SMEs

Digital Catapult has launched Digital Catapult Things Connected, an innovation support programme that will ensure London is open and ready to innovate with the Internet of Things (IoT).

A consortium of organisations has launched the Scottish Highlands’ first fully-functional low power, wide area Internet of Things (IoT) network.

A Scottish start-up is bidding to educate children about biology, tackle childhood obesity and bring nature back to the home through the design of an Internet of Things (IoT), Tamagotchi-style toy for plants.

Leti, an institute of CEA Tech, is hosting a one-day conference covering “System Reliability & Security in a Connected World” in Lyon, France, on June 23.

Ten UK companies recently visited Malaysia and Singapore as part of the Connected Cities Trade Mission, organised by Innovate UK and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI).

The smart city concept goes beyond the use of information and communications technology to provide better use of resources and minimise emissions.

The internet of things can appear double-edged. By connecting billions of devices, it is generating a great volume and variety of real-time data that makes it possible to create insight, improve services and deliver better outcomes for citizens, cities and business.

Industry body OSPT Alliance has launched a new working group focusing on systems-level standardisation to support public transport authorities (PTAs). The group will support the creation of products and services that allow PTAs to interface easily with adjacent systems, both in transport and other sectors.

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In November last year, CW (Cambridge Wireless) was selected as a local partner for the IoTUK Boost programme, to convene and amplify the UK’s IoT industry to help business and economic growth.

More than 400 mobile health (mHealth) leaders from around the world gathered at Digital Health & Wellness Summit @ Mobile World Congress 2016 (DHWS16) held in Barcelona from February 22-25, 2016.

EveryWare Ltd, a real-time analytics, has ‘leapt forward’ in time at IoT Tech Expo Europe 2016, taking place recently in London.

PTC has announced that ThingWorx, a PTC technology, is joining the MK:Smart project. This is a $23,236,160 (£16 million) HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) smart-city initiative, led by the UK’s Open University, which aims to tackle barriers to economic growth in the city of Milton Keynes, UK.

Cambridge Wireless (CW) has announced the shortlist of SMEs to take part in its  IoTUK Boost programme. Twenty companies were selected based on their capability to address key IoT challenges in the health and social care sector through their innovative, ideas, products and services.

The STFC Hartree Centre has launched a £50,000 (€70,000) competition for UK small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) to win ‘Proof of Principle’ vouchers to help them unlock the business opportunities offered by the Internet of Things (IoT).