Municipal leaders across the U.S. are quickly aligning around the concept of how to elevate their city to be a smart city. In its most basic form this means leveraging technology to make cities more effective, efficient and sustainable. Around the world, urban areas...
The industrial "internet of things" will be fully realized when seemingly dormant objects are brought to life with networks, sensors and data analytics. That's why a case study, provided by the IoT M2M Council, on connected school "flashers" is as relevant as any other....
In our article, Cloud computing 101: Advantages and disadvantages, we defined cloud computing and discussed some of the benefits and challenges that come with transitioning from local servers to the cloud. We also took a look at the top 5 industrial IoT companies, excluding...
AT&T will test drones on its LTE network through a trial with Qualcomm Technologies. The companies said the trials will analyze how drones can operate safely and more securely on commercial LTE networks as well as on "5G" networks.
“LTE connectivity has the potential to...
U.S. carriers are racing to connect sensors, meters and wearable devices to their LTE networks before the companies that make these devices decide to instead use low-cost networks operating in unlicensed spectrum. For the companies that make connectivity chipsets, helping carriers capitalize on the...
AT&T will test drones on its LTE network through a trial with Qualcomm Technologies. The companies said the trials will analyze how drones can operate safely and more securely on commercial LTE networks as well as on "5G" networks.
“LTE connectivity has the potential to...
Study projects 5G connections will account for 7% of global mobile connections by that year
Sales of 5G compatible handsets will exceed 300 million by 2025, according to a recent study by Strategy Analytics. The consultancy said that sales of 5G phones will begin in 2020.
According...
The industrial internet of things will be fully realized when seemingly dormant objects are brought to life with networks, sensors and data analytics. That's why a case study, provided by the IoT M2M Council, on connected school "flashers" is as relevant as any other....
U.S. carriers are racing to connect sensors, meters and wearable devices to their LTE networks before the companies that make these devices decide to instead use low-cost networks operating in unlicensed spectrum. For the companies that make connectivity chipsets, helping carriers capitalize on the...
In our article, Cloud computing 101: Advantages and disadvantages, we defined cloud computing and discussed some of the benefits and challenges that come with transitioning from local servers to the cloud. We also took a look at the top 5 industrial IoT companies, excluding...
Intel announced its intention to acquire machine vision specialist Movidius, to further strengthen its position within computer vision, deep learning.
In a move to strengthen its position in the growing computer vision market, Intel announced its intention to acquire machine vision specialist Movidius. Machine vision uses cameras...
Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium
The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...
Background
In 2013, General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy launched the PowerUp Platform to help wind developers get more power from their existing wind energy equipment. According to the company, PowerUp is a customized suite of software and hardware-enabled technologies created to increase a wind farm’s...
The new smart home service, O2 Home, will be expanded to the rest of the U.K. soon
U.K. telecommunications company O2 has launched a new service dubbed ‘O2 Home’, which lets people control their heating, lighting, locks and more from their mobile phone.
The mobile operator...
Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium
The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...
Telefonica said that it will initially use the 5G technology to offer IoT services
MADRID – Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica expects to launch commercial trials of 5G technology in 2019 or 2020, the company’s global CTO, Enrique Blanco, told reporters.
The executive said massive deployments of 5G...
Background
In 2013, General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy launched the PowerUp Platform to help wind developers get more power from their existing wind energy equipment. According to the company, PowerUp is a customized suite of software and hardware-enabled technologies created to increase a wind farm’s...
The Chinese city is collaborating with local vendor ZTE in a number of smart city initiatives
The city of Yinchuan, in China, is known to be the most advanced city in the Asian nation in terms of the development and implementation of smart city initiatives.
In...
Huawei outlined its developer strategy and detailed the progress the company has made with its developer program.
The developer program Huawei launched in October 2015 still has a long way to go to reach its target of rallying one million developers by 2020, but it...
Machine vision sales growth stuck in single digits despite advent of Industry 4.0
Very sophisticated sensor technology is key to the next phase in the development of the "internet of things." Machines, vehicles and devices will need to be able to “see” in order to...
Machine vision sales growth stuck in single digits despite advent of Industry 4.0
Very sophisticated sensor technology is key to the next phase in the development of the internet of things. Machines, vehicles and devices will need to be able to “see” to collect valuable...
Connecthings CEO: Smart cities can learn lesson from missteps of smart home market
Can you believe that next year marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the first iPhone? It wasn’t the first smartphone (a moment of silence, please, for devices like the Palm...
Nokia says 4.5G Pro solutions support five-channel carrier aggregation; future 4.9G meant to complement 5G services
Nokia on Thursday continued to push toward 5G with new and future platforms designed to help operators maximize LTE investments as the research, development and standardization of 5G progresses.
"4G...
How the internet of things is improving public safety
A blend of industrial "internet of things; sensors and consumer devices are being used to enhance public safety and give critical visibility to law enforcement.
Here are some public safety use cases for internet of things innovations.
The cloud offers predictive...
