities via mobile device app. • Through this same app allows for the user to be able to treat it as a bluetoothed device (hold calls, stream music, movies, etc) • Can be optimized by a hearing care professional from anywhere through the cloud. • ReSound has a long history in the hearing aid device market, this latest iteration is a significant improvement from its prior generation • 2017 the release of the LiNX 3D offers the company’s first rechargeable device, no need to replace batteries Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Resound and their Remote Fine-Tuning Hearing Aids

Photo Credit: Into Tomorrow TOBII Dynavox – “I want to say what I feel” Sweden • All-in-one touch-based speech generating device for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). • The $1,200 device includes Snap + Core First, Tobii’s symbol-based software for early communicators. • IP54 with Gorilla Glass; 4GB RAM, 10.1” inch screen, 4090mAh battery with 10-hours of normal use uptime • Tobii AB is a Sweden-based developer of hardware and software eye-tracking capabilities through detection of the eye orientation. • $121.8M in VC funding; Intel led the $21M Series C funding found; IPO in 2016 Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Tobii and their Touch-Based Speech Generating Device Photo Credit: Tobii

PH TECHNICAL LABS Dynafocal – Adjusts Focus Based on User’s View1 Texas • No more swapping of Reading Glasses; No more tilting of head with Progressive lenses! • A dynamic focus eyeglasses that changes the focus for the user based on what is viewed by him or her; Using the distance sensing chip and standard progressive lens, the lens position automatically adjusts to bring the users view into focus • Dynafocal is planning to be launched in the middle of 2018. • Customers of other PHTL products: Apple, NASA, Titan Company, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Rogers, Intel, Stanford University and Photo Credit: PH Technical Labs website Google Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about PH Technical Labs and their Smart Reading Glasses

Israel ORCAM TECHNOLOGIES MyEye 2.0 – For Blind and Partially Blind People • Artificial vision device for people who have vision or reading disabilities. • Device instantly and discreetly communicates vital visual information, printed/digital text, faces, products, colors, and money • MyEye 2.0 Artificial Vision product has improved upon MyEye 1 by developing a smaller device with a magnetic clip to attach onto the user’s eyewear; You can focus the device by pointing your finger to the object/text. Retail price currently is $4,500 • $41m venture round funding (2017); $15m funded by Intel (2014); Funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs; • Founded by former employees of Mobileye, and Intel Company Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Orcam Technologies and their Artificial Vision Device

HORIZON ROBOTICS Brain Processing Unit; Plan to rival Qualcomm & NVIDIA China • Founded July 2015, Horizon Robotics unveiled China’s first world-leading, Brain Processing Unit (BPU) based on a proprietary Gauss- architecture embedded AI computer vision processor, the Journey 1.0; can recognize 200 objects simultaneously with just 1.5 watts1 • Last year, Intel and Horizon jointly demonstrated an Intel FPGA-based ADAS system based on Horizon Robotics’ BPU architecture.2 • Focusing on Autonomous Vehicles (partnering with Audi), Robotics, and Smart Cities markets • $100M in VC funding; Series A includes Intel Capital, Hillouse Capital and several Chinese investment firms • CEO and founder, Dr. Kai Yu led the R&D of AI at Baidu from April 2012 to June 2015 (replaced by Andrew Ng, Co-Founder of Google Photo Credit: Horizon Robotics Brain); Founded Baidu Institute of Deep Learning. Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Horizon Robotics and their Brain Processing Unit INTEL Movidius Neural Compute Stick INTEL Loihi, Neuromorphic for Edge Computing California • World’s first USB-based Deep Learning (DL) inference kit and • A neuromorphic processor – Intel’s effort to use digital circuits to self-contained AI accelerator that delivers dedicated deep recreate the brains electronic spikes, thus allowing the device to neural network processing capabilities to a wide range of host process data but also adjust its connection and adapt to new task. devices at the edge. • Self learning at very, very high speeds; 1000x more efficient; Allows • Ultra-low power, high performance DL processor that you can mobile devices to crunch bigger AI problems without rapidly draining use to learn AI programming. a battery Photo Credit: Intel Photo Credit: Intel • Experimenting with full version for the first time in FY2019 Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Intel and their Deep Learning and Neuromorphic Processors

NOVUMIND NovuTensor AI Accelerator at the Edge California • A deep neural network capability on a power-efficient ASIC Chip, optimized for IoT and other applications • The new chip is designed for artificial neural networks, by using only very small (3x3) convolution filters. NovuTensor runs on a 15 teraflops of performance (ToP) chip under 5 watts, and offer the best hardware accelerators for AI applications. • Company also offers a Supercomputer called NovuStar for AI training; and NovuBrain, which is an AI Module + Asic • In the past two years, the company has brought together 50 top AI engineers, including 35 in the U.S. and 15 in Beijing.

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California SIGMA INTEGRALE - Full Motion Vehicle Simulation & Remotely Operated Vehicles • Specialize in creating full motion, rolling chassis vehicle simulators of all weights and sizes. Each simulator is unique and custom-built with the actual working steering wheel, pedals, gauges, handbrake, lights, software and stereo systems. • Currently, developing a remotely piloted system for truck drivers to address: #1. Achieving higher retention rate by allowing drivers to “be home” and #2. Optimization of assets - 100% vehicle uptime, every day. • Provided Peterbilt with data for testing algorithms for the company’s ongoing autonomous Peterbilt 579 testing in Virginia • Project Meteor – funded in house in response to driver demand Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Sigma Integrale’s Full-Motion Vehicle Simulation Photo Credit: Sigma Integrale

COGNATA – Simulation and Modeling Data to train Artificial Intelligence Israel • State-of-the-art deep learning simulation engine which leverages reality-grade city mesh combined with deep neural network and AI capability • It allow autonomous vehicles to simulate driving on public roads, run thousands of different scenarios based on various geographic locations and driver behaviors, and sharing the road with other users, thus enabling automakers to test autonomous cars for millions – or even billions – of miles in a fraction of the time it would take in the real world. • Partners include Nvidia and Microsoft with total funding of $5m Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Cognata and their Solution for Simulation and Modeling to train AI Photo Credit: Cognata CVEDIA SynCity - Hyper Realistic Simulator built for Machine Learning Netherland, Brazil • Acquiring data to train neural networks that bring autonomous applications to life is extremely challenging due to prohibitive costs, risk to human life, and damage to sensor equipped vehicles. • To overcome these barriers with synthetic data, SynCity constructs 3D land, aerial and marine environments to train artificial intelligence models and provides sensor simulations for the validation and verification of algorithms. • SynCity simulates off-the-shelf and custom sensor models including LiDAR, NIR, FIR, thermal, multiple cameras, radar, GPS, and IMU. • Partners include Tetravue, Cvedia, and Nvidia Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about CVEDIA and Hyper-Realistic Simulators for Machine Learning Photo Credit: Cvedia ©2018 Vanguard Marketing International, Inc. www.e-vmi.com VMI’s 2018 CES Best of the Best - January 2018 480-488-5707 Pg | 25 Return to Index AI & AUTONOMY - SAFETY, NAVIGATION / OPTIMIZATION

INTEL MOBILEYE Responsibility Sensitive Safety “RSS” – Perception Keeping Us Safe Israel • Mobileye produces software that conducts sensor fusion - interpreting data from camera sensors as well as radar and LiDAR sensors. • Their new “RSS” uses a mathematical model to formalize safety perception by defining what constitutes a dangerous situation, what caused it, and how to respond to it; This way it won’t cause an accident and will respond appropriately in a dangerous situation • Mobileye also claims their driving solution is more efficient than Nvidia’s hardware-focused autonomous driving solution1 • Industry 1st beginning in 2007 camera/radar fusion with Volvo; through 2016 with full speed, camera-only ACC on Nisan ProPILOT • Mobileye unveiled its product roadmap out to 2020, announcing that it would be launching 15 autonomous driving projects during 2018 across 14 car manufacturers. • Mobileye was acquired by Intel in 2017 for $15.3B; Photo Credit: Mobileye Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Mobileye and their Responsibility Sensitive Safety Solution

CLEARMOTION - Active Car Suspension, based on LiDAR & Algorithms Massachusetts • Founded in 2009, by three MIT students (Levant Powers), ClearMotion’s mission is to change the automotive industry including self-driving platforms, by developing a software-driven adaptive actuator. • The system provides active stabilization by utilizing LiDAR and EO cameras to sense the terrain ahead of the bumps. • In their last funding round (Feb 2017), it received $100M in Series C., which helped them acquire Bose’s “secretive electromagnetic active car suspension system” (11 years in the making) which now gives the company a combined total of over 300 patents related to active motion control. • Perhaps the need for smooth riding autonomous vehicles will prove to be the ticket for next-gen automakers. Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about ClearMotion and their Active Car Suspension Photo Credit: ClearMotion

JMAPS - Sensor-agnostic Vehicle Maps California • Their cloud-based database, contains "finger print" point-cloud maps (much less cluttered) downloadable for autonomous vehicles • Fused with discrete sensors on a car reduces local point-cloud databases storage by an order of magnitude1 • (10 GB vs. 200 KB/Lane of data per km.) which ultimately reduces the amount of costly processing hardware needed for doing autonomy in cars and route planning • Berkeley-based startup; HQ in San Francisco with offices in Asia Pacific, the company was founded in 2015 • Funded ($9.2M) by Ford, SAIC, Motus Ventures, the Stanford-StartX Fund, and Quanergy, VMI’s 2017 Best of the Best winner with Solid State LiDAR.

Photo Credit: CivilMaps Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about CivilMaps and their Sensor-Agnostic Mapping for Vehicles

REGULUS CYBER Drone, Robot and Autonomous Vehicle Spoofing Protection Israel • One of the first commercial entrants focused on operational integrity of Commercial Drones, Robots and Autonomous Vehicles. • Began in 2016 with a goal to protecting drones from both unintentional and malicious obstructions to its operation. • Regulus’ Pyramid Solutions Suite consists of: Pyramid CSM – a Communication & Security Manager; and Pyramid GPS SP – a GPS Spoofing Protection system. • The after-market, plug & play module sits on the flight controller to add an extra layer of security for the C2 and Communication data link, and prevents smart attacks on GPS receivers. • Both solutions are expected to hit the market 2018 and will first be available to DJI. Photo Credit: Regulus Cyber • VMI Question: Will this have unintended Counter-UAS consequences? How will local law enforcement take bad drones down? • Regulus Cyber closed Series A December 2017 for $5.1M Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more about Regulus Cyber and their Spoofing Protection for Drones and Autonomous Vehicles

TETRAVUE Disruptive 4D LiDAR Technology and Simple Algorithms California • Tetravue’s Smart Vision, 10x higher resolution than other3D technologies, is designed to optimally perform in a wide array of industries: autonomous vehicles (at 200m), manufacturing, engineering, robotics, and VR/AR applications in gaming and filming. • Full motion video sensors at 30FPS in HD (CMOS 2MP Image Sensors & Flash LiDAR) can distinguish between a rock and a bag on the road ahead of a car, making computation and processing far easier1 and well under $1,000 • Co-founded in 2008 by Paul Banks (who also founded General Atomics, maker of the Predator Drone, new Photonics Division) • February 2017 Tetravue, received Series A funding of $10M, Robert Bosch VC, Nautilus VC, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and Foxconn; Patents: 1. , 2., 3. Photo Credit: TetraVue Contact Laura at VMI to learn more about Tetravue and LiDAR Technologies

Israel LEDDARTECH First LiDAR system-on-chip (SoC) for High Volume Deployment • LeddarTech was named a CES 2018 honoree after 10+ years of R&D for its LiDAR integrated circuitry (LeddarCORE LCA2 solid- state LiDAR IC). The technology utilizes a combination of light wave digital signal processing and software algorithms for its LiDAR. Its product is envisioned to be a part of industries from automotive to UAV. • Leddar’s IC allows for rapid, cost effective, scalable production of automotive-grade SSLs aimed at sub $100 volume pricing1 • January 2018 LeddarTech announced its partnership with OPTIS, a virtual prototyping company. This allows for simulations to be made that effectively show the capabilities of Leddar’s technology prior to actual deployment. Contact Jonathan at VMI to learn more LeddarTech and their LiDAR System-on-Chip Photo Credit: LeddarTech

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