BROWSING: IoT sensors
Surge in smart electric meters in US, Canada – on new upgrades and late adopters
The installed base of smart electricity meters in North America is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.8 percent during 2021-2027 to reach a total of 173.4 million units at the end of the period, according to a new...
Smart electricity meter penetration in EU reaches 56% at end-2022
At the end of 2021, the EU + UK region had nearly 163 million smart electricity meters
More than 56% of the electricity customers in European Union and the United Kingdom (the so-called EU27+3) had a smart meter at the end of 2022, according to...
Semtech supports water monitoring system in New Zealand
IoT Ventures selected Semtech to supply LoRa devices for its Drought Early Warning System, a network of low-cost rainwater tank and rain monitors
IoT semiconductor company Semtech announced a collaboration with New Zealand’s IoT Ventures and global connectivity provider Lacuna Space.
As part of this collaboration,...
Cisco announces its first outdoor Wi-Fi 6E ready access point
Cisco also enhanced its IoT Operations Dashboard to help operations teams more efficiently remotely operate and manage industrial IoT
Cisco announced the launch of its first outdoor Wi-Fi 6E-ready access point and enhancements for industrial remote operations.
“People expect seamless Wi-Fi – outdoors, walking across campus...
What you need to know about IoT and how it works (Reader Forum)
The Internet of Things refers to millions of physical devices that are connected to the internet and share data. These devices are embedded with sensors, internet connectivity and hardware to allow control and communication via the web. Connecting these different objects together and adding...
Nokia and city of Melbourne start waste disposal trial using AI technology
Nokia and the city of Melbourne, Australia have conducted a trial using Nokia Scene Analytics artificial intelligence (AI) technology to develop a deeper understanding of waste disposal behavior, the vendor said in a release.
This will allow the city to tackle the issue of waste...
BT carries out smart cycling trial in the UK
BT has
launched a smart cycling trial with 200 volunteers from its Adastral Park
R&D campus and surrounding area in Suffolk, UK, with the aim of testing
smart IoT-enabled bike lights to improve the cycling experience, the company
said in a blog post.
“This innovative use of connected technology...
Semtech deploys LoRa technology for smart airport project in Turkey
Semtech announced that Turkish IoT provider Skysens Teknoloji has integrated Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology into its smart asset tracking solutions for Istanbul Airport, in Turkey.
“Solutions built on Semtech’s LoRa Technology deploy simply with minimal infrastructure cost to comprehensively monitor a...
Air quality monitoring coming to Korea with $9 million investment
KT will install the air quality monitoring solutions at telephone poles, base stations and phone booths
South Korean telecommunications firm KT Corp confirmed plans to invest 10 billion won ($8.9 million) to set up air quality monitoring solutions at its telephone poles and base stations...
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...
New NB-IoT solution for smart air conditioning
Ericsson, DNA and other partners combined NB-IoT and cloud-based services
Finnish mobile operator DNA and Swedish vendor Ericsson, together with Enermix and UnSeen Technologies, have cooperated to produce an NB-IoT technology-based service for measuring related to indoor air conditioning systems.
The Nordic telco said the new...
New partnership focuses on bringing new enterprise IoT solutions to China
Infiswift will provide the platform while Chinese company UEC will sell and integrate enterprise IoT solutions for the Chinese market
California-based Infiswift, an enterprise internet of things (IoT) platform provider has announced a partnership with Chinese IT conglomerate United Electronics Company (UEC) to integrate and deploy...
IoT case study: Vodafone provides platform to support Kingspan Sensor global expansion
Learn how a sensor provider is leveraging Vodafone's IoT platform.
Kingspan Sensor, a provider of monitoring solutions for the fuel storage sector, has implemented Vodafone’s Managed IoT connectivity platform to offer a global monitoring service. The company supplies measuring and monitoring solutions...
Sensor types and their IoT use cases
Many sensor types for the many IoT use cases.
Sensors are the troops of the "internet of things," the on-the-ground pieces of hardware doing the critical work of monitoring processes, taking measurements and collecting data. They are often one of the first...
Sensor types and their IoT use cases
Many sensor types for the many IoT use cases.
Sensors are the troops of the "internet of things," the on-the-ground pieces of hardware doing the critical work of monitoring processes, taking measurements and collecting data. They are often one of the first...