Sensors

Verizon and NEC claim existing fibre networks, rather than purpose-built fibre networks, can be used for optical sensing, to collect data on city traffic conditions and environmental measures. They suggest existing fibre infrastructure, such as Verizon and other carriers make …

Note, this is continued from a previous article, called: ‘Greta dislikes you, but we like Greta’ – Sandvik on industrial revolution and the smartest little tool-house in Sweden. Go here to read the first instalment. The smartest factory in Sweden …

BT has launched a smart cycling trial with 200 volunteers from its Adastral Park R&D campus and surrounding area in Suffolk, UK, with the aim of testing smart IoT-enabled bike lights to improve the cycling experience, the company said in …

The Port of Marseille Fos, in France, has new discussions with Orange about 5G, a developing relationship with IBM on blockchain, and a host of collaborations with local industry around port innovation, geared towards container handling, traffic management, cyber-security, and …

Toronto based LPWA challenger BehrTech has released a new wireless smart sensor for environmental monitoring in industrial IoT setups under its MYTHINGS brand. As with all its MYTHINGS family, the new sensor uses telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB) technology for low-power wide-area …

Digital transformation, set in motion by industrial IoT, is an abstract exercise. It is not an off-the-shelf kind of a sale. It requires all parties to collaborate to affect change and reinvention, capturing business culture and business practice. Importantly, it …

French IoT firm Traxens has struck deals with logistics and transport providers Inter Transit Pharma (ITP) and Inter Transit et Prestations Logistiques (ITPL) for real-time precision tracking of consignments of pharmaceuticals auto-parts by air and sea to Africa. ITP and …

Telecoms vendor Huawei has partnered with Chinese agricultural technology supplier XAG on a series of experiments to explore the application of 5G and AI in agriculture. XAG is also an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufacturer, producing drones, alongside internet of …

AT&T has joined Qualcomm’s smart cities accelerator programme, which now counts almost 70 members and met for the first time in San Diego last week. The initiative has been convened as a collaboration vehicle, to connect cities, municipalities, government agencies …

The city of Cleveland, in Ohio, has upgraded its network of 61,000 streetlights with connected LED lights. The work, which took just three business days, has also included installation of 1,000 cameras on the lighting infrastructure. These will be operated …

The operational technology (OT) industry moved to shore up its position as the arbiter of industrial change at PI World 2019 in Sweden today by declaring that new-fangled digital technologies like artificial intelligence cannot be so easily sold into the …

Air France will track all bags at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags from 2020. Around eight million pieces of baggage will be tagged each year, it said. Air France is working with Paris-Charles de Gaulle …

Nokia has agreed with NTT DoCoMo and Omron to run a series of joint field trials of 5G at production sites in Japan to assess the reliability of industrial 5G networks and the viability of modular “layout-free” production lines. Nokia …

A Vietnam-based startup car manufacturer, VinFast, claims to have built a “fully-digital” automotive factory with capacity for 250,000 cars a year, and flexibility to scale to more, from scratch in just 21 months. Similar greenfield developments, to establish new automotive …

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has launched a smart cities technology integration pilot in St. Louis, Missouri, in collaboration with both the city and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Through this smart city pilot, taking place …

France based IoT connectivity provider Sigfox has formalised its working relationship with Japanese electronics manufacturer Alps Alpine, part of Alps Electric, as a ‘global alliance’ to drive up manufacturing volumes and drive down manufacturing costs of low-power wide-area (LPWA) trackers.  …

1 | THE SHOP Supermarket chain Tesco has used IoT sensors to monitor bins in Slovakia, where it operates 150 stores, and employ over 9,000 people. It has worked with waste management specialist Sensoneo to deploy sensors in eight 1,100-litre …

A new smart farming initiative in Brazil, called ConectarAGRO, is seeking to make use of LTE and 5G connectivity, as well as satellite and microwave technologies, to enable 500,000 farms to connect machinery, deploy robots and sensors, and engage precision …

1 | GCF certification sets Altair to “revolutionise cellular IoT” Cellular IoT chipset maker Altair Semiconductor, owned by Sony Corporation, has announced its lab has been officially authorised by the Global Certification Forum (GCF). The GCF quality mark for interoperability …

Note this is a serialised version of an editorial report, called ‘LPWA connectivity in IoT – who is winning what?’. The full report, including additional content, is available for download here. Is there a more tribal field in the internet-of-things …

Germany-based IT and IoT integration company Software AG is looking to replicate its ADAMOS alliance of machine manufacturers in other industrial domains. It wants to hone its digital-change technologies at the ‘coal-face’ of the markets they are designed for, in …

The rise of private cellular networks has been a key narrative recently in the story of industrial transformation, propelled by the emergence of advanced data analytics (AI), distributed sensing and processing infrastructure (IoT), and super-fast connectivity (5G). Irish firm Druid …

Bosch is prepping an autonomous factory transport system for launch, after testing in its own factories. It will target the likes of BMW, Osram, and Trumpf – existing customers for its industrial IoT solutions already.  In tandem, the German firm …

Amazon has applied with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a temporary license to work in the CBRS band in California to test and analyse the performance of new 3.5 GHz (3550 MHz to 3700 MHz) wireless devices. It is …

Detail of the design of Thailand’s new real-estate mega development, One Bangkok, has been revealed for the first time. The $3.9 billion project, billed as the country’s largest ever private sector real-estate initiative, will set “new benchmarks in design, smart-city …