UK government to support advanced automated vehicle trials
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail U.K. authorities also announced a strengthening of its code of practice to trial automated vehicles The U.K. government said it is developing a process to support advanced trials …
From 50ms to 1ms and 5x9s to 6x9s – Nokia makes case for private industrial networks
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNote, this is the second part in a feature about Nokia’snew industrial strategy. The first instalment can be found here. Nokia’s latest results, which saw shares slip on a slow …
Sensing and sense-making: Seven key supply chain technologies
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailI read it somewhere, and it made sense; the application of new digital technologies in the global supply chain is about two critical functions – ‘sensing’ and ‘sense-making’, where the …
Nokia trial sees Komatsu autonomous mining trucks approved to run on private LTE
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDriverless trucks by equipment manufacturer Komatsu are the first in the mining industry to be passed to run on a private LTE network in commercial operations. Komatsu’s ‘autonomous haulage system’ …
Cisco, Iteris form partnership to target smart city solutions
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The two companies initially deployed an IoT-based solution for the city of Las Vegas Iteris, a U.S company that focuses on applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, has …
Magenta Venture Partners launches $100m VC fund for industrial AI startups
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIsrael’s venture capital firm Magenta Venture Partners has announced a new $100 million fund for early-stage Israeli startups focused variously on autonomous vehicles, Industry 4.0, smart cities, and fin-tech, and …
Three use cases only workable with URLLC-flavoured 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFurther to last week’s sub-polemic on the wrongheaded marketing of 5G services, it is worth considering, again, just how transformational the next generation of mobile technology could be – and …
Why 5G is a slow-burning enterprise saga – and Verizon’s criticism of 5G marketing doesn’t go far enough
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail“The potential for 5G is awesome,” Verizon chief tech officer Kyle Malady wrote in an open letter this week, in protest at the early marketing of rather middle-of-the-road ‘5G’ services …
Sacramento taps Silicon Valley AI duo to build HD smart-city maps for GM, Tesla, et al
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe City of Sacramento has agreed with two Silicon Valley artificial intelligence (AI) firms to develop high-definition 2D and 3D maps of local road infrastructure to share with car makers …
Daimler Trucks to invest $570 million in automated trucks
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Daimler also said it is reassessing its view on truck platooning Daimler Trucks announced plans to invest EUR 500 million ($570 million) with the aim of bringing highly …
