UK government, Glasgow and STAC launch £2.5M smart things hub

The UK government, Glasgow City Council and the Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) have formed a partnership, backed by substantial government investment, to establish Glasgow as a leading smart things and Internet of Things (IoT) innovation hub in Europe.

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Which? highlights smart speakers, security cameras sharing data to social media, marketing firms

Which? research has found that smart home device owners are being asked to provide large amount of data to manufacturers, which could compromise their privacy and potentially result in them handing their personal information to social media and marketing firms. The consumer champion found companies appear to hoover up far more data than is needed

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Zephyr Project welcomes Analog Devices, Arduino, TII as members to its 3.4 release

Zephyr Project has announced that Analog Devices (ADI) has joined as a Platinum member as well as Arudino and Technology Innovation Institute (TII) as Silver members. Zephyr, an open source project at the Linux Foundation that builds a secure, connected and flexible RTOS (real-time operating system) for future-proof and resource-constrained devices, is easy to deploy and manage. It is a proven RTOS

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Esri joins Overture Maps Foundation to help build interoperable open map data

Redlands, California, United States. 06 February 2023 – In an increasingly digital and automated world, geospatial data plays a critical role in understanding the physical environment and powering the next generation of location technologies. For geospatial developers and professionals, the ability to access reliable open map data is vital to understanding communities and building services

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Molex predicts increase in applications using real-time data to drive advancements across electronics ecosystem

LISLE, IL – Molex, a global electronics and connectivity provider has offered its 2023 industry predictions fueled by the increased investment in applications using real-time data to propel major advancements across automotive, consumer devices, data centre and connected healthcare markets. The emergence of powerful applications, such as artificial intelligence, AR/VR, digital twins, sensors and machine learning, benefit from

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Meta works with NVIDIA to build AI research supercomputer

January 24, 2022 – Meta Platforms gave a big thumbs up to NVIDIA, choosing the technologies for what it believes will be its most powerful research system to date.

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Microsoft to kickstart consumer smart glasses market from 2017, boosting shipments to over 12 million by 2020

A study by Juniper Research shows that over 12 million consumer smart glasses will ship in 2020, with the majority of growth occurring after 2017. This is compared to less than a million devices shipped in 2016, from a variety of vendors.

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