Semtech spurs LoRa community with next-gen silicon, stares down cellular IoT carriers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWith brand new silicon, a vibrant support network, and a profile burnished in the early IoT rush, LoRa specialist Semtech is looking to spread its wings and rise above the …
IIC shows how to optimise assets in smart buildings, machines in smart factories
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has announced results from a pair of testbeds investigating, alternatively, artificial intelligence (AI) for smart buildings management and ways to connect up old factories to …
First ‘robotic supermarket’ to open in Miami; further launches planned for US and Europe
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCanadian 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBy 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailStockholm 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGeneral 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 …
