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Laptop and smartphone maker Lenovo launched today a project for smart hardware, named New Business Development (NewBD, or NBD), in Beijing. Instead of developing smart hardware products in house, Lenovo chooses to invest in startups or cooperate with them. At the launch event today Lenovo unveiled four products, two smart glasses, a connected air purifier and a smart WiFi router. While Lenovo is a global company, it seems the smart hardware project is targeting at China market. The air purifier is produced by German company Luftmed and the smart WiFi router is by a Chinese startup XCloud.