Cisco promises $100m for UK tech sector; partners with UCL for AI talent factory
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCisco is to invest $100 million in the UK to help the UK government with its ‘industrial strategy’ to become a leading economy for emerging digital technologies, including artificial intelligence …
How IoT sensors are helping predict failures and faults on German roads
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBy the Köln Ost junction on the A3 motorway in the North Rhine-Westphalia region in Germany, a group of engineers has mocked-up a 25,000 square-metre roadway network with a mash-up …
European cellular IoT market to grow 384% by 2023, but telcos warned of LoRa, Sigfox
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe European market for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will grow to 416.5 million connections by 2023, from 86 million at the end of 2017, according to ABI Research. This growth, …
The top 10 smart cities – ranked according to their applications and activity
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNew research by McKinsey Global Institute has evaluated the planet’s smartest cities on both their underlying infrastructure and their over-lying applications, and ranked them in order on both counts. Here, …
Volvo to launch mobility brand M in Sweden and US, backed by machine learning engine
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCar maker Volvo is to launch a new mobility brand, M, starting in Sweden and the US in the spring of 2019. The new enterprise will offer personalised mobility services, …
Rohde & Schwarz first to release “comprehensive” C-V2X test suite for auto-makers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMunich-based test equipment supplier Rohde & Schwarz has updated its CMW500 radio tester and SMBV100A GNSS simulator to support cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) device certification. It is the first test equipment …
Daimler opens automated truck R&D center in the US
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDaimler said it is currently working with customers to trial truck platooning in the country Daimler Trucks has announced the inauguration of its automated truck research and development center in …
Asset performance management: Three IIoT case studies from GE Digital
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGeneral Electric reckons the convergence of machines, data and analytics will contribute $10 to $15 trillion to global GDP in efficiency gains over the next two decades. It has spent …
Car maker Volvo takes stake in California autonomous driving start-up
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwedish 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 …
Ford joins with AT&T to crowdsource mobility solutions in Miami, Pittsburgh
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFord has joined with AT&T, Dell and Microsoft to crowdsource ideas for mobility solutions in Pittsburgh and Miami-Dade County. Ford will award $100,000 to fund pilots of the best community-led …
