First ‘robotic supermarket’ to open in Miami; further launches planned for US and Europe
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe first ‘robotic supermarket’ is set to open in Miami, Florida. The facility uses robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to retrieve groceries from closely-stacked shelves and pack them into shopping …
Revealed: The world’s smartest factories and manufacturers
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe most advanced factories in the world are in Europe and Asia, according to a new review of smart manufacturing by the World Economic Forum. Just one of the top …
UK drone-port company expands focus to US East Coast after London property splurge
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailUK start-up Skyports is ramping up activity in the US as it seeks to establish an international network of helipads for flying taxis and drone deliveries. Skyports has so far …
ThoughtWire intros IoT automation apps for building owners and healthcare providers
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailCanadian IoT platform provider ThoughtWire has produced five new applications for building owners and healthcare providers to manage connected “people, systems and things”. ThoughtWire has introduced two new applications as …
How IoT sensors are helping predict failures and faults on German roads
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailBy the Köln Ost junction on the A3 motorway in the North Rhine-Westphalia region in Germany, a group of engineers has mocked-up a 25,000 square-metre roadway network with a mash-up …
UK strikes £420m ‘bytes and mortar’ deal for smart construction of new buildings
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe UK government has announced a £420 million joint investment in ‘bytes and mortar’ to use digital technologies in ‘smart construction to develop new techniques for sustainable and rapid house …
Retro-fits, recycling and data: How Stockholm became Europe’s greenest city
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailStockholm is a ‘lighthouse city’, alongside Cologne and Barcelona, in the European Commission’s GrowSmarter project, one of three to receive support in the first ‘Smart Cities and Communities’ (SCC1) call under the Horizon …
Asset performance management: Three IIoT case studies from GE Digital
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailGeneral Electric reckons the convergence of machines, data and analytics will contribute $10 to $15 trillion to global GDP in efficiency gains over the next two decades. It has spent …
How the IoT is enabling smart buildings
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSmart buildings create a win-win for owners, occupants The continued perpetuation of internet of things (IoT) implementations is bringing to life digital transformation across nearly all enterprise and industrial verticals. …
Siemens Building Technologies acquires Californian IoT specialist
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe German firm said the acquisition of Enlighted will be closed during the third quarter German firm Siemens expects to close the acquisition of California-based Enlighted, a provider of smart …
