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DARPA Awards PARC Contract to Expand Ocean Knowledge

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:00:00 GMT

PARC, A Xerox Company, announced today it has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the next development phase in the Ocean of Things, a project to expand what scientists know about the seas.

Initially announced by DARPA in 2017, the Ocean of Things project is deploying small, low-cost drifters in the Southern California Bight and Gulf of Mexico to collect data on the environment and human impact. This includes sea surface temperature, sea state, surface activities, and even information on marine life moving through the area.

“Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth’s surface, but we know very little about them,” said Ersin Uzun, vice president and general manager of the Internet of Things team at Xerox. “The drifters gather data that we could never track before, enabling persistent maritime situational awareness.”

Each solar-powered drifter has approximately 20 onboard sensors, including a camera, GPS, microphone, hydrophone, and accelerometer. The different sensors can provide data for a broad array of areas including ocean pollution, aquafarming and transportation routes.

PARC leveraged its more than fifty years of experience developing industry-leading technologies to design a drifter that best fit the DARPA requirements for the program. Among other things, the float needed to be made of environmentally safe materials, be able to survive in harsh maritime conditions for a year or more before safely sinking itself, and use advanced analytic techniques to process and share the data gathered.

PARC built 1,500 drifters for the first phase of the project and will deliver up to 10,000 that are more compact and cost-effective for the next phase. Data gained in this round will help further optimize the final design, at which point DARPA expects to deploy large volumes of these drifters to provide continuous information and a better understanding of oceans that is missing today.

About Xerox

Xerox Holdings Corporation (NYSE: XRX) makes every day work better. We are a workplace technology company building and integrating software and hardware for enterprises large and small. As customers seek to manage information across digital and physical platforms, Xerox delivers a seamless, secure and sustainable experience. Whether inventing the copier, Ethernet, the laser printer or more, Xerox has long defined the modern work experience. Learn how that innovation continues at xerox.com.

About PARC

Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (PARC), A Xerox Company, is in the Business of Breakthroughs^®. Practicing open innovation, it provides custom R&D services, technology, expertise, best practices and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, startups, and government agencies and partners. The company creates new business options, accelerates time to market, augments internal capabilities and reduces risk for clients. Since its inception, PARC has pioneered many technology platforms – from the Ethernet and laser printing to the GUI and ubiquitous computing – and has enabled the creation of many industries. Incorporated as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox in 2002, PARC today continues the research that enables breakthroughs for businesses.

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Xerox Names Tali Rosman as Vice President, 3D Business

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:35:00 GMT

Xerox announced today the hiring of Tali Rosman as vice president of Xerox’s 3D Business. In this role, she reports to Naresh Shanker, chief technology officer of Xerox.

“3D is the most advanced of our five new innovation pillars in terms of bringing systems to market and generating revenue,” said Shanker. “This requires a leader who thinks differently and can drive strategy as we move toward a commercial release of our liquid metal printer later this year. Given Tali’s extensive knowledge of the 3D industry, I am confident she is the right person to advance our program in 2020 and beyond.”

Rosman joins Xerox most recently from NICE, where she was vice president and head of business operations for the Americas. Prior to NICE, she was head of product strategy and operations for Stratasys, a global leader in 3D printing technology. In her role, she was responsible for the annual planning process of the product group and developed dedicated sales channels for specific customer segments.

“Being part of the team transforming and revitalizing this marquee brand is a unique opportunity,” said Rosman. “I’m excited to see how Xerox becomes the leader in the 3D printing industry, helping 3D printing cross the chasm from prototyping to manufacturing.”

About Xerox
Xerox Holdings Corporation (NYSE: XRX) makes every day work better.
We are a workplace technology company building and integrating software and hardware for enterprises large and small. As customers seek to manage information across digital and physical platforms, Xerox delivers a seamless, secure and sustainable experience. Whether inventing the copier, Ethernet, the laser printer or more, Xerox has long defined the modern work experience. Learn how that innovation continues at xerox.com.

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PARC, a Xerox Company, Signs Agreement with Alcon on New Eye Care Products

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:00:00 GMT

PARC, a Xerox company, announced today an agreement with Alcon, the global leader in eye care, to develop innovative new treatments for eye care.

The agreement includes a licensing arrangement with Alcon to leverage PARC intellectual property for potential new products that are anticipated to enter the market over the next two to four years.

“Vision problems have been steadily increasing due to diseases such as diabetes and other health issues,” said Tolga Kurtoglu, head of Global Research, Xerox. “Using technology we’ve developed at PARC, we’re working with Alcon to develop new eye care solutions that will help millions of people who struggle with various eye conditions.”

Ocular health has a total addressable market of $6 billion, according to industry research.

“Alcon has been working with PARC for more than three years to develop innovative technology that can be used with our vision care products,” said Andy Pawson, president, Global Vision Care Franchise, Alcon. “We’re excited to continue this work and for the opportunity to utilize PARC’s research and development expertise to find new ways to bring an improved experience to patients and consumers around the world.”

PARC’s open innovation approach uses multiple funding sources to advance innovation, which clients leverage to accelerate time to market and ensure a greater probability of success.

About Xerox
Xerox Holdings Corporation (NYSE: XRX) makes every day work better. We are a workplace technology company building and integrating software and hardware for enterprises large and small. As customers seek to manage information across digital and physical platforms, Xerox delivers a seamless, secure and sustainable experience. Whether inventing the copier, Ethernet, the laser printer or more, Xerox has long defined the modern work experience. Learn how that innovation continues at xerox.com.

About PARC
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (PARC), a Xerox company, is in the Business of Breakthroughs^®. Practicing open innovation, it provides custom R&D services, technology, expertise, best practices and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, startups, and government agencies and partners. The company creates new business options, accelerates time to market, augments internal capabilities and reduces risk for clients. Since its inception, PARC has pioneered many technology platforms – from the Ethernet and laser printing to the GUI and ubiquitous computing – and has enabled the creation of many industries. Incorporated as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox in 2002, PARC today continues the research that enables breakthroughs for its clients’ businesses.

About Alcon
Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care with a heritage spanning more than seven decades, they offer the broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives. Their Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and refractive errors. Their more than 20,000 associates are enhancing the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with eye care professionals and programs that advance access to quality eye care. Learn more at www.alcon.com.

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Xerox Selects Clear as Its Inaugural Color of The Year 2020

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:45:00 GMT

Looking ahead to 2020, Xerox today announced its inaugural Color of the Year: Clear.

While acknowledging debates as to whether the absence of all colors is itself a color (it is), Xerox stands by its choice of clear, the same color (or non-color) as fishbowls, windows and cellophane.

Just as these transparent surfaces give us a view into what lies behind them, Xerox’s Color of the Year showcases the importance of creating a fresh look into an unobstructed future, in hopeful yet clear-eyed anticipation of what lies ahead.

“It can enhance a color, it can brighten a color, it can sometimes add saturation to a color,” said Beatriz Custode, Color Customization & Engineering Services at Xerox.

For centuries, artists from Leonardo Da Vinci to Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun have used layers of clear, called glaze, in their masterpieces – to add depth and texture or make them sparkle in the light. Even for those who aren’t fine artists, clear changes how we see the world. For example, house paints are typically available in different levels of gloss or semi-gloss allowing for a similarly shiny, reflective effect, and high-gloss paint washes easier than a Rembrandt.

In printing, Xerox technology such as the iGen^® 5 Press, Iridesse^®Production Press, and new PrimeLink^® C9065/C9070 lets creatives use clear ink in their projects as readily as other colors, including metallics and fluorescents.

In the coming days, we will celebrate the art and science of clear and welcome a debate about whether clear is a color. We believe it is, and after you see our mini-documentary so will you. #Clear2020

Share your thoughts on social media with our @Xerox channels on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

About Xerox
In the era of intelligent work, we’re not just thinking about the future, we’re making it. Xerox Corporation is a technology leader focused on the intersection of digital and physical. We use automation and next-generation personalization to redefine productivity, drive growth and make the world more secure. Every day, our innovative technologies and intelligent work solutions—Powered by Xerox^®—help people communicate and work better. Discover more at www.xerox.com and follow us on Twitter at @Xerox.

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New Xerox Production Scanner Delivers Parallel Scanning Innovation

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:00:00 GMT

The Xerox DocuMate^® 6710 Scanner is speeding the onramp to digital transformation with a driver that supports multiple scanners connected to the same PC. Operators can either run several scanners at the same time, or scan on one while setting up another – multiplying the number of pages scanned per hour.

The DocuMate 6710 is designed for industries where large quantities of paper are still a reality – like discovery documents in the legal world, incoming medical records in healthcare, or testing and student records in education. The DocuMate 6710’s speed and paper capacity allows operators to easily and quickly scan batches, which is especially important in a situation where a customer must wait for the operator to complete the scan.

Under a trademark licensing agreement with Xerox Corporation, the DocuMate 6710 will be manufactured and marketed by Visioneer pursuant to Xerox’s quality control standards.

Scan Speeds as Advertised
True production speed is a combination of scanner speed, onboard image processing, the connected PC and the software delivering the scan to its destination. The Xerox DocuMate 6710’s 100 pages per minute speed is supported by:

Visioneer’s On-Board Acuity technology, which incorporates 15 image enhancement algorithms in the scanner. The processor-intensive work is done before the data even hits a PC.
A true native USB 3.0 connection to speed the communication between the scanner and the PC.
Visioneer Acuity, which detects and leverages available memory and processing power of the connected PC to ensure the PC itself is not a bottleneck.
A 35,000 page per day daily duty cycle and 300-sheet automatic document feeder.

“The DocuMate 6710 is a smart long-term investment, especially when you consider that parallel scanning allows you to double or triple your capacity at an affordable price,” said Walt Thinfen, president and CEO at Visioneer. “Parallel scanning allows for continuous performance, and when combined with the DocuMate’s 6710 true production speed, operations managers will see significant daily productivity improvements.”

True workflow and integration
The DocuMate 6710 includes Visioneer’s OneTouch^® with Acuity, which allows operators to define the steps the scan goes through from scanning to integration with the destination. Users can define up to 90 different jobs and start them directly from the scanner’s control panel, and different jobs can run concurrently on one PC with parallel scanning. Once a scan reaches its destination, Visioneer TWAIN DriverPLUS with Acuity provides precise integration with the final destination or IT application.

Pricing and Availability
The Xerox DocuMate 6710 has a suggested retail price of $6,500.00 and is immediately available for purchase online at www.xeroxscanners.com/DM6710 and from authorized resellers in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

About Xerox
Xerox Corporation is a technology leader that innovates the way the world communicates, connects and works. We understand what’s at the heart of sharing information – and all of the forms it can take. We embrace the integration of paper and digital, the increasing requirement for mobility, and the need for seamless integration between work and personal worlds. Every day, our innovative print technologies and intelligent work solutions help people communicate and work better. Discover more at www.xerox.com and follow us on Twitter at @Xerox.

About Visioneer, Inc.
Visioneer, Inc. is a leader in integrated document capture solutions for business and government clients, offering a broad range of software-enabled hardware products to accelerate digital transformation initiatives. In 2003, Visioneer combined its leading scanner technology with the Xerox brand recognition to develop the Xerox DocuMate^® product line. Visioneer and Xerox DocuMate high-performance business scanners and imaging software offer users speed, image quality, advanced paper handling and ease-of-use with exclusive Visioneer OneTouch^® and Visioneer Acuity technologies. Visioneer is an authorized trademark licensee of Xerox. For additional information on Visioneer and Xerox integrated capture solutions, visit www.xeroxscanners.com or www.visioneer.com. Follow Visioneer on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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Innovation is at the forefront of Xerox Rochester Internation Jazz Festival

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:00:00 GMT

With the cool sounds of jazz floating through the hot summer air, patrons will get an up-close and personal look at Xerox innovation in action at this year’s Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.

Club passes will be printed with the vibrant colors of the recently launched Xerox Iridesse™ Production Press – the only digital press that can print metallic, color and clear dry ink in a single pass. New this year, the club passes will be personalized with a patron’s name and photograph. The personalization is made possible through the company’s XMPie^® software. The club passes will also have special security features incorporating infrared and microtext specialty printing to protect against counterfeit tickets.

A highlight of this year’s festival will be the interactive musical posters hung on buildings, alongside stages and in the merchandise tent on festival grounds. Printed on Xerox’s iGen5 presses, the posters highlight the different genres of music featured at the festival: cool, funk, groovy, jive and soul. The prints come alive through electronic elements that create music as patrons touch the guitars, keyboards or drums on each poster.

The “funk” poster has an extra treat, offering augmented reality viewing of the musical instruments. Patrons will need to download the Blippar app prior to virtually interacting with the posters. (Apple; Android)

“The interactive musical posters truly demonstrate the intersection of the physical and digital worlds,” said Toni Clayton-Hine, chief marketing officer, Xerox. “The Jazz Festival is such an exciting environment, and we love being able to give patrons something fun to interact with that has been inspired by Xerox technology.”

Xerox is also bringing back the “selfie-stage”, a personalized photo opportunity on Jazz Street next to the merchandise tent. After the photo is taken, attendees automatically receive an email prompt to print their photo using the company’s Mobile Print App. The photo will be printed on one of Xerox’s ConnectKey^® devices, and can be picked up in the merchandise tent.

Xerox has been the title sponsor of the Rochester International Jazz Festival for the last 10 years.

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DARPA Disruptioneering Selects PARC & UW-Madison to Develop Artificial Intelligence Software

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:48:00 GMT

PARC, A Xerox Company, today announced it has been selected, in partnership with University of Wisconsin-Madison, by DARPA, for a project in the Engineering Fundamental Design (FUN DESIGN) program. DARPA, whose mission is to identify and pursue high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives for national security across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines, announced the first programs under its new Disruptioneering effort in August 2017. The new program pushes for faster identification and exploration of bold and risky ideas with the goal of accelerating scientific discovery.

Existing conceptual design tools are informal, do not map to topology, and cannot search design space systematically. This project aims to change that, and begins by answering questions like, for example, “what do new designs for an aircraft that combines design elements of a helicopter and a plane look (and fly) like?” As this smart system designs a complicated mechanical system, the software will also model how well each design will fly in the real world, understanding components, safety, functionality, and other important aspects of the aircraft.

To advance the goal of the program, PARC and UW-Madison will develop Design by Function-sharing thrOugh Compositional qUalitative Synthesis (D-FOCUS), an entirely new mathematical framework for systematic conceptual design of complex mechanical assemblies such as vehicles and aircraft. This advancement in science will enable the systematic search for a topological layout (i.e., structure or form) that fulfills functional requirements that can be instantiated into models to generate preliminary, detailed, and optimal designs. By automating significant portions of the design process, the human designer can explore a substantially broader design space with a deeper understanding about the advantages and limitations of design choices they make.

Johan de Kleer, lead on this project and AI expert in Qualitative Reasoning, Model-Based Diagnosis and Design, said, “Integrating functional, behavioral, topological and geometric reasoning in one framework will revolutionize future design tools.”

PARC’s System Sciences Laboratory leads research and development in AI, machine learning, control, planning, optimization, security and high-performance analytics for a variety of cyber-physical system applications serving Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), CAD/CAM, Transportation, IoT, Additive Manufacturing, Energy, and Defense sectors. This lab also houses PARC’s renowned social sciences group and innovation service offerings such as rapid prototyping, user needs research and innovation management consultancy. For more information, please visit PARC at www.parc.com.

About PARC
PARC, A Xerox Company, is in the Business of Breakthroughs®. Practicing open innovation, we provide custom R&D services, technology, expertise, best practices, and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, startups, and government agencies and partners. We create new business options, accelerate time to market, augment internal capabilities, and reduce risk for our clients. Since its inception, PARC has pioneered many technology platforms – from the Ethernet and laser printing to the GUI and ubiquitous computing – and has enabled the creation of many industries. Incorporated as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox in 2002, PARC today continues the research that enables breakthroughs for our clients' businesses.

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Xerox Named A 2018 Top 100 Global Technology Leader

Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:00:00 GMT

For the sixth time since 2011, Xerox (NYSE: XRX) has been recognized as a Top 100 Global Tech Leader (formerly the “Top 100 Global Innovators”) by Thomson Reuters. Xerox received high marks for leadership in patent generation, corporate social responsibility and environmental impact.

“The companies on our Top 100 list are solving world problems in some way, shape or form, using one or more emerging technologies,” said Alex Paladino, global managing director for Thomson Reuters Technology Practice Group. “They not only have the big ideas, but the wherewithal to achieve them.”

Thomson Reuters selected the Top 100 by assessing the universe of 5,000 tech companies worldwide with a new algorithm to analyze financial performance, management and investor confidence, risk and resilience, legal compliance, innovation, people and social responsibility, environmental impact, and reputation.

“Xerox has a storied history of innovating in a socially and environmentally responsible manner,” said Steve Hoover, chief technology officer of Xerox. “Today we are on the cusp of a set of radical changes where technology at the intersection of the physical and the digital can make a huge difference in how work gets done.”

Research and development operations at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), the Xerox Research Centre of Canada and the Wilson Center for Research and Technology are constantly at work defining and developing the next generation of the digital workplace, workflow automation and printing beyond documents. Last year, the company launched its ConnectKey platform – turning printers and multifunction devices into smart, connected workplace assistants. A network of app developers has partnered with Xerox to design printer apps meant to streamline and automate everyday office tasks.

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PARC to Partner with Blue Origin to Accelerate Space R&D

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:34:00 GMT

PARC, A Xerox Company, today announced its partnership with Blue Origin to enhance awareness and interest in the vast possibilities made possible by conducting R&D in space. The partnership will leverage PARC’s expertise in technology innovation and Blue Origin’s reusable suborbital rocket, New Shepard, to push new frontiers in four areas of technology R&D: advanced manufacturing, energy systems, human-machine interaction, and predictive analytics.

“This is an exciting partnership at an exciting time,” said Austin Pugh, Senior Director of Global Business Development at PARC. “We look forward to working with Blue Origin’s world class team of scientists and engineers on gaining new insights from performing R&D in space. When a truly multi-disciplinary team of scientists come together to think about how to tackle big challenges, the possibilities are endless.”

The two will work together in “Accelerating Research in Space” (ARIS) to market joint R&D opportunities to PARC’s global 1000 partners and government agencies. The ultimate goal is to include an advanced technology R&D experiment on one of Blue Origin’s upcoming suborbital flights.

“PARC’s history of innovation makes them a fantastic partner for Blue Origin’s vision of opening the space frontier to new technologies, new science, and new people,” said Erika Wagner, Blue Origin’s Business Development Manager. “We look forward to adding space access to PARC’s toolbox of R&D capabilities.”

PARC will establish an ARIS working group to focus on generating new technology concepts that would benefit from performing investigations in spaceflight environments. Together, the multidisciplinary group of scientists will build an understanding of commercial space Payload Lockers and begin scoping potential experiments to bring new understandings about how technologies behave in space, as well as how they may enable future generations of advanced space systems that support PARC’s commercial and government partners.

About Blue Origin
Blue Origin, LLC (Blue Origin) is a private company empowered by a vision where millions of people are living and working in space. To achieve our vision, we strive to enable commercial human space transportation by developing reusable rocket engines and launch vehicles that will dramatically lower the cost of access to space. For more information and a list of job openings, please visit us at www.blueorigin.com.

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Xerox takes 360 degree printing on objects to PACK EXPO 2017

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:00:00 GMT

Attendees at the 2017 PACK EXPO packaging tradeshow will be able to watch variable images get printed directly on a plastic cup. The demonstration will showcase 360 degree printing capabilities on three-dimensional cylindrical objects, taking Xerox’s Direct to Object Inkjet Printer one step further.

“Imagine a compact counter height printer that can personalize each cup as it spins through the device at a sporting event, food establishment or print shop,” says Karl Dueland, vice president of Xerox’s Digital Manufacturing. “We can also print on larger sized containers such as buckets or full size paint cans.”

Xerox’s patented print heads combined with customized inks, such as UV curable and Solid Ink, are capable of jetting ink at longer distances to enable printing on smooth, rough, slightly curved or stepped surfaces. Xerox continues to leverage its inkjet technology to advance printing beyond documents by printing on three dimensional objects and advanced areas, such as printed electronics.

Last year Xerox unveiled its Direct to Object Inkjet Printer, which prints directly on 3D objects in minutes. The personalized images are produced through Xerox’s own XMPie^® software.

Xerox will be displaying these tech demos in booth 2254 at PACK EXPO in Las Vegas, from Sept. 25-27. Along with the printing demonstrations, Xerox will showcase folding carton printing, and printing on plastics, napkins and other samples from the Direct to Object Inkjet Printer.

About Xerox
Xerox Corporation is an $11 billion technology leader that innovates the way the world communicates, connects and works. Our expertise is more important than ever as customers of all sizes look to improve productivity, maximize profitability and increase satisfaction. We do this for small and mid-size businesses, large enterprises, governments, graphic communications providers, and for our partners who serve them.

We understand what’s at the heart of work – and all of the forms it can take. We embrace the increasingly complex world of paper and digital. Office and mobile. Personal and social. Every day across the globe – in more than 160 countries – our technology, software and people successfully navigate those intersections. We automate, personalize, package, analyze and secure information to keep our customers moving at an accelerated pace.

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Innovation Lab, Xerox, and PARC partner in health care.

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:00:00 GMT

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and PARC, A Xerox Company, will partner with the Innovation Lab, an Innovation Institute company, to tackle health care challenges through collaboration in medical technology, engineering and robotics.

“The idea behind the partnership is to bring together an organization well versed in advanced technology, such as printed electronics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and combine it with a group that works with physicians, employees, and industry partners”, said Steve Hoover, Xerox CTO. “Together we will develop new products, ideas, and concepts that can be commercialized to reduce costs and transform health care delivery.”

“Working side-by-side with the pioneers of many technology platforms that have helped create new industries – from the Ethernet and laser printing to the graphic user interface and ubiquitous computing brings us world-renowned expertise,” said Larry Stofko, executive vice president of the Innovation Lab. “Our alliance with Xerox and PARC will enable us to galvanize breakthroughs in health care.”

The Innovation Institute works with physicians, employees, and industry partners to seek new products, ideas, and concepts that can be commercialized through the Innovation Lab. The Innovation Lab also works in alliance with Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Global Healthcare Innovations Alliance, California Institute of Technology, and Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE).

About PARC
PARC, A Xerox Company, is in the Business of Breakthroughs^®. Practicing open innovation, we provide custom R&D services, technology, expertise, best practices, and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, startups, and government agencies and partners. We create new business options, accelerate time to market, augment internal capabilities, and reduce risk for our clients. Since its inception, PARC has pioneered many technology platforms and has enabled the creation of many industries. Incorporated as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox in 2002, PARC today continues the research that enables breakthroughs for our clients' businesses. To learn more about PARC, visit www.parc.com or contact engage@parc.com.

About The Innovation Lab
The Innovation Lab is a subsidiary of The Innovation Institute, an independent, for-profit limited liability corporation structured to cultivate innovative solutions to transform healthcare delivery. The Innovation Institute is owned by non-profit health systems. This collaborative taps into physicians, employees, and industry business partners to incubate and commercialize new products and ideas through the Innovation Lab. Comprised of three distinct elements – an innovation lab, an investment fund, and a shared services group (Enterprise Development Group), The Institute strives to “do more, with less, for more people.” For more information, visit www.ii4change.com.

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NAVER to Acquire Xerox Research Centre Europe

Mon, 26 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT

NAVER Corporation (035420: Korea SE) and Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today announced an agreement for NAVER to acquire the Xerox Research Centre Europe in Grenoble, France. The French Works Council’s consultation on this project has now been completed and the agreement is expected to close in the third quarter, subject to fulfillment of certain customary conditions.

Based in Seongnam, South Korea, NAVER is Korea’s leading Internet company, operating the nation’s top search portal “NAVER,” and other innovative services in the global market such as the mobile messenger LINE, video messenger SNOW and community app BAND.

Founded in 1993, the Xerox Research Centre Europe is located just outside Grenoble, often dubbed the Silicon Valley of Europe. The centre has focused its research in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing and ethnography.

“The research expertise at the European centre is perfectly aligned with NAVER’s. We expect immediate, powerful synergies,” said Chang-hyeon Song, CTO of NAVER, and CEO of NAVER Labs. “XRCE's world class R&D achievements in AI technology, including computer vision and machine learning, will significantly strengthen NAVER Labs’ research in ‘ambient intelligence’ including autonomous vehicles, AI/deep learning, intelligent 3D mapping, robotics and natural language processing.”

With such a strong foothold in Europe, NAVER expects to considerably accelerate its development of ambient intelligence technologies around the globe and in particular in AI.

“Xerox is a company built on innovating the way the world works and we maintain a commitment to innovation in a wide variety of technical areas including both the future of print and the future of work,” says Steve Hoover, Xerox’s Chief Technology Officer. “The majority of research taking place at XRCE was supporting Xerox’s business process outsourcing unit, now an independent company and no longer aligns with Xerox strategy. This transaction will allow us to better optimize our R&D investment, focusing in areas more aligned to our business.”

“Research and innovation remain a critical element of Xerox’s strategy and research in such areas as artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, ethnography, inkjet and digital printing and digital manufacturing, will continue at our famed Silicon Valley based Palo Alto Research Center (PARC, A Xerox Company) and at the Xerox Research Center of Canada, as well as engineering for product development in locations throughout the globe,” added Hoover.

Once the sale becomes final, all 80 plus researchers and administrative staff are expected to become part of NAVER. Xerox will maintain ownership of intellectual property and arrange licensing agreements with NAVER.

About NAVER
NAVER Corporation is Korea’s leading internet company servicing Korea’s number one search portal NAVER with annual revenue of more than 4 trillion Korean won in 2016. It has seen consistent growth and high net-profit rates every year since the company was founded in 1999. With accumulated know-how from decades of providing search engine services, NAVER also showcases innovative mobile services in the global market such as the mobile messenger LINE, video messenger SNOW and community app BAND. NAVER and NAVER group companies intend to strengthen their global capabilities and market presence by collaborating with IT startups and through the development of new technologies in NAVER Labs.

About NAVER LABS
NAVER LABS is an ambient intelligence company that develops future technologies including autonomous driving, robotics and artificial intelligence. Since its establishment as NAVER’s R&D division in 2013, it has led NAVER’s innovation in technology through products such as ‘Papago’, AI-based translation app, Whale, the omni-tasking web browser, and M1, the 3D indoor mapping robot.

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Note: For NAVER company news, visit http://www.naverlabs.com/newsroom.html.

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Xerox Rated Top Manufacturer in Sustainability

Thu, 25 May 2017 12:30:00 GMT

In a survey conducted by global supplier sustainability ratings group, EcoVadis, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has been awarded the gold recognition level in sustainability performance for the eighth consecutive year.

Xerox was ranked in the top one percent of all supplier categories, making it the leading manufacturer in the industry for sustainability; and in the top two per cent of suppliers in the category of ‘manufacturer of computers and peripheral equipment.’ Every year, 110 countries are surveyed across 150 business sectors on corporate policies; initiatives and achievements in areas concerning the environment; labor practices; fair business practices; and supply chain.

“Conducting our business and providing innovative products, solutions and services in ways that positively impact the world is at the core of what we do,” said Flor M. Colon, chair of the Xerox Corporate Social Responsibility Council. “We take great pride in being recognized by Ecovadis and celebrate with our employees around the world.”

For more information about Corporate Social Responsibility at Xerox see our Report on Global Citizenship.

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Xerox engineers integrate office equipment with the app world, making it easier to get work done.

Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:00:00 GMT

Most office employees face daily, repetitive tasks that slow the flow of work. Engineers at Xerox (NYSE: XRX) looked at those productivity barriers and designed ways individuals can use multifunction printers (MFPs) and apps to automate personal work processes.

Take a daily office chore such as scanning a document to your email, saving the file, and then uploading it to a cloud storage service such as Dropbox. That takes time. But, what if a personal work app streamlined the process by handling these tasks for you in fewer steps, enabling your MFP to serve as a smart, connected workplace assistant?

“We’ve created a series of capabilities – you could call it a toolkit – to enable users to customize printers and MFPs in a way that’s similar to how individuals use smart mobile devices to meet their personal needs,” said Keith Watson, part of Xerox’s Experience Design Group. “We’ve put the familiar interface of iOS or Android devices onto our ConnectKey^®-enabled devices. But it’s more than embedding a tablet into our products, our innovations aim to address the specific needs of our customers.”

With a familiar tap or swipe, for example, users can translate a document, scan directly to a client folder in the cloud or complete a loan application – whatever their work requires. Enhancements to the ConnectKey interface are included in the 29 printers and MFPs Xerox launched on March 29.

“This launch marks a significant change in how work is accomplished,” said Steve Hoover, Xerox chief technology officer. “As the Internet of Things expands, the physical and digital worlds move closer together. Xerox innovations help office workers navigate by integrating their devices with the app world, creating an ‘open app ecosystem’ that makes it easier for workers to design how to best get their work done.”

In addition to focus groups and user experience testing, Xerox turned to its expertise in ethnography to enhance the ConnectKey platform. Ethnography is an in-depth approach to study human behavior. The ethnographic methodology, first applied to industry by Xerox social scientists in the 1980s, is a proven, systematic approach for capturing qualitative data about how people act in the workplace – what they do, what tools they use, how they interact with others and how they think in the real-life, natural settings where these behaviors occur.

“Every day we control our smartphones or tablets through a user interface that’s become so familiar it’s taken for granted. But behind the interface is complex software that helps us with tasks in daily life – getting directions in an unfamiliar city or checking airline fares, for example,” said Michael Kirby, manager of the AltaLink controller development group. “ConnectKey is the result of Xerox essentially re-imagining the user interface for an office portfolio.”

The ConnectKey portfolio now includes the Xerox VersaLink^® and AltaLink^® series both introduced on March 29. The VersaLink devices – 19 printers and MFPs – are tailored to small workgroups and teams that work across different offices. The AltaLink series includes 10 MFPs designed for larger workgroups. All 29 products share a similar user interface, which provides consistency to the workplace.

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Xerox recognized as a Top 100 Global Innovator

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:30:00 GMT

For the fifth time since 2011, Xerox (NYSE: XRX) has been recognized as a Top 100 Global Innovator. The report by Clarivate Analytics, formerly part of Thomson Reuters, announced its 2016 honors for the most innovative corporations and institutions in the world determined by analyzing proprietary data. The program was formerly known as the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators.

“Since its founding more than 100 years ago, Xerox has been a company built upon innovation,” said Steve Hoover, recently named CTO of Xerox. “With more than 12,000 active U.S. patents and a focus on setting the page free, we are finding new ways to improve the flow of work in the office be it in digital or paper form and developing new ways to print not only on paper, but even directly onto complex objects or directly print electronics for smart labels and packaging.”

Later this year, Xerox will roll out the largest product launch in its history with 29 new devices. Xerox’s focus on growing its global leadership in digital print technology and services will help customers innovate how they communicate, connect and work more productively.

“This has been a stellar year for Xerox and our innovation team,” added Hoover. We continue to be one of the world’s top 20 patent recipients, we have launched exciting new products like the Xerox Brenva™ HD Production Inkjet Press, the Direct to Object Inkjet Printer, the Xerox Healthcare Multifunction Printer Solution, the 6515 A4 color printer and we have received continuing recognition for our people like PARC scientist Alex Hegyi, who was named by MIT Technology Review in its list of top innovators under 35.”

Within the research labs, PARC is working on a number of projects, such as developing wireless “Peel-and-Stick” sensors for the U.S. Dept. of Energy and vanishing autonomous air vehicles through a DARPA grant. In Europe, researchers have developed Smart Scan, a mobile app that makes it easy to troubleshoot and interact with complex products and systems.

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Xerox Names Steve Hoover Chief Technology Officer

Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:00:00 GMT

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) has named Steve Hoover, as chief technology officer, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Hoover currently serves as chief executive officer of PARC, A Xerox Company.

Hoover will be responsible for research and product development, reporting to Jeff Jacobson, CEO of Xerox following the company’s separation. In this role, Hoover will oversee the Xerox global research centers including the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), the Xerox Research Centre Canada and the Xerox Research Centre Europe, as well as Xerox’s globally distributed product development and engineering capabilities.

With more than 12,000 active U.S. patents, Xerox has a long history of innovation that includes the creation of the world’s first plain paper copier, the FAX, Ethernet, laser printing, the graphic user interface and computer programming that is the basis for today’s desktop and laptop computers.

Hoover joined PARC in 2011 after serving as vice president of the Xerox Research Center of Webster. He has helped transform PARC from Xerox’s flagship research laboratory to a world-class R&D organization in the business of open innovation, providing technologies and custom innovation services to enterprises, start-ups and government agencies. Since joining Xerox in 1994, Hoover has held a variety of roles in both product development and research, leading long-term technology investments in analytics, digital manufacturing, intelligent systems, distributed and cloud computing, nanotechnology, mobile, the future of work, and advanced printing and mass customization technologies.

“Steve’s experience at PARC provides a great foundation for building on Xerox’s strong innovation heritage,” said Jacobson. “His leadership will help drive new, cutting-edge technologies that redefine how work gets done for our customers – leading the way to enhanced productivity, efficiency and profitability,”

Hoover earned his doctorate degree and master’s degree in Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.

Hoover succeeds Sophie Vandebroek, who will retire at the end of this year. Vandebroek joined Xerox in 1991 and has served as the company’s chief technology officer and president of the Xerox Innovation Group for more than a decade.

About Xerox
Xerox is helping change the way the world works. By applying our expertise in imaging, business process, analytics, automation and user-centric insights, we engineer the flow of work to provide greater productivity, efficiency and personalization. Our employees create meaningful innovations and provide business process services, printing equipment, software and solutions that make a real difference for our clients and their customers in 180 countries. On January 29, 2016, Xerox announced its plans to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies – Xerox Corporation, which will be comprised of the company’s Document Technology and Document Outsourcing businesses, and Conduent Incorporated, a business process services company.

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U.S. Department of Energy Chooses PARC to Develop Wireless ‘Peel-And-Stick’ Sensors

Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:00:00 GMT

PARC, A Xerox Company, has secured funding with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) as a part of its announcement to invest $19 million to improve the efficiency of our nation’s homes, offices, schools, hospitals, restaurants and stores.

“Distributed sensing enables richer knowledge of any environment, detecting air quality, temperature, humidity, occupancy, and more,” said David Schwartz, project lead and Manager of Energy Devices and Systems at PARC. “Sensors need to be low-cost, easily deployed, require little or no maintenance, and be able to store enough energy to do their job. PARC’s flexible, printed and hybrid electronics enable the unique peel-and-stick form factor, provide affordable, plug-and-play installation, and allow for remote radio frequency power delivery.”

PARC has a long history in developing hybrid electronics with varying functionality and flexible form factors. One of the challenges in distributed sensing is power. PARC’s low-cost sensors are powered by RF energy instead of batteries, which have limited life, or light, which can be ineffective inside of buildings. The innovative peel-and-stick deployment provides simple and affordable installation advantages. Sensors can be applied throughout the facility and easily replaced or moved when necessary, allowing for a deeper and more accurate understanding of building environment than what is currently available. The sensors are also auto-locating, facilitating commissioning, and enabling additional capabilities, such as automatic wall mapping.

The IoT requires a myriad of solutions to help us sense and interpret the world. Printing is a promising approach to mass-produce and customize sensor systems to support the fast growing IoT. The low cost, flexible form factor, and simple installation are ideal for a variety of applications including building efficiency, air quality, smart cities, industrial and residential safety, and wearables. In addition to the cost of fabrication and materials, commissioning is a major barrier to economical implementation. Automatic localization, simplified calibration, and redundancy can help reduce the commissioning effort required. The key to the success of any widespread IoT deployment is the ability to utilize configurable, on-demand, low cost, sensor systems, and to design the technology to best fit the application.

“Business Insider Intelligence predicts the IoT market to become a $6 trillion market by 2021. “Distributed, networked sensing and data collection is the basis of the IoT. PARC is poised to provide a variety of the IoT sensors given our deep and rich history in printed electronics,” said Schwartz.

The DOE Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) solicitation this past year is funding a total of 18 projects, encompassing sensors and controls, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and related technologies, windows, building envelopes (the physical elements, such as doors and walls, separating a building's interior from its exterior) and energy modeling. The RFID projects fall within the sensors and controls category.

Last year, PARC announced its methane detection sensors, based on printed sensor arrays fabricated on polymer substrates. PARC is developing very low cost printed sensor arrays to quantify and locate methane leaks, using a variety of modified carbon nanotube (CNT) materials. The combined response of the sensors provides "fingerprints" for methane and other gases. This approach offers a solution to identify, quantify and locate natural gas leaks at a cost point compatible with widespread deployment. Methane, a major component of natural gas, is a significant greenhouse gas, with many times the heat-trapping effect of carbon dioxide. For more information on this or other PFE innovations, please visit PARC’s website.

About PARC
PARC, A Xerox Company, is in the Business of Breakthroughs®. Practicing open innovation, we provide custom R&D services, technology, expertise, best practices, and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, startups, and government agencies and partners. We create new business options, accelerate time to market, augment internal capabilities, and reduce risk for our clients. Since its inception, PARC has pioneered many technology platforms - from the Ethernet and laser printing to the GUI and ubiquitous computing - and has enabled the creation of many industries. Incorporated as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox in 2002, PARC today continues the research that enables breakthroughs for our clients' businesses.

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Xerox prints directly on 3D objects in minutes with new Direct to Object Inkjet Printer

Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:30:00 GMT

The innovative architecture of tiny, stainless steel nozzles inside the new Xerox (NYSE: XRX) Direct to Object Inkjet Printer has created a new, label-less, on-demand method of personalizing three-dimensional objects.

The nozzles are contained in print heads – about the size of a deck of cards - that accurately spray ink on objects as small as bottle caps and as large as football helmets. The printer can print on plastic, metals, ceramics and glass, eliminating the need for costly labels.

“This innovation opens up a path for creating customized products instantly at a time when the consumer’s appetite is all about personalization,” said Brendan Casey, vice president of Xerox Engineering Services. “Imagine a sports fan coming home from a game with a helmet or ball that was personalized right at the stadium, or a retailer offering on-demand personalization on hundreds of different store items.”

Xerox uses enhanced image-quality algorithms to direct the microscopic nozzles half the width of a human hair. By accurately spraying ink at distances of one-quarter inch, the printer is able to print on smooth, rough, slightly curved or stepped surfaces at print resolutions ranging from 300 to 1,200 dpi. The printer can handle up to 30 objects per hour, with the ability to scale for production.

“The real innovation here is that we can now print on items, such as steel water bottles with multiple curves, without the setup time and costs that analog printing such as flexography or screen printing require,” said Wayne Buchar, chief engineer, Xerox Engineering Services. Other innovative features include:

The ink jets are compatible with virtually any type of ink chemistry including solvent, aqueous and UV inks and can be operated at temperatures as high as 140°C, enabling jetting of specialized inks that meet demanding requirements.
The innovative architecture features a flexible design for holders so that objects can be changed out easily.
Xerox software ensures precise head-to-head registration and best in class color calibration.

The new printer promises to create new revenue opportunities for a number of industries:

Retail: In competitive retail space where brick and mortar stores are in a fierce battle with online retailers, the printer is easy-to-use, fun-to-watch and offers highly customizable output allowing stores to offer walk-up low cost print runs as low as one on a variety of objects.
Printing: For those serving a variety of markets, centralized print providers or distributors (online or brick and mortar) can offer small runs for personalizing and customizing products.
Packaging & Manufacturing: It is a packager’s dream to eliminate the cost and headache of labels and be able to customize packaging. It also offers a flexible architecture that can support conveyors if necessary.

Availability
The Xerox Direct to Object Printer is a customized solution built to order. Xerox will work directly with customers to optimize a custom configuration specifically suited for their application. Pricing starts at $145,000 (U.S.) and varies according to configuration and options.

The Xerox Direct to Object Inkjet Printer will be on display in Xerox booth #1625 during North America’s largest graphic arts tradeshow, Graph Expo, which takes place Sept. 25-28 in Orlando, Florida. The printer is a 2016 MUST SEE ‘EMS award winner in the Future of Print category. The MUST SEE ‘EMS is an annual awards competition that recognizes the most compelling new products being shown at Graph Expo.

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PARC, A Xerox Company, technologies to be highlighted at NextFlex opening in San Jose, CA

Mon, 29 Aug 2016 20:00:00 GMT

PARC, A Xerox Company, today announced the advanced technologies to be highlighted at the August 31 NextFlex opening in San Jose, CA. NextFlex is a public-private consortium of companies, academic institutions, nonprofits and governments with a mission to advance US manufacturing of flexible hybrid electronics. NextFlex encourages investment in the manufacturing ecosystem for this exciting technology, in return for receiving intellectual property, new product ideas and partnering opportunities.

PARC has been developing innovative technologies in the area of printed electronics for 15 years, and is working with a variety of commercial partners and government agencies to bring these technologies to market. This portfolio of work comprises material science, novel 2D and 3D printing, and process-driven design that will deliver entire libraries of smart components and systems. The "inks" are nanomaterials, molecular semiconductors, inorganic composites, and even tiny silicon chiplets that form circuits, sensors, light emitters, batteries, and more, integrated directly into products of all shapes, sizes and textures.

Flexible hybrid electronics brings together the industries of microelectronics, electronics assembly and printing. It will enable on-demand fabrication of custom electronics for smart wearable devices in conformal shapes, intelligent packaging, as well as sensors incorporated in the fabric of buildings, cities, cars, airplanes and even robots. Literally, we will have the capability to embed intelligence into all products and objects surrounding us, paving the way to the “Internet of Everything.”

PARC is working with a variety of materials and printing companies to enable a vast number of applications and services for a wide range of industries, from packaging to wearables to payment systems. Karl Dueland, Vice President, General Manager of Digital Manufacturing at Xerox commented, “We’re very excited about these PARC technologies and the commercial opportunities they represent for Xerox and the value they can bring to the market.”

PARC’s work in the field of printed, flexible electronics includes a variety of projects:

FLEXIBLE X-RAY DETECTORS: PARC has successfully manufactured a flexible X-ray detector prototypes using advanced thin-film transistors (TFTs). Measuring 10 diagonal inches, the device has been jointly developed at the Flexible Electronics and Display Center (FEDC) and PARC in conjunction with the Army Research Lab (ARL) and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The devices will be used to advance the development of flexible X-ray detectors for use in thin, lightweight, and highly rugged devices. The technology will also enable other bendable, conformal, optical and acoustic imaging solutions for medical and security applications.

HYBRID PRINTED STRAIN SENSORS: PARC developed flexible strain sensors that transmit wirelessly the degree of bending of a foil substrate in two dimensions. The sensors are printed on a transparent substrate and comprise a printed energy harvesting antenna and an integrated microchip. This platform enables applications such as structural monitoring on the surface of aircraft wings or buildings. The project was funded by the FlexTech Alliance.

HYBRID ELECTRONICS FOR WEARABLES: PARC, in collaboration with University of California, San Diego (UCSD) developed printed hybrid biosensors that monitor glucose and lactate in saliva. The hybrid fabrication techniques used in this development make it possible to integrate the sensor in a mouthguard. The project was funded by the Nano Bio Manufacturing Consortium (NBMC).

PRINTED METHANE SENSORS: Under the ARPA-E Methane Observation Networks with Innovative Technology to Obtain Reductions (MONITOR) program, PARC will deliver low-cost printed sensor arrays to quantify and locate methane leaks, using a variety of modified carbon nanotube sensors. The combined response of the sensors will provide information on location and leak rates for methane and other gases. PARC has also developed other printed sensors to monitor electro-chemical, temperature, strain, light, and other gases.

PRINTED CHIPLETS: PARC has taken its understanding of printing and created a way to print smart materials with the throughput and cost of laser printers, but with the precision and functionality of nanotechnology. The typical printing process places colored toner particles on digitally designated locations to form patterns at high speed, handling >100 million particles per second for only pennies per a page. PARC realized that this same process could be used to handle microscopic chips, instead of toner, to form complex electronic circuits on demand, making electronics fabrication as simple as printing a document.

VANISHING ELECTRONICS: PARC’s Disintegration Upon Stress-Release Trigger (DUST) technology under DARPA’s Vanishing Programmable Resources (VAPR) program is an innovative technology based on stress-engineered glass that allows electronic devices -- chips, sensors and other electronics -- to be rapidly and remotely disintegrated on command, leaving small, dispersed particles, unseen to the human eye.

PEEL-AND-STICK SENSORS FOR BUILDINGS: The Energy Department recently announced its investment of $19 million to improve the efficiency of our nation’s homes, offices, schools, hospitals, restaurants and stores. As part of the overall project, PARC will develop a wireless system of peel-and-stick sensor nodes that are powered by radio frequency hubs, relaying data to building management systems that can significantly reduce energy use.

About NextFlex
NextFlex was founded on August 28, 2015, through the execution of a Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and FlexTech Alliance. A public-private partnership, NextFlex is the seventh Manufacturing Innovation Institute funded through the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation to create, showcase, and deploy new capabilities and new manufacturing processes surrounding flexible hybrid electronics. More information about NextFlex can be found at www.nextflex.us.

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PARC Scientist Alex Hegyi is recognized as a honoree of MIT Technology Review’s 2016 Innovators Under 35

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:00:00 GMT

PARC, A Xerox Company, announced that PARC’s Alex Hegyi has been recognized as an inventor for his work in the field of computer and electronics hardware. Today MIT Technology Review revealed its annual list of Innovators Under 35. For over a decade, the global media company has recognized exceptionally talented technologists whose work has great potential to transform the world.

“We’re excited about this prestigious recognition for Alex, a very talented scientist,” said Stephen Hoover, PARC CEO. “This new hyperspectral imaging camera literally changes how we see the world, at a breakthrough cost and size. The capability to understand the world in new ways at much lower cost will help to democratize entire industries – from agriculture to healthcare – revolutionizing the way people work and play. As part of the global Xerox Innovation team, PARC and our exceptional researchers are working on a number of technologies that will improve the way people and machines work together.”

Alex’s invention of a fundamentally new approach to hyperspectral imaging will dramatically reduce the cost and size barriers previously associated with the technology. As a result, hyperspectral imaging can be used in many new industries, and we may soon see hyperspectral cameras on a range of handheld devices.

“A wide variety of industries, including agriculture, medicine, and defense, will be able to utilize the technology,” said Hegyi. “Established organizations and startups alike will be able to identify and quickly implement new use cases, creating more services for customers, and even spawning off new businesses.”

“Over the years, we’ve had success in choosing young innovators whose work has been profoundly influential on the direction of human affairs,” says editor in chief and publisher Jason Pontin. “Previous winners include Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the cofounders of Google; Mark Zuckerberg, the cofounder of Facebook; and Jonathan Ive, the chief designer of Apple. We’re proud of our selections and the variety of achievements they celebrate, and we’re proud to add PARC’s Alex Hegyi to this prestigious list.”

This year’s honorees will be featured online at www.technologyreview.com starting today, and in the September/October print magazine, which hits newsstands worldwide on August 29. They will appear in person at the upcoming EmTech MIT conference October 18–20 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (www.EmTechMIT.com).

About MIT Technology Review
Founded at MIT in 1899, MIT Technology Review is an independent media company whose mission is to equip audiences with the intelligence to understand and contribute to a world shaped by technology. Readers are a global audience of business and thought leaders, innovators and early adopters, entrepreneurs and investors. MIT Technology Review is first to report on a broad range of new technologies, informing our audiences about how important breakthroughs will impact their careers and lives. Subscribe. Follow: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+.

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