Car maker Volvo takes stake in California autonomous driving start-up
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSwedish car-maker Volvo has taken a stake in US start-up Luminar, based in California and Florida, to develop sensor technology for autonomous vehicles. Volvo Cars, a subsidiary of Chinese automotive …
Rockwell takes $1bn stake in PTC to deliver on “promise of industrial IoT”
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailRockwell Automation is to take a $1 billion stake in Needham-based industrial software maker PTC as part of a part of a strategic partnership to drive growth for both firms, …
Mega GitHub deal is good for IoT, provided Microsoft avoids “mass developer exit”
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailMicrosoft’s mega $7.5 billion all-stock purchase of developer platform GitHub is good for the tech sector at large and for the ‘internet of things’ (IoT) market in particular, provided the …
IoT platform licensing models
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailBehind the benefits of connectivity and big data that the IoT promises there remains a question: Who will pay for it? And how? This article will take a look at the …
Rolls-Royce taps German engineering school to bolster AI capabilities
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailRolls-Royce has signed a deal with the Hasso Plattner Institute, a finishing school for digital engineering in Germany, to enhance the British engine maker’s capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and …
How to choose an IoT platform: “Be open, agile and secure,” says Software AG
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe only way to manage the rising chaos within industrial IoT systems is to deploy an IoT platform that provides flexibility and control. But there are masses of them out …
Machine learning vs. artificial intelligence–what’s the difference?
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe internet of things (IoT) is a broad term that covers a multitude of connectivity types, sensors and vertically-tailored applications. But, at a high level, the IoT is all about …
German Aerospace Centre shows off AI and robotics for Industry 4.0
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAmong the showier turns at Hannover Messe in Germany last week, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) lifted the hood on its innovations, providing a glimpse of the application of Industry …
Car-makers struggling with smart factories, despite promise of 50% profit-boost
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailLeading automotive manufacturers can expect to realise a remarkable 50 per cent jump in operating profits within five years of implementing a full smart factory set-up, according to new research. …
AI for IoT focus of NVIDIA, Arm partnership
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailNVIDIA combining AI architecture with Arm machine learning platform Two leaders in the machine learning/deep learning field have joined forces to push artificial intelligence (AI) into the quickly growing ecosystem …
