US transport agencies form consortium for automated bus trials
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail An association of transit and transportation agencies has officially formed the Automated Bus Consortium, a collaboration designed to investigate the feasibility of implementing pilots of automated bus projects across …
Why farming needs 5G, and not just LoRaWAN and NB-IoT – an investor’s view, from NGP Capital
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCertain functions of smart farming will not work on low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, even while technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT tend to support most smart agricultural technologies, as they exist …
5G Automotive Association tests C-V2X technologies in Berlin
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) carried out a live demo of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in Berlin, the entity said in a release. During the demo, 5GAA members including …
John Deere talks computer vision and the ultimate in farm gadgetry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPeople don’t get how sophisticated farmers are, says Lane, Arthur, director of digital solutions at John Deere, the US maker of industrial equipment and machinery. “They don’t see the technology …
DHL debuts drone deliveries in China, with 5kg cargos and automated loading
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGerman logistics company DHL has launched its first drone delivery solution for last-mile deliveries in urban areas of China, starting with flights in Guangzhou, the port city northwest of Hong …
Audi to launch vehicle-to-infrastructure service in Europe
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Audi will be introducing a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) service dubbed “Traffic Light Information” in the European market in July, the German carmaker said in a release. Initially, Audi will network …
Panasonic and Toyota pool home and car tech in ‘smart town’ joint venture
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailJapanese firms Panasonic and Toyota have agreed to form a new smart cities joint-venture that combines the former’s expertise in the home gadgetry market and the latter’s work in the …
Nokia lines up private 5G test network for Chinese auto-maker FAW
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFinnish vendor Nokia will build a private 5G test network for Chinese auto-maker FAW to spur digital transformation of its industrial machines and processes. The pair have signed a “strategic” …
US Ignite, AWS back smart city startup accelerator program
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail US Ignite has launched a new smart city startup accelerator program, designed to guide developers through the process of launching a cloud-based business or service oriented to the smart …
AT&T and Vodafone discuss new automotive alliance: “It could be a game-changer, truly”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMore from the cutting room floor, leftover from the early 2019 conference season, which should have made the cut in the first place. Here, following initial discussion with Cameron Coursey, …
