NHS trust signs £25m deal with Hitachi for digital twin and control centre
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAn NHS trust in Manchester, in the UK, has agreed a £25 million deal with Hitachi Consulting to use advanced data analytics and IoT tools to digitise its processes and …
5G, blockchain, and tracking – the Marseille model for smart ports
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Port of Marseille Fos, in France, has new discussions with Orange about 5G, a developing relationship with IBM on blockchain, and a host of collaborations with local industry around …
Cities not ready for AI – even the world’s smartest can’t handle getting any smarter
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNo city in the world is ready for the disruption that artificial intelligence (AI) will bring. This is the conclusion of a new review by management consultancy Oliver Wyman, which …
Small steps are the only way to digital change – how pharma firm Lonza united its factory data
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDigital transformation, set in motion by industrial IoT, is an abstract exercise. It is not an off-the-shelf kind of a sale. It requires all parties to collaborate to affect change …
Top tech for industrial intelligence – seven systems for factory AI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFactories are bringing intelligence to the production line in a number of ways. Most are focused on integration between machines on the factory floor and leveraging sensor data for actionable …
Huawei tests 5G with AI-powered sensors, systems and drones for smart farming
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTelecoms vendor Huawei has partnered with Chinese agricultural technology supplier XAG on a series of experiments to explore the application of 5G and AI in agriculture. XAG is also an …
Hitachi Vantara releases new industrial IoT and AI suite, signs up Ericsson
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHitachi Vantara has introduced a suite of AI-flavoured industrial IoT solutions to accelerate digital transformation on the shop floor in manufacturing operations. The new Lumada Manufacturing Insights package applies “data …
AT&T joins Qualcomm’s smart cities gang, as industry seeks closer collaboration
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAT&T has joined Qualcomm’s smart cities accelerator programme, which now counts almost 70 members and met for the first time in San Diego last week. The initiative has been convened …
Industrial IoT Q&A: “AI insights can enhance ML models,” says FogHorn
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCalifornia-based software developer FogHorn provides edge intelligence software for industrial and commercial IoT applications. The company has signed with auto-parts maker ADVICS to deploy its edge compute software to enable …
AI on the line – three cases of digital pyrotechnics on the production line
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail“It’s like a secret recipe,” says Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at German firm Software AG, when asked about why the car industry is not crowing, yet, about its paint-shop analytics …
