What is asset tracking, and what is it worth? (Why it’s a jungle – and why it’s massive)
What is asset tracking, anyway? And what is it worth? Because tracking of machine data, one way or another, is easily conflated with the internet-of-things (IoT) movement, at large. And …
From vehicles to vaccines (and BLE to NB-IoT): five key asset tracking use cases
1 | FedEx + BLE – for tracking vaccine shipments FedEx has introduced a new Bluetooth based asset tracking system in time for anticipated shipping of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as …
Understanding the relationship between a digital twin and a digital thread
Digital twin and digital twin drive process improvement within and beyond a factory Digital transformation is a broad term that means many things to many people. But, at its core, …
10 of the smartest factories in the world – join WEF Industry 4.0 index for ‘great reset’
Ten new manufacturing sites have joined the World Economic Forum’s ‘global lighthouse network’ of Industry 4.0 leaders. It takes the total number of smart factories in the network to 54. …
Europe bolsters cloud-native private 5G for Industry 4.0 with FUDGE-5G kickoff
The technology and government sectors both love an acronym, but FUDGE-5G? Really? It seems a stretch; a random mnemonic to brand a rather complex-sounding EU innovation initiative. The project’s full …
The bee’s knees – four ways IoT and AI are helping to save honey bees
World Honeybee Day is on the third Saturday in August every year, and this weekend (August 15) this year. North Carolina based analytics firm SAS Institute has used the occasion …
What is ‘the 15 minute city’ – and why it is the same as a ‘smart city’
Note, this article originally appeared as a blog post on the Guidehouse Insights website; it is reprinted here with permission. The original article can be found here. “La ville du …
Connected social care and the ‘spirit of 5G’ – all about Liverpool’s £7m smart-city 5G win
The city of Liverpool has just won a £4.3 million fund, topped-up to £7.15 million, from the UK government to build a private 5G network for local health and social …
Five verticals for hybrid IoT – where short- and long-range IoT tech meet
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for …
Bird’s-eye view – why 5G MEC on streetlights is the only way for autonomous vehicles
A three-year industrial research project in Germany into how to bring safety and intelligence to next-generation transport systems has concluded the only way to is to combine IoT sensors, edge …
