Hong Kong launches automated warehouse service
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail The new facility features autonomous mobile robot technology, smart warehousing system and facial recognition Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and RV Automation have launched what …
Investor confidence rises as venture capital funds start to flow into IIoT market
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailInvestor confidence in the burgeoning industrial ‘internet-of-things’ (IIoT) market is up, reckon industry commentators. A slew of enterprise funds and venture capital has been staked on the sector’s growth in …
UK drone-port company expands focus to US East Coast after London property splurge
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailUK start-up Skyports is ramping up activity in the US as it seeks to establish an international network of helipads for flying taxis and drone deliveries. Skyports has so far …
Lenovo intros edge computing for city surveillance, Bogota hooks up 3,000 cameras
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailLenovo and Pivot3, a provider of ‘hyper-converged infrastructure’ solutions, have struck a deal to develop and sell edge computing products for smart city security. The city of Bogota, in Colombia, …
Sigfox operator UnaBiz raises $10m from KDDI and ENGIE for East-Asia LPWA rollout
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSigfox operator UnaBiz has raised over $10 million in Series A funding to develop ‘internet-of-things’ (IoT) infrastructure and services in Singapore and Taiwan. The funding included investments from Japanese operator …
Dell intros enterprise IoT bundles for resellers to target food, gas, manufacturing
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailDell Technologies will release a number of pre-integrated and pre-tested computer-vision and machine-intelligence bundles for its resellers to more easily cater to certain edge-computing and internet-of-things use cases. The bundles, …
Nokia mainlines 5G for industrial transformation in Europe with €500m loan deal
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailNokia’s new €500 million loan from the European Investment Bank for 5G research and developnent will boost the region’s drive for industrial and economic transformation, as US and Asian markets …
BT to provide IoT platform and trackers to assist UK’s flood response
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailUK telecoms provider BT is to underpin the delivery of flood response mechanisms with an ‘internet of things’ (IoT) platform for the Environment Agency in England. BT has been contract …
What is ‘algorithmic bias’, and why smart cities must act now
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailData does not always tell the truth; machines lie. Algorithmic bias means fairness and equality, the ultimate promises made by technology to re-write the rulebook, remain relative. “Data reflects the …
Self-driving vans to serve Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe city of Arlington, in Texas, has approved a one-year trial of autonomous vehicles in its ‘entertainment’ district, serving the home stadiums of both the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas …
