IoT News

Barcelona was the scene of another festival of technology, as the world’s most influential companies, journalists and engineers travelled to Mobile World Congress (MWC). MWC tends to be associated with new handset launches, but this year’s show was about more than just devices.

Whether it’s Industry 4.0, self-driving cars or smart home solutions – connected machines and high-value goods need security mechanisms that can be updated.

Security researchers at Trustwave have announced that they have discovered Chinese Internet of Things (IoT) devices containing a hidden ‘backdoor’.

Biosensors, speech recognition, movement mapping and space perception will give a significant boost to the market prospects of virtual reality (VR) technologies, finds Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision Team.

Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) has announced that Brazil’s Unitec Semiconductores has selected a MIPS M-class CPU as a controller in a new power management IC. It will be used in Internet of Things (IoT) smart city applications through products from Unitec Solutions, a subsidiary of Unitec Semiconductores.

IoT start-up Gooee is attending EuroShop, said to be the largest retail exhibition in Europe. Here, delegates, visitors and exhibitors can experience its ‘full-stack’ IoT ecosystem as the first manufacturer previews a Gooee-powered IoT platform for lighting.

Drives and controls provider Bosch Rexroth will showcase its Industry 4.0 demonstrator unit for the first time in the UK, at this year’s Factories of the Future EXPO in the UK.

The UK mortality rate of calves and cows during birth could be reduced by as much as 80% predicts Moocall, the developer of a calving sensor linked to Vodafone’s Internet of Things (IoT) network. The prediction comes in the peak calving season, which started this month.

TP-Link®, a global provider of consumer and business networking products, has introduced new additions to its growing family of products for the smart home, including a smart range extender and home security devices.

Amazon, Uber and Tesla, but also more and more regional companies like Hagleitner VIKING, Red Bull Media House and thyssenkrupp are investing massively in innovation. They know the next wave of innovation is going to hit quick and powerful. Now is the perfect time to make the leap from evaluation to implementation.

Breed Reply, Reply Group’s IoT investor which funds and provides operational support to early stage companies in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, is launching a new search for early stage IoT investment opportunities, ‘Best in Breed 6’. Companies that submit the strongest applications

Renesas Electronics America Inc. reports that Hiroto Nitta has been appointed as senior vice president of Renesas Electronics Corporation and president of Renesas Electronics America, with effect from April 1, 2017.

The 2017 Mobile World Congress attracted a record 108,000 visitors*, an increase of 7% over the previous year, the GSMA reports.

The UK government recently announced its intention to invest “£740 million(US$ 904.94 million) to support the rollout of fibre broadband connections and future 5G mobile technology.” This intention was included in the new industrial strategy proposals (green paper) unveiled by the UK Prime Minister.

Up to now, individuals have generally been using a dedicated computer for work; now, however, the Internet of Things (IoT), with billions of networked devices that are for the most part not monitored by humans, presents enormous inherent security risks.

Data is big business. As the saying goes, information is power, and this has never been truer than with traditionally hardware-focused companies shifting towards a software-based model.