Deutsche Telekom, Nokia test 5G for industrial use at the Port of Hamburg
German carrier Deutsche Telekom, Nokia and the Hamburg Port Authority have tested new features of 5G technology in a test bed installed at the Port of Hamburg. From January 2018 …
Smart cities: When a light is more than a light and a bus is more than a bus
There’s no master list of smart city use cases primarily because, in the right context, nearly anything could contribute to a smart city. However, some of the major ones that …
Seeds, soil and sensors – the story of Sensoterra
Three per cent of the world’s water is accessible freshwater. Of that, 70 per cent of the freshwater consumed is used in the agricultural industry – the largest consumer of …
How America fell in love with slushies again – a tale of natural flavours and smart dispensers
US frozen drinks company Freezing Point, parent to slushie brand Frazil, has partnered with Norwegian engineering firm 7Sense to develop a low-cost, retrofittable cellular NB-IoT circuit board to make its …
From coffee machines to paint shops: IIoT at the cutting edge – four Software AG use cases
As part of Enterprise IoT Insights‘ investigation into edge-cloud setups in industrial plants, we have unearthed a number of case studies showing how manufacturing companies and technology providers are collaborating …
Smart manufacturing: HPE and Foxconn’s edge-based AI video system for quality assurance
Quality assurance is a critical part of manufacturing; it’s just humans are not very good at it. Their faculties are not trained to pick out anomalies in rapid carousels of …
From power grids to oil rigs: IIoT at the cutting edge – four AWS use cases
In simple terms, the prevailing wisdom is the more data, the better. More data equals better decisions, which equals better products, and more users. That is the theory, anyway. The …
Road safety with C-V2X – at a four-way ITS intersection, with no traffic signals
Car companies Audi, Ducati, and Ford have joined with California chip maker Qualcomm to prove the “maturity and potential” of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology by showing their vehicles navigating a …
How cold storage firm Lineage Logistics used IoT tech to reduce energy by 34%
Food cold storage operator Lineage Logistics has engaged IoT solution provider ndustrial.io and carrier AT&T to reduce annual energy usage by 34 per cent and annual energy costs by $4 …
‘Some investments are just easier to justify’ – making cities smart, the Cradlepoint way
Boise-based Cradlepoint has never sought out cities to sell to; the smart cities market has come to it. The fact is, some investments are easier to justify than others, it …
