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IoT developer kit sets up pinewood derby race on steroids

Silicon Labs recently released its new Thunderboard React, a cloud-connected, Bluetooth-enabled, sensor-driven IoT developer kit that lets customers demo, evaluate and develop their own projects. To show off the capabilities of the new platform, Silicon Labs hosted a pinewood derby race with IoT-enabled cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dybp-89g6hM The company invited...

Smart cities need smart regulation (content provided by RCR and WIA)

To realize the vision of 5G, the IoT and smart cities, site acquisition regulations needs to be streamlined Aside from the promise of fundamentally changing the way we live and work, the enabling technology for 5G, the internet of things and use cases like smart...

Verizon IoT solution enables fleet tracking for landscaping company

Landscape companies often struggle to reconcile customers’ billable hours with employee labor hours – especially when using manual time cards to record the data. To improve billing accuracy, S&S Landscaping needed a way to document driver arrival and departure times at customer sites. They...

Telia and Ericsson clock 15 Gbps in live 5G field trial in Sweden

Telia Company and Ericsson reached peak rates of 15 Gbps and a latency below 3 ms in a live 5G field trial in Sweden. Sweden-based Telia Company and Ericsson announced back in January their joint goal of making their homeland’s capital Stockholm – together with Estonia’s...

Editorial Webinar: Testing the Internet of Things: Making IoT Work

As more "things" from watches to sensors to vehicles are given connectivity to the Internet of Things, there are two fundamental goals: make sure the technology works as expected, and make sure it is secure. In different devices, the testing to ensure those two...

Editorial Webinar: Testing the Internet of Things: Making IoT Work

As more "things" from watches to sensors to vehicles are given connectivity to the Internet of Things, there are two fundamental goals: make sure the technology works as expected, and make sure it is secure. In different devices, the testing to ensure those two...

Feature Report: Testing the Internet of Things – Making the IoT Work

As more "things" from watches to sensors to vehicles are given connectivity, there are two fundamental goals: make sure the technology works as expected, and make sure it is secure. In different devices, the testing to ensure those two aspects can look very different. RCR...

Feature Report: Testing the internet of things – making the IoT work

As more "things" from watches to sensors to vehicles are given connectivity, there are two fundamental goals: make sure the technology works as expected, and make sure it is secure. In different devices, the testing to ensure those two aspects can look very different. RCR...

Huawei signs AI research agreement with UC Berkeley

The Chinese vendor will provide funding for AI research through its Noah’s Ark Lab Chinese ICT services provider Huawei has entered a strategic partnership with the University of California--Berkeley to carry out basic research into artificial intelligence (AI). Under the partnership, Huawei will provide a $1...

TWS 2016 to host first ever demo of Ericsson and AT&T 5G network

Texas Wireless Summit 2016 announced this year's event, held on October 16, will feature the first-ever public demonstration of Ericsson and AT&T 5G millimeter wave (mm wave) technology. Millimeter wave is an essential and fundamental component for 5G, and AT&T's plans of developing its next generation mobile network....

Dell expands partner program with new IoT system integrators

Dell announced yesterday that new systems integrators have been added to the Dell IoT Solutions Partner Program, which currently has an ecosystem of more than 50 independent software vendors.  These new additions to the program include Action Point, Datatrend Technologies, L&T Technology Services and Mobiliya. “Our partnership with Dell will help...

Vodafone and Nokia reach 5 Gbps in live public 5G trial in Australia

Vodafone Australia and Nokia clocked speeds of up to 5 Gbps and latency of 3 ms in a live public 5G trial in Sydney. Using 200 MHz of spectrum, Vodafone Australia and Nokia successfully conducted on Wednesday a live public 5G trial at Sydney’s University...

Schenectady, N.Y. sees potential in smart city IoT

Exploring smart city IoT technologies and deployments Schenectady, N.Y. is one of many cities across the country seeking to improve its operations and efficiency through internet of things deployments. With a population of about 65,000 people, the city is exploring smart lighting, a wireless network, and various...

Schenectady, New York, sees potential in IoT

City explores smart technologies and deployments Schenectady, New York, is one of many cities across the country seeking to improve its operations and efficiency through "internet of things" deployments. With a population of about 65,000 people, the city is exploring smart lighting, a wireless network and various sensor...

Automotive IoT use cases brought on by the connected car

The connected car changes everything Of all the domains the "internet of things" has impacted, the automotive industry, with its connected car, seems to be creating the most interest from both enterprises and consumers. Cars are changing at an incredible rate, and industry leaders, government authorities and...

BMW launches first motorcycle with Vodafone IoT SIM card

BMW has launched the K 1600 GT touring motorcycle, the first model with an optional eCall service via an onboard Vodafone SIM card. The BMW Motorrad ConnectedRide eCall/ ACN (Emergency Call/ Automatic Collision Notification) system uses networks throughout Europe in order to get help to...

Automotive IoT use cases brought on by the connected car

The connected car changes everything Of all the domains IoT has impacted, the automotive industry, with its connected car, seems to be creating the most interest from both enterprises and consumers. Cars are changing at an incredible rate, and industry leaders, government authorities and prospective buyers...

Nokia joins Bristol Is Open smart city initiative

Nokia will test several applications under this smart city program Finnish vendor Nokia has joined the Bristol Is Open initiative, a program which seeks to implement smart city strategies for the UK city. Bristol Is Open (BIO) seeks to transform the city into a dynamic test bed...

Endpoint protection strategy lacking in two-thirds of enterprises

Despite the proliferation of endpoints, only a third of enterprises have an endpoint protection strategy, a new survey reveals. The number and nature of critical endpoints in enterprise networks is evolving as employee-owned devices, virtual machines, point-of-sale terminals, Internet of Things (IoT) devices and servers...

Emerson uses IoT to help oil and gas company fix hydrogen leaks

Oil and gas refinery leakage costs hundreds of thousands One of the largest oil and gas refineries in the world, working with various types of crude oil and manufacturing various grades of fuel from motor gasoline to aviation turbine fuel (ATF), needed Emerson's help to fix leakage....

Spectrum support remains critical for industry’s 5G plans

With channel bands of several hundred megahertz expected to support 5G deployments, government regulators will need to be creative in providing resources Spectrum remains one of the more challenging aspects on the road to “5G” deployments. With expectations of channel widths of hundreds of megahertz,...

5G use cases remain significant challenge for industry

Carriers and vendors are solidly behind advances in 5G technology, but the advanced business and use case to support the technology remains elusive Perhaps the most challenging issue surrounding “5G” today is in terms of use cases. Speaking with a number of carriers leading up to...

Swisscom expands coverage of its LoRa-based IoT network

The telco said more than 30 companies are already hosting trials on the IoT network Swisscom announced that its LoRa-based IoT network already covers 75% of the country’s population. The network uses technology based on the Low Power Wide Area Network standard from the LoRa Alliance, which...

Developing a health care IoT solution to monitor vaccine temperatures

Keeping vaccines cold Dulas, a renewable energy provider, sought a machine-to-machine (M2M) solution that would allow it to record and report the temperature inside vaccine refrigerators to prevent the vaccines from losing their potency, according to a case study provided by IoT One. Applying IoT technology to vaccine storage...