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Top 3 smart cities in North America

A growing number of smart cities are currently under development in North America. City authorities in several cities across the U.S are taking steps in order to implement smart city schemes, mainly in the energy, traffic and transportation fields. Here, we describe three of...

Top 3 smart cities in Europe

Europe is home to a large number of smart cities. Regional and municipal governments across the continent seek to implement innovative technologies in different fields such as transport, traffic, energy and environment in order to improve the quality of life of residents. Here, we...

Smart parking is emerging as a key IoT use case

Learn about how smart parking fits into the IoT ecosystem The smart parking industry continues to grow and has emerged as a major internet of things (IoT) use case that falls under the umbrella of smart transportation. An increasing number of cities around the world...

5 smart lighting case studies

Cities and companies around the world are taking advantage of the implementation of smart lighting solutions. These innovative lighting solutions allows firms and city governments to reduce energy costs as well as to implement a wide range of new solutions. Chicago U.S. company Ameresco has recently...

Study finds China dominates global smart meter market

China ended Q1 with 408 million installed smart meter solutions China continues to lead the global smart meter market with approximately 408 million meters installed at the end of the first quarter of the year, according to a recent report from Navigant Research. The study showed...

Bosch, Daimler demo driverless parking in Germany

The demo took place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum parking garage in Stuttgart German companies Bosch and Daimler have carried out a demonstration of driverless parking at the Mercedes-Benz Museum parking garage in Stuttgart, Germany. The two companies said that the pilot solution is the world’s first-ever...

Rogers Communications launches connected car offering

 The Canadian telco’s connected car offering is built by Chinese vendor ZTE Canadian communications firm Rogers Communications has launched a connected car product in the local market. Built by Chinese vendor ZTE and powered by Mojio's open platform for connected cars, the Rogers Smart Drive...

Miami-Dade approves projects to deploy 300 smart traffic signals

California-based Econolite expects to start installing the new smart signals next month Miami-Dade County has recently approved a project to install smart traffic signals at some of the county’s roadways. California-based company Econolite Control Products won the $11.1 million contract with Miami-Dade to expand a...

Peoples Electric Company launches smart building solutions

The smart building offering includes smart lighting and building automation solutions U.S. company Peoples Electric Company, an electrical and building controls contractor, has launched its Unity Connected Building Intelligence smart lighting and smart building automation solution. The company said the new solution offers a single...

Aussie utility to deploy smart meters with IoT operator Thinxtra

Under the deal, WaterGroup’s IoT-based smart meters will be connected with the Sigfox LPWAN technology Australian smart meters company WaterGroup has inked a five-year partnership with IoT network operator Thinxtra to use IoT to enable large water users to detect water leaks. Under the agreement, WaterGroup’s...

ZTE uses edge computing and IoT for smart parking solution

The smart parking service includes indoor-outdoor navigation, smart car finding and capability open service (COS) ZTE has launched its new indoor intelligent navigation, smart car seeking solution, which uses the QCell indoor coverage solution, mobile edge computing (MEC) and IoT terrestrial magnetism detection to provide smart...

NASA researcher talks design for human space exploration

Alexander Sehlke, a post-doctoral fellow at NASA Ames Research Center, delivered a presentation titled “Designing for Human Space Flight” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference. Sehlke’s presentation began by noting how NASA’s journey to Mars requires a revolution in the operational and engineer design...

How to build a partner ecosystem for the IoT

SAN JOSE, Calif.– CEO of NimbeLink Scott Schwable chaired a panel discussion centered on the transition from a component to a solutions company, and the broader theme of IoT enablement, at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference. The group spoke about what companies look...

The role of temperature sensors in medical devices

Herbert E. Dwyer, COO/GM at Nanmac Corporation, gave a presentation titled “Tackling the Need for Better Temperature Sensors in Medical Devices” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference. Sensors are becoming increasingly common in healthcare. Fueled by aging baby boomers, spikes in chronic diseases and...

LG creates new AI and robotics research units

LG said these new technologies will be applied to the firm’s existing technology portfolio Korean company LG Electronics announced the establishment of two new research centers that will focus on developing technologies for key internet of things technologies artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, according to...

Silver Spring Networks to deploy smart meters in Washington

Under the contract, the company will connect nearly 47,000 customers with smart meters Silver Spring Networks announced a contract with Grant County Public Utility District (Grant PUD) for the deployment of smart meters. Grant PUD is a public power corporation that generates and sells electricity...

Volkswagen to launch vehicles with V2V, V2I technology in 2019

The German car maker said it is working with authorities and industry partners to accelerate the spread of the V2V technology German car manufacturer Volskwagen announced that it expects to start fitting its first models with pWLAN to allow vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications...

How to power battery-operated sensors for the IoT

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Mariusz Malkowski, technical services and businesses development director at Sigma Designs, delivered a presentation titled “Overcoming Battery Life: The Next Generation of Sensors” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference, highlighting the future of battery life for sensors serving the internet of...

How to build organizational IoT competence

SAN JOSE, Calif.-- Mark Benson, CTO of Exosite, gave a keynote address titled “The Organizational Psychology of the Internet of Things: How to Use Technology to Drive Behavioral Change” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference this week. His presentation centered on how smart, connected...

Smart transportation trends: Traffic management and smart parking

Smart transportation solutions are fostering urban mobility The smart parking industry continues to grow and has emerged as a major internet of things (IoT) use case that falls under the umbrella of smart transportation. An increasing number of cities around the world struggle with traffic...

How is the IoT revolutionizing supply chain management?

Asset tracking and fleet services are key IoT-based supply chain management use cases The internet of things (IoT) is having a huge impact in the way companies approach supply chain management. Supply chain management refers to the management of supply chain activities to maximize customer...

Canadian city adopts smart metering from IoT firm Sensus

Sensus deployed its iPERL smart metering  solution and the FlexNet network for the city of Okotoks, Alberta The town of Okotoks, in Alberta, Canada, has selected Sensus to replace and upgrade the city’s water infrastructure with a smart metering system, a key IoT vertical use...

10,400 new smart meters coming to India in major enterprise order

The smart meters will be deployed by Indian utility Tata Power in Mumbai U.K. firm CyanConnode Holdings, a specialists in narrowband radio mesh networks that enable internet of things (IoT) communications, has won a new purchase ordersfor 10,400 smart meters from Larsen & Toubro (L&T),...

Huawei shares its IoT initiatives in the Middle East

Huawei is seeing increased opportunities for internet of things (IoT) projects in the Middle East. Safder Nazir, regional VP, digital industries, for Huawei's enterprise business in the Middle East, told Enterprise IoT Insights that countries in this region are diversifying their economies and moving...