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Samsung, Nestlé collaborating to combine IoT and biomedical science

Samsung and Nestle are collaborating to combine IoT, bio sensors, and multi-modal technology with nutrition science. Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center and Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences will be working together on a consumer-facing platform for healthy living.

The collaboration will combine Samsung ARTIK IoT platform and semiconductor expertise, with Nestlé’s expertise in nutrition and biomedical science.

The first pilots will begin in early 2017.

[Image courtesy: Nestle]

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