BROWSING: Internet of Things (IoT)

Drones used in precision agriculture OCEALIA Group is a French farming cooperative with 7,200 members and nearly 900 employees. Since 2015, five drone operators have been flying the group's two AIRINOV multiSPEC 4C sensor-equipped SenseFly eBee Ag drones in order to gain valuable fertilization data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du7wJX6hEP4 “The drone data is complementary to satellite...

Mass urbanization is straining resources in metropolitan areas and having a direct impact on quality-of-life for residents. This global trend is prompting increasing investment in solutions designed to transform high population density areas into smart cities. Smart cities is a somewhat nebulous term--it can include a...

Drones are a capitivating IoT example According to a report from retail research firm NPD group, sales of drones have more than tripled over the last year, reaching around $200 million in sales. The increasing interest in using these aerial devices is one of the best illustrations...

The new ZTE strategy takes into account trends including virtuality, openness, intelligence, cloudification and IoT Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has unveiled its M-ICT 2.0 strategy that will guide the company for the next five years. According to the company, the M "encompasses multiple dimensions, capturing...

The new ZTE strategy takes into account trends including virtuality, openness, intelligence, cloudification and IoT Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has unveiled its M-ICT 2.0 strategy that will guide the company for the next five years. According to the company, the M "encompasses multiple dimensions, capturing...

RFID, a technology brought down by hype Radio-frequency information (RFID) was once the poster child of the industrial internet of things (IIoT), before new companies, technologies, use cases and networks turned the concept into an interoperability nightmare. RFID tags were often linked to the word...

The Chinese company also inked a deal with NCS and Tyco to create smart city solutions Chinese telecommunications services provider Huawei has officially opened its Southern Pacific OpenLab in Singapore to foster ICT innovation. The lab is an open end-to-end ICT Infrastructure platform where partners can...

When a cloud can't move fast enough The success of the industrial IoT is going to rely heavily on both the gathering of unthinkably large amounts of data, as well as the analysis and response to that data. Devices like sensors, cameras, controllers and switches make gathering...

Following the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, Sigfox claims to cover 57 percent of Latin America’s territory. Sigfox’s international expansion shows no signs of slowing down. The IoT operator has now announced the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, together with...

What are indoor positioning systems? Indoor positioning systems (IPS) are the indoor equivalent of what GPS offers outdoors: visibility. They are able to locate people and objects inside buildings, usually using a mobile device, like a smartphone or tablet. IPS relies on technologies like wall- or ceiling-mounted...

San Diego's Petco Park expects to cut operating expenses by 25% over the next five years, thanks to real-time monitoring of its energy and water use. The park is not installing new pumps or meters, but has added sensors and gateways to its current...

Ericsson and Huawei partnering with Vodafone on 5G testing Australian mobile telephony operator Vodafone announced plans to carry out lab trials of 5G technologies on its network by the end of the year, local press reported. Acting Chief Technology Officer Kevin Millroy said that the telco...

China’s carriers compete vigorously to meet strong demand for the IoT China and the internet of things (IoT) may be a match made in heaven. This week, China Telecom, the country’s leading fixed-line carrier, reported a 303% increase in IoT subscriptions in the year to June...

Nutonomy has launched the world’s first public trial of self-driving taxis in Singapore, beating Uber to it. Self-driving taxis powered by Nutonomy hit the streets of Singapore today, as the first autonomous driving taxi service trial in the world. The cars used in the trial...

San Diego's Petco Park expects to cut operating expenses by 25% over the next five years, thanks to real-time monitoring of its energy and water use. The park is not installing new pumps or meters, instead adding sensors and gateways to its current infrastructure...

IIoT solutions for fleet management Orion Fleet Intelligence is an American fleet monitoring company with offerings designed to make fleet transportation more efficient, compliant and safe. For six years, Orion teamed with SemperCon, an app development company, to help it manage the backend development and integration of its...

The Swedish operator acquired internet of things security firm Kombridge Swedish telecommunications company Tele2 Group announced that Tele2 IoT has closed a deal to acquire compatriot internet of things company Kombridge, which specializes in security services, connected device management and application management for IoT applications and...

A dangerous problem with an IIoT solution One in five American adults has at least one kind of disability, according to a 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, drawn from 2013 data, says the disabled are the largest minority group in North...

What is ZigBee? ZigBee is a low-power wireless local area network (WLAN) specification that was designed to provide small amounts of data using very little power, with most connected devices running off of a battery. Because of this, the open standard has been linked with...

Travelers arriving at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport are getting an eye opening experience. Visitors are surprised to see toothy alligators and snapping turtles at the Tennessee Aquarium – located nearly 10 miles away. It’s part of a live streaming video experience showcasing Chattanooga, Tennessee’s powerful Internet of...

Despite likely fragmentation on the road to 5G, the number of 5G connections is expected to reach 690 million by 2025, says Strategy Analytics. The number of 5G connections will reach 690 million by 2025, according to a new forecast by Strategy Analytics. This means 5G...

SK Telecom will work with the car-sharing company on connected car services Korean telecommunications company SK Telecom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with compatriot car-sharing company SOCAR,to cooperate in the connected car business. Under the terms of the agreement, SK Telecom and SOCAR will...

Aruba's sole supplier of electricity turns to RPMA N.V. Elmar (or, in Dutch, Naamloze Vennootschap Electriciteit-Maatschappij Aruba), the sole provider of electricity to Aruba, turned to Ingenu to help deploy an RPMA-based network capable of creating a smart grid across the entire island. The grid was built...

Cisco fog applications provide factory maintenance Machine tool provider Mazak teamed with Cisco to increase its manufacturing line availability and improve machine utilization through the use of fog applications. Mazak required a common, standards-based method to securely connect and receive value from the raw data in...