Today, deCarta released a study highlighting the views of 150 U.S. car owners on the topic of safety concerns and the connected car. The industry spends a great deal of time talking about all of the great outcomes of having more connectivity and applications...
Heddoko was one of the companies demonstrating their solution at the Munich Wearable Technologies conference and also one of the Innovation World Cup finalists in the sports and fitness category. RCR Wireless News had the opportunity to record a video overview of their technology...
Silicon Labs buy of Bluegiga boosts IoT offerings
Silicon Laboratories has acquired Finland’s Bluegiga Technologies for $61 million in a cash deal that the company said will expand its connectivity portfolio for the "Internet of Things."
Privately held Bluegiga is an independent provider of short-range wireless...
COBI was one of the companies demonstrating its wearables solution at the Munich Wearable Technologies conference, and also one of the Innovation World Cup finalists in the lifestyle category. RCR Wireless News had the opportunity to record a video overview of their technology while at...
MUNICH – This week, Munich was home to the 14th annual Wearable Technologies Conference – Europe. There was a large showing of participants ranging from startups still in the funding phase, to well-established, large organizations. Many industries were touched upon – fitness, health care,...
AKKA Technologies focuses on the automotive and aerospace sectors in Germany and France, employing close to 11,000 engineers and consultants in more than 20 countries. MBtech, a member of AKKA Group, provides engineering and consulting services focusing on the mobility industry, automotive industry, rail transport...
I had the opportunity to speak with Todd Greene, founder and CEO of PubNub about real-time data streams. The company is about 5 years old and offers almost instant access to data for social applications, gaming, home automation and automotive customers.
Let’s start with what...
Connected car: car-2-car, car-2-infrastructure – How does it all come together?
"Connected car" has become a catch-all term to include aspects related to telematics, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, infotainment, ADAS, autonomous driving and on and on. This report maps the different categories that fall under this umbrella, explains...
Car-2-Car, Car-2-Infrastructure - How does it all come together?
"Connected car" has become a catch-all term to include aspects related to telematics, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, infotainment, ADAS, autonomous driving and on and on. This webinar will look to map the different categories that fall under this umbrella,...
The definition of a connected car is not only confusing to the potential end user, it also doesn’t align across the industry players working with connected cars.
Earlier in 2014, Harris Interactive surveyed almost 14,000 U.S. drivers on connected cars and found that only 42%...
Incubation program fosters innovation
The Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence program added six new startups on Jan. 22, with an eye on developing the next big thing in the "Internet of Things" space, big data analytics and smart cities technology.
The six new firms added to the cohort...
The challenges faced by the connected car industry are not easy to solve. The confusion as to what a connected car is looms heavily over the excitement about what the concept has to offer. Studies show that the average consumer doesn’t fully understand the connected car,...
In this Q&A session, Vitesse Semiconductor CTO Martin Nuss discusses connected cars and Ethernet’s role in ensuring their functionality and security.
RCR Wireless News: Connected car is a fairly broad term. What exactly does it mean?
Martin Nuss: While the "connected car" concept has been around for quite some...
3-D printing drives R&D velocity
The AT&T IoT Foundry in Plano, Texas, which specializes in "fast-paced" research and development of "Internet of Things" connected devices, relies on 3-D printing to bring concept to reality without typical slowdowns associated with third-party fabrication.
In a recent tour of...
Privacy and security are on everyone’s mind when it comes to the connected car: all of the industry players, consumers and regulatory organizations.
Starting with data privacy, there is a hornet’s nest of requirements depending upon geography. In the U.S., usage-based insurance solutions are a...
In this edition of “Digs”, RCRtv got a look inside the AT&T IoT "Internet of Things" Foundry in Plano, Texas.
The Plano foundry is one of five locations that AT&T has set up around the world.
http://youtu.be/JKMjGO1krAA
Foundry director, Craig Lee says the building was a “tired...
Cloud migration and public Wi-Fi included
Networking powerhouse Cisco recently announced a renewed partnership with Belgian digital television provider Proximus. The deal includes public Wi-Fi deployments and migration of the service provider’s content from the edge of the network into a centralized cloud architecture.
Scott Puopolo,...
From smart trash cans and fridges to under-seat Wi-Fi technologies in large stadiums, the AT&T Foundry in Plano, Texas, is focused on expanding the reach of the "Internet of Things." But some of the projects have greater implications than making sure you're connected to...
AT&T Foundry leading the way IoT, M2M
As the "Internet of Things" becomes a reality with the number of connected devices projected to hit 25 billion by 2020, the research and development team at AT&T’s IoT Foundry in Plano, Texas, is working hard to lead...
IoT meets fashion
The world of connected wearables can often fall short when it comes to keeping up with the latest fashion trends, but as the "Internet of Things" evolves, so does the futuristic fashion scene.
At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, Intel showcased the Smart...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing...
IoT security concerns; the stakes are high
There's no question that one of the biggest trends of 2015 will be the push to make all things connected. At CES 2015 in Las Vegas, most announcements and product reveals centered around the "Internet of Things."
"This is...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor, and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing...
Drive PX mimics brain with deep learning
LAS VEGAS – Connected car technology was the talk of CES 2015 and imaging giant Nvidia, debuting its new Tegra X1 mobile processor, demonstrated a digital cockpit and infotainment platform, Drive CX, along with the highly advanced Drive...
