Seoul-based electronics giants LG Electronics is to showcase a “human-centric” wearable robot next week at IFA 2018 in Berlin. The wearable robot will connect into a “smart working network”, said LG, to deliver information and tools required for manufacturing, logistics …
Taiwanese IoT software and edge computing firm ADLINK Technology is making its services available for trial and experimentation, so industrial clients are not obliged to gamble on new IoT projects. Its new ‘digital experiments-as-a-service’, commercialised as‘DXS’, provides a “safe space” …
The city of Arlington, in Texas, has approved a one-year trial of autonomous vehicles in its ‘entertainment’ district, serving the home stadiums of both the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Rangers. California-based self-driving car company Drive.ai will supply three self-driving …
Note, this article was updated on December 6, 2018; to see the updated version, click here. News that the City of Chicago has already upgraded over 76,000 street lights to adpative smart lighting sounds impressive. Indeed, the 12-month swap out …
The appetite for new digital technologies is growing among manufacturers, with certain brands in certain sectors in certain regions experiencing a considerable uplift in performance. But the take-up of smart manufacturing solutions remains tentative, as companies are unsure how to …
New definitions of terms used in data management, edge computing, and IT/OT convergence appear in the trade dictionary for the industrial internet-of-things (IIoT), published by the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). The new edition of the Industrial Internet Vocabulary Report, version …
UK firm Telensa will provide an intelligent street lighting system in a new smart city development, in the centre of Maroochydore, on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, which covers beach resorts and rural hinterland in southern Queensland. Telensa, a specialist in connected …
Codelco, the National Copper Corporation of Chile, has handed Rockwell Automation a contract worth $50 million to supply connectivity, automation, and control systems to the Chuquicamata mine in Chile, the world’s largest open pit mine. The agreement with state-owned Codelco, …
United Technologies has bought Atlanta-based predictive analytics software company Predikto for an undisclosed fee. Predikto’s software will be deployed across its business units to drive efficiencies in its manufacturing operations and dynamism in its product design. United Technologies, based in …
The high speeds and low latencies of 5G networks lend themselves to smart cities. Next generation wireless networks will be an essential weapon in the arsenals of city administrations, reckons Verizon. The US operator, which last week confirmed Indianapolis as …
London start-ups are being technical support to develop and scale their artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s centre for data science and AI, will host a series of five-day ‘hackathons’ to help UK innovators, based in …
The market’s response to reports of the impending sale of GE Digital combined both regret, that the company’s barnstorming run as a digital-change agent is potentially over, and a distinct lack of surprise, that its parent’s performance and culture has …
Gold mining is like manufacturing in reverse. Instead of putting things together, you smash them up, mix with chemicals, and dry them out. Every process can be tuned with data, and the result is… a product: pure gold, worth AUS$1,300 …
Semiconductor makers are among the best in the business when it comes to employing automation, data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) to their factory processes. Intel is a leader in smart manufacturing, even among its peers. In a detailed use …
Momentum is building, fast, for smart manufacturing. Here, Enterprise IoT Insights presents five use cases from five leading industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions providers. Also, look out for the report and webinar on smart manufacturing, published on August 22. 1 | …
Low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks like Sigfox are providing the platform for internet-of-thing (IoT) based alarm systems that are cheap and easy to install. They also provide coverage to rural areas, which 3G and 4G based alarm systems struggle to cover. …
US manufacturers have been slow to adopt digital manufacturing processes, and embrace digital transformation. This is the conclusion of a new report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a think tank for science and technology policy. “For all …
Across the globe, organisations have been turning to the Internet of Things (IoT) to help them solve their productivity and connectivity problems. However, there are some IoT devices and deployments that are too good to be true. 1 | SMARTTRASH …
The United Nations (UN) has ranked its top 10 countries for digital governance, and placed Denmark top for provision of online services. Australia, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Sweden round out the top five. The UN’s Department for Economic …
Beth Noveck has been appointed as New Jersey’s first chief information officer (CIO). New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Noveck will “create a 21st century government that makes decisions by tapping high-quality data and diverse collective intelligence.” Noveck is a …
The UK government is offering £20m to drive innovation in smart agriculture, as part of a £90m fund to make it easier for farmers and food businesses to embrace technology and innovation. Changing food production is a plank in the …
Research house Strategy Analytics has produced a report, in conjunction with low-power wide-area (LPWA) network provider Actility, that considers the opportunities and the challenges of internet-of-things (IoT) technologies in smart manufacturing, and the broad industrial sector. The benefits of digital …
Logistics company Maersk and technology company IBM have introduced an open blockchain platform, called TradeLens, to digitise the global shipping trade. The pair said 94 organisations are already involved, or have agreed to participate, including 20 port and terminal operators across …
Motor company Ford is using body tracking technology on the production line at its engine assembly plant in Valenica, Spain. It is the same technology professional sports people use to perfect their techniques and replicate moves for video games. Employees …
A study by the German Academy of Science and Engineering, known as Acatech, provides the most sophisticated blueprint yet for smart manufacturing, and a methodology for companies to rate their industrial transformation. Acatech’s Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index was written for …
