Connected car moves over for smart fire engines this Christmas

The connected car came first, now the connected fire engine will be taking to the roads. Vehicles used by UK fire, rescue and emergency services are getting smarter in time

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Stream’s IoT-X platform selected to deploy LoRaWAN low power wide area network technology

In partnership with Sensor City, Stream Technologies will be bringing Liverpool to the Internet of Things with the deployment of the LoRaWAN™ low power wide area network technology.

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BodyCap’s wearable health monitoring devices now used aboard the International Space Station

BodyCap, a company specialised in miniaturised wireless monitoring devices, announced that two of its wearable health monitoring devices are currently being used by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet

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Seeing Machines raises £15m in AIM listing as demand grows among car makers and suppliers

Seeing Machines Ltd, the AIM-listed technology company with a focus on operator monitoring and intervention sensing technologies and services, has conditionally raised £15 million(US$ 19.02million), before expenses, through a placing

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Alexa – Make my building run better!

One of this season’s best selling gifts is the Amazon Echo with Alexa. Plug it in and Echo / Alexa will run your house for you: turning on lights, locking

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IoT security: Access comes in all shapes and sizes

While there are many benefits for embracing the mainstream adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), such as improved efficiencies, cost savings and enhancing customer experience, it can also bring

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Scale brings complexity as IoT connected devices set to triple by 2021, exceeding 46bn units

New data from Juniper Research has found that the number of connected IoT (Internet of Things) devices, sensors and actuators will reach over 46 billion in 2021.

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eleven-x lights up Canada’s first carrier-grade low power wide area network for IoT

To serve the growing Canadian demand for next generation connectivity, Waterloo-based eleven-x launched Canada’s first carrier-grade low power wide area network for Internet of Things (IoT).

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BlackBerry Secure unveiled as mobile security platform for the ‘Enterprise of Things’

BlackBerry Ltd, a global software systems provider securing, connecting and mobilising enterprises, has unveiled its mobile-native approach to security with the launch of a platform designed for the ‘Enterprise of

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IBM joins Zero Outage Industry Standard association on ‘long journey towards stable telecoms, IT and IoT’

The Zero Outage Industry Standard association reports that IBM has joined the association as a founding member. The aim is to provide a common framework for IT quality with a

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Improving banana crop production and agricultural sustainability in Colombia using sensor networks

Smart farming has become a major trend in the agriculture sector. According to the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), by 2050 food production may increase by 70% to feed

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Do we need a pause from all this headlong progress?

It is not just the election of Donald Trump that gives us pause for thought (and a variety of other emotions – see Facebook for most of them). There seem

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Telematics provider Xirgo Technologies sold to PE firm Hammond Kennedy Whitney

Xirgo Technologies, Inc., a developer of wireless telematics modules for tracking, monitoring, protecting and controlling remote assets and workers has been sold to an affiliate of Hammond Kennedy Whitney (HKW),

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Five ways IoT will change the way we communicate in 2017 and beyond

By 2020, there will be 50 billion IoT devices around the world in a market worth $19 trillion, according to John Chambers, former CEO at Cisco. In many respects, what

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CyanConnode expands Scandinavian projects with E.ON in Sweden and Landis+Gyr in Finland

CyanConnode, a provider of narrowband RF networks for Internet of Things (IoT) communications, has secured a contract from utility provider E.ON for a Panmesh smart metering pilot project in Sweden. This

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HWTrek simplifies IoT development and manufacturing supply chain collaboration

HWTrek (Hardware Trek), the global open innovation and collaboration platform for hardware creation, has announced an update to its platform that adds cloud-based collaboration features.

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