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 …
How IoT sensors are helping protect and conserve beluga whales in Alaska
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailIn 2017, a natural gas leak was detected six kilometres off the coast of Nikiski in Alaska. The leak impinged on a critical habitat for endangered beluga whales. The Alaskan …
Motor cars and gas turbines: Two ‘predictive downtime’ use cases from Hitachi
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAs we have seen already, through separate discussion of Hitachi’s approach to ‘predictive quality’ and ‘dynamic scheduling’, the digital transformation of industry is multi-faceted. There is a third way, apart …
How LoRaWAN threaded IoT sensors are helping with flooding in Buenos Aires
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailOn January 16, 2017, the Arroyo del Medio river, north of Buenos Aires in Argentina, broke its banks, forcing three quarters of the village of La Emilia to evacuate their …
How Deutsche Telekom’s internet-of-hives is helping German honeybees
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailTelecoms operator Deutsche Telekom has connected two beehives in the grounds of its headquarters in Bonn, in Germany, to its narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network, as it seeks to use digital technologies …
Planes, computers and books: Three ‘dynamic scheduling’ use cases from Hitachi
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThere are three strands to industrial transformation, reckons Hitachi Vantara, the digital change unit of Japanese hardware and software maker Hitachi. The point is to eliminate, or at least manage …
Drugs, steel and tyres: Three ‘predictive quality’ use cases from Hitachi
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailHitachi sets about the task of industrial transformation with its customers by posing three simple, but very pointed, questions. “What if you could predict and prevent production downtime? What if …
How Honeywell is helping building managers improve indoor efficiencies
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailNew Jersey-based Honeywell is helping organizations to boost efficiency through the use of an application with the aim of improving the quality and comfort levels of workspaces. The Honeywell Vector …
Rain, cloud and the ‘Windy City’: How IoT is helping Chicago fight flooding
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSometimes you need indisputable proof to act upon even the clearest assumptions. If you’re a city council, spending public money on infrastructure to save local communities, this burden of proof …
Best in show: the smartest smart factory demos at Hannover Messe 2018
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailHannover Messe is the biggest industrial fair on the planet; this year’s smart factory set-ups were its most exciting yet – exhibiting high speeds, high security, and high performance, and …
