Siemens establishes new MindSphere manufacturer alliance in Europe
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSiemens has founded an industrial IoT (IIoT) group of manufacturing and technology companies in Italy to expand the international reach of its MindSphere platform. The new MindSphere World Italy set-up …
GE to integrate Predix with Azure, co-develop IIoT solutions with Microsoft
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailGE Digital will integrate its Predix portfolio with Microsoft Azure’s cloud capabilities, and standardise its Predix solutions on Microsoft Azure, it has announced. GE and Microsoft said they will also …
Daimler, Bosch to intro driverless ride-hailing in California in 2019, select Nvidia for AI
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailBosch and Daimler will test a fleet of autonomous vehicles in California, with a view to launching a driverless shuttle service on certain routes in the second half of 2019. …
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 …
The IIoT interview (pt3) “We’re selling innovations, not solutions,” says Hitachi
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailIn the final instalment in our industrial IoT trilogy with Hitachi, Greg Kinsey, in charge of the company’s digital transformation business, says innovation is not available to pre-order and take-away, …
Singapore preps open digital platform for major greenfield smart city development
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSingapore’s industrial development agency JTC has appointed engineering group ST Engineering to build an open smart city platform for its green-field Punggol Digital District (PDD) project, a new tech hub …
Siemens promises proactive intel on urban air pollution, joins China smart city project
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSiemens has released a cloud-based software suite to help cities manage air pollution. Its new City Air Management (CyAM) solution, based on its MindSphere internet-of-things (IoT) platform, is the “smartest …
The top 10 smart cities – ranked according to their infrastructure and potential
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailNew research by McKinsey Global Institute has evaluated the planet’s smartest cities on both their underlying infrastructure and their over-lying applications, and ranked them in order on both counts. Here, …
France and UK governments in major AI tie-up, focused on research and innovation
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe French and UK governments have signed a five-year accord to work together to improve digital services through state-level collaboration on artificial intelligence (AI), data and digital administration. Mounir Mahjoubi …
Eight crucial technologies to drive the digital revolution in smart manufacturing
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe move to a ‘lights-out’ factory has already begun, but the developing transition requires an overhaul of industrial facilities, equipment, systems and people if it is to go the distance. …
