‘Everything as a service’ – IoT is transforming objects into services

It used to be that when you bought a product you had only one opportunity to buy the model most tailored to your needs because you were stuck with it until the time came to replace it. The object – be it a lightbulb or copier, an MRI machine or piece of telecommunications equipment –

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Wearables at work will take off this year, says Epson

Many wearable devices to date have failed to live up to expectations – Google Glass and the Apple Watch in particular left many consumers wanting more. Valerie Riffaud-Cangelosi, new markets development manager at Epson believes that in 2016 we will see new applications for wearables reviving demand for the technology.

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Wind River and Ricardo collaborate to help auto industry tackle complexities of autonomous driving

Wind River® is teaming with Ricardo to deliver solutions for autonomous driving. Wind River will be showcasing its automotive solutions at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) and holding a press conference unveiling its latest innovations on January 12 at 4:25 p.m. in the Concourse at the Cobo Center in Detroit.

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Monetising the IoT in today’s digital world

Embedded technology is everywhere, finding its way into wearables, biotech and healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and the connected home. To see the IoT in action, one should look no further than the nearest smartphone or tablet. These intelligent devices are packed full of sensors that gather data on their internal and external state, informing of certain

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Smart City traffic systems to reduce congestion for over 700M drivers by 2019, according to Juniper Research

A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that smart city traffic management and parking projects will reduce cumulative global emissions in the order of 164 MMT (million metric tonnes) CO2 between 2014 and 2019 – equivalent to the annual emissions produced by 35 million vehicles. Not only will this benefit the environment, but it will

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Autonomous drone launched to help you focus on your work, not on flying

Following two years of intensive development, Swiss civil drone producer, senseFly, has introduced eXom, a rotary drone designed to offer professional users unprecedented situational awareness.

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Cyan signs MoU with Innologix Consulting

Cyan, the integrated system and software design company delivering mesh based flexible wireless solutions for utility metering and lighting control, announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Innologix Consulting Pvt Ltd (“Innologix”) to enter into a non-exclusive partnership to develop, market and deploy managed smart metering solutions in India.

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Nine teams compete in the Logic PD Hackathon but what was the result?

Logic PD held its first IoT Hackathon, the ACME-thon, April 23 and 24. Nine teams competed in the two-day event, four student teams from the University of Minnesota and five teams from Logic PD. As with most hackathons the teams took on challenges reflective of the theme of improving people’s lives through the innovative application

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The ‘Inside Out’ Play

It was 1995 and in a garage in Seattle, three guys were about to launch their website and start taking orders for books. They ran the site on three Sun servers and they rigged up one of the servers to play a bell sound every time an order was placed. Within a few weeks the

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Opower 4 platform to use 'Big Data' to boost energy efficiency for utility customers

Arlington, Virginia, USA. November 19, 2012 – Opower has released its new customer engagement platform, Opower 4. This uses behavioural science and big data analytics to promote consumer participation

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Red Bend joins GENIVI Alliance to help car makers manage growing amounts of software

Red Bend Software announced it has joined the GENIVI Alliance to collaborate with automotive manufacturers and tier one suppliers on managing the growing amount of software in cars.

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Ship owners to benefit from decision support system that cuts fuel costs and optimises port arrival

Helsinki, Finland – A new software tool, the Optimum Speed Assistant, is helping ship operators to analyse real-time data on sea conditions alongside historical information about a vessel’s performance to set its optimum speed. This can ensure Just-in-Time (JiT) arrival in port and may save ship operators up to 3% a year in fuel-related costs.

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Eagle lands as Roamworks establishes US front

Roamworks, a Dubai-based provider of remote monitoring software, has established Roamworks USA to support the company’s existing client base and to pursue additional customers in the country’s rapidly growing M2M market.

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