JOT speeds up the precision assembly of performance-critical parts and the quality of its output

JOT Automation, the supplier of test and production solutions, speeds up the precision assembly of performance-critical components of smart devices and improves the outgoing quality of production by introducing the JOT V4 Assembly Cell. The automated solution enables global consumer brands to ship ever smarter and smaller devices in the time-to-market with superior quality and

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ESNC to reward ideas for a connected world

The Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 are currently top of the list for both the digital economy and traditional industrial sectors. Indeed, localisation technology has become essential for either of these realms. In an interconnected world, constant and reliable localisation is crucial to the communications taking place among countless “things”. Satellite navigation is thus

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Single-use tool unveiled to track temperature via portable devices during cold-chain shipping

OCEASOFT, a provider of sensor-based solutions for monitoring environmental parameters, has announced a unique, single-use temperature-tracking tool whose measurements can be read through isotherm wrapping or container walls via smartphones and tablets using Bluetooth technology.

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Santa Fe’s cellular-enabled smart water meter project is first of its kind, IHS says

The City of Santa Fe recently chose Badger Meter’s BEACON smart water meter solution, for full installation across all their water meter endpoints, including both residential and commercial customers. The foundation for the project is a cellular-enabled smart meter, which can be installed and immediately used for the utility’s smart water network applications. The contract

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The Link Labs story

Developing a synchronous, duplex, low-power and long-range M2M wireless network option for multiple applications and markets.

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Does the IoT need better eyes – or something else?

It is almost a commonplace now that we – and our stuff – is making an awful lot of data. According to IBM, 90% of all data that there has ever been was produced in the last two years.

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SIGFOX and NarrowNet announce Internet of Things network rollout in Portugal

SIGFOX, cost-effective, energy-efficient Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, and NarrowNet, a network operator launched by Kaisaras Group, today announced that NarrowNet will become the exclusive SIGFOX network operator in Portugal.

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IBM to invest US$3bn as it connects enterprises with cloud-based open platform for IoT

IBM has announced that it will invest $3 billion over the next four years to establish a new Internet of Things (IoT) unit, and that it is building a cloud-based open platform designed to help clients and ecosystem partners build IoT solutions.

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SAP says IoT for Business creates new opportunities for enterprises

IoT for Business is in phase one of its’ development but phase two and three are waiting in the wings and will enable organisations to transform themselves and achieve a new level of efficiency. They’ll potentially be able to enter new markets, Michael Lynch, the global co-lead of Internet of Things at SAP, tells George Malim.

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Strip-mining the radio spectrum

New connectivity technologies hope to extract the maximum value from a finite resource using low-power, long-range networks. But where are the standards, asks M2M Now’s new editor, Alun Lewis?

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Blue Yonder & Capgemini launch M2M/IoT platform for the ‘connected city’

Blue Yonder and Capgemini have announced the launch of a Connected Services Platform.

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Cyan receives Proof of Concept order and signs South African distribution deal with XLink

Cyan, an integrated system and software design company delivering mesh based flexible wireless solutions for utility metering and lighting control, has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with XLink Communications (Pty) Ltd to distribute Cyan’s smart metering and lighting solutions as well as related Internet of Things (IoT) applications in South Africa.

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Cloud-based authentication platform adds trust to ‘proof of presence’ and Internet of Things applications using NFC

HID Global®, has announced the commercial availability of HID Trusted Tag® Services, a cloud-based authentication platform that adds trust to “proof of presence” and Internet of Things (IoT) applications using NFC technology. Proven in numerous pilot deployments with HID Global partners, HID Trusted Tag Services provides a comprehensive and easy-to-use secure authentication environment that delivers

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‘The Internet of Things that Really Matter’

The Internet of Things (IoT) has enormous potential with countless companies from many different sectors now applying their creativity. Dramatic falls in the cost of wireless communications, computing and sensors are all combining to make it feasible to “wire things together over the Internet”. While many products are targeted at the consumer market where price is key, there’s also

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Wind River drives IoT development of intelligent, connected and secure devices with enhanced Linux solutions

Wind River®, has delivered enhancements to Wind River Open Virtualisation, Security Profile for Wind River Linux, and Carrier Grade Profile for Wind River Linux. These profiles provide developers with key capabilities to create the safe, secure, and reliable intelligent systems that will harness the power of the Internet of Things (IoT).

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IAR Embedded Workbench supports new Renesas RX71M MCUs targeting the industrial IoT

IAR Systems® has released version 2.70 of its development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® for Renesas RX family of MCUs. In addition to new features including position-independent code and data, version 2.70 adds updated device support and example projects for the latest Renesas devices.

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