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“Let’s Listen to the Band” set off music wave, 17sing helped to upgrade the pan-entertainment industry

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2 years ago

October 6, 2024

TAIPEI, Oct. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Taiwan’s first band variety show “Let’s Listen to the Band”, jointly created by 17sing and EBC, started on 7/7. The ratings and heat are rising all the time, ended at the Hsinchu County Gymnasium Finals Music Festival on 9/29. Taiwan’s first band variety show showed us the most energetic and youthful blood of the new generation of Taiwanese music, accompanying fans through a passionate summer.

“Let’s Listen to the Band” invited four famous stars: Harlem Yu,Howe Chen,Waa Wei,Luantan Ascent.They performed a wonderful show for us. And in the artist cooperation competition,many superstars served as flying guests and collaborated with the new generation of bands in the adaptation competition of golden songs, resulting in a wonderful chemical reaction; Famous bands also appeared one by one, they made amazing performances; at the live music festival on 9/29, the internationally renowned Japanese band, ALI,, also came to the stage. Finally, Taiwan’s new band-Hue, from auditions to the finals, overcame obstacles all the way and used their own music and power to win the championship of “Let’s Listen to the Band”.

As one of the main partners of this show, 17sing uses its own way to let more people see the new generation bands. When the show started, 17sing launched a voting function, opened the competition list for “Best Band” and other awards, allowed all fans to freely vote for the band they support; In the resurrection match of the defeated group, 17sing opened the voting for the resurrection list, allowed the bands to return to the stage again, and successfully brought the eliminated band back to life; In the finals, 17sing exclusively launched the final list, allowed fans to predict the winning band. These votes have also become a crucial part of the outcome of the competition. These online activities of 17sing allowed fans to personally support their favorite bands, which greatly condenses the connection between the band and the fans. In addition to the show, DYB, Gao Xiaogao and other bands appear in the 17sing live room from time to time, brought users a wonderful online live experience, revealed interesting behind-the-scenes stories,showed singing skills, etc., and the 17sing live show was nicknamed by fans as “Let’s listen to the band’s extra chapter.”

It is worth mentioning that all voting at the recording scene of “Let’s Listen to the Band” and the voting by thousands of people at the finals music festival are all technically supported by 17sing APP. It is precisely because 17sing APP has the industry’s advanced Internet technology that it can ensure the success and fairness of voting and allow the program to proceed.Regarding this perfect cooperation, the person in charge of EBC said: “Thanks to 17sing APP for the assistance in “Let’s Listen to the Band”, which not only provides a complete voting page configuration for the show, but also provides professional technical support, enriching the integrity of the show.It also opened up more possibilities for the three-party cooperation between brands, media and programs. The cooperation between “Let’s Listen to the Band” and 17sing APP showed me the professionalism of the 17sing team, and I hope to continue to cooperate with 17sing APP in the future,to discover more outstanding musicians from Taiwan! “

17sing Marketing Director David also said: “The band has a deep influence on Taiwanese music. The songs they write not only reflect the current social atmosphere, but are also popular hit songs in karaoke. 17sing APP is very happy to cooperate with EBC this time,not only creates a new form of cooperation between brands and media, but also achieves our original intention of contributing to the Taiwanese music. After three months, we have been baptized by various bands with different styles. It also brings more imagination and inspiration to 17sing. We look forward to continuing to work with EBC to create more interesting music cooperation projects in the future.”

In this era of diversified music where young people are emerging, 17sing, as the leading karaoke social app, is not only a stage to showcase musical talents, but also a place for the dreams of new generation musicians to take off. Through cooperation with various music programs such as “Let’s Listen to the Band” and “Jungle Voice”, 17sing provides an opportunity for young people with music dreams to express themselves. 17sing’s cooperation with different music industry parties is not only the support of music culture, but also a practice of social responsibility. Through such activities, 17sing can discover more outstanding musical talents and enrich Taiwan’s music industry ecosystem. At the same time, this kind of encouragement to the music industry and support for the younger generation also reflects 17sing’s emphasis on the diversity, and promotes the influence of the new generation of singers in Taiwanese music. 17sing also hopes to take this opportunity to cooperate with more industries, contribute to Taiwan’s pan-entertainment ecology, and promote the development of music culture!

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Chef Robotics Physical AI Models Can Now Automate Baked Goods Packing

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4 hours ago

April 29, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chef Robotics, a leader in physical AI for the food industry, today announced that Chef robots can now automate tray assembly for baked goods packing. The application places baked products, such as burger buns, chocolate chip cookies, biscotti, butter cookies, biscuits, fortune cookies, granola bars, rusks, and shortbreads into trays and packaging containers before sealing.

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Baked goods packing has historically been difficult to automate for high-mix production. Each item behaves differently on the production line—a granola bar compresses under the wrong grip, while a biscotti or rusk can crack if placed at the wrong angle. Surface textures range from glazed and smooth to crumbly and irregular, and strict presentation requirements leave little room for error. This variability has made it challenging for automation systems to reliably handle baked goods at production speeds, leaving food manufacturers dependent on manual labor and traditional bakery equipment.

To address this, Chef built its baked goods packing application on its existing piece-picking capability, which uses Chef’s AI-powered computer vision and physical AI models trained across diverse real-world production environments. This allows Chef robots to assess each item’s position, shape, and orientation in real time and determine how to pick the items from the pan and place them quickly and precisely without damaging them.

The baked goods packing application supports four distinct placement capabilities.

First, Chef’s vision system detects the angle at which each item sits in the pan and reorients it after picking, placing it on the tray at the exact angle required, regardless of its original position, enabling retail-ready presentation for SKUs that require precise angular placement.

Second, Chef robots can place multiple baked goods into the same packaging container in a single automated pass, completing full tray assembly without manual intervention.

Third, for packaging containers with multiple small compartments, Chef robots can precisely place items into each designated section, including multiple items in the same compartment, using Chef’s AI vision model to detect compartment positions and orientations in real time.

Fourth, Chef’s vision system identifies the exact center of each tray and places every item at a predefined offset from that center, ensuring a uniform, consistent arrangement across every pack regardless of how trays arrive on the conveyor.

For food manufacturers evaluating bakery systems and baked goods packaging automation, the application offers higher throughput, reduced labor dependency, and consistent presentation across shifts. The capability runs on Chef’s existing robotic hardware and software, allowing manufacturers to deploy it without requiring any changes to their production lines.

Chef’s baked goods packing application is available in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the UK and is included as part of Chef’s robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) pricing model.

About Chef Robotics
Chef is the first company to have commercialized a scalable AI-driven food robotics solution. With over 104 million servings made in production, Chef leverages ChefOS, an AI platform for food manipulation, to offer a Robotics-as-a-Service solution that helps industry-leading food companies increase production volume and meet demand. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Chef aims to empower humans to do what humans do best by accelerating the advent of intelligent machines. Visit https://chefrobotics.ai to learn more.

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Chef Robotics Physical AI Models Can Now Automate Baked Goods Packing

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4 hours ago

April 29, 2026

Watch Chef robots in action.

The baked goods packing application supports four distinct placement capabilities.

Second, Chef robots can place multiple baked goods into the same packaging container in a single automated pass, completing full tray assembly without manual intervention.

Chef’s baked goods packing application is available in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the UK and is included as part of Chef’s robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) pricing model.

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Air Products to Expand Industrial Gas Supply for Samsung Electronics’ Next-Generation Semiconductor Fab in South Korea

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4 hours ago

April 29, 2026

New investment underscores the company’s long-term commitment to Korea and its leading role in the global semiconductor industry

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Air Products (NYSE:APD), a world-leading industrial gases company and serving Samsung globally, today announced it has been selected by Samsung to supply industrial gases for its new advanced semiconductor fab in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Under the agreement, Air Products will build, own and operate multiple state-of-the-art production facilities and a bulk specialty gas supply system to supply nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and hydrogen for Samsung’s new semiconductor fab. The new facilities are expected to come onstream in multiple phases from 2028 through 2030.

Air Products has a long track record of executing multiple phase expansions in Pyeongtaek to support Samsung’s growing manufacturing needs. This latest project represents Air Products’ largest investment to date in the semiconductor industry and will establish Pyeongtaek as the company’s single largest operations site globally supporting the electronics industry.

“Air Products is honored to be selected once again by Samsung and to have their continued confidence as a trusted partner supporting their strategic growth plans,” said SR Kim, President, Air Products Korea. “This significant investment reinforces Air Products’ role as a leading global supplier to the semiconductor industry and underscores our long-standing commitment to supporting our strategic customers with safety, reliability, efficiency and excellent service.”

Air Products has served the global electronics industry for more than 40 years, supplying industrial gases safely and reliably to many of the world’s leading technology companies. The company has operated in Korea for more than 50 years and has established a strong position in electronics and manufacturing sectors.

About Air Products

Air Products (NYSE: APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 85 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets and generating a cleaner future. The Company supplies essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, medical and food. As the leading global supplier of hydrogen, Air Products also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world’s largest clean hydrogen projects, supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the industrial and heavy-duty transportation sectors. Through its sale of equipment businesses, the Company also provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally.

Air Products had fiscal 2025 sales of $12 billion from operations in approximately 50 countries. For more information, visit airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook or Instagram.

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