United Technologies provides a broad range of high technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries.

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Instead, look for the technology to roll out gradually, building on systems that are already available, like adaptive cruise control, active braking, lane-keeping systems and parking assist.

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Building on technology from McDonnell, he developed secure, extranet systems that let large corporations share information with key suppliers and customers at remote locations.

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Building on Volvo Car Corporation's and Volvo Technology's already existing safety systems - including features such as cameras, radar and laser sensors - the vehicles monitor the lead vehicle and also other vehicles in their immediate vicinity.

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"It's a new dawn in the design of microprocessors, " says Randy W. Watkins, vice president of technology at SecuraKey, a Luminary Micro customer that sells building access and security systems.

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Rivals, Google in particular, and software firms such as Adobe and Oracle have been building out their own suite of advertising technology services as more advertising gets done via automated systems.

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