Sensors

See how smart parking is being used in the U.S., China Germany Smart parking has emerged as a major IoT use case, perhaps for a number of reasons. First off, the technology components aren’t that difficult or complex in terms …

IoT development kits are key for those developers willing to launch new IoT prototypes through a quick and easy process. Several companies such as Intel and Telit have already launched IoT development kits. The chipmaker’ IoT kit is optimized for …

The city is working with IoT firm Sensus on remote water level monitoring The city of Lakeland, in Florida, has selected Sensus for the implementation of  IoT technology to monitor lake levels to prevent flooding. “Maintaining balanced water levels is critical …

French IoT firm Actility will carry out the deployment in partnership with local company Blink Services French company Actility, which specializes in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) and Blink Services, a Swedish company offering connectivity through open networks, LoRaWAN …

The utilities offer smart grid services in the Colorado, Kansas and Washington Honeywell said it will provide three power providers in the U.S. with managed smart grid services as a way to more simply manage very technical smart grid networks, and …

Australian telecommunications firm Telstra and the City of Joondalup in Western Australia have reached an agreement to carry out a trial of smart city applications using Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The telco said that the smart city trial includes …

Infiswift will provide the platform while Chinese company UEC will sell and integrate enterprise IoT solutions for the Chinese market California-based Infiswift, an enterprise internet of things (IoT) platform provider has announced a partnership with Chinese IT conglomerate United Electronics Company …

The company has unveiled a new sensor which can be integrated with IoT devices U.S. provider of nano gas sensors AerNos is seeing a huge market for its recently launched nano gas sensor in smart city and smart home deployments …

Three companies are currently carrying out smart parking pilots in five areas across the city The city of Milwaukee announced plans to replace old parking meters with new smart parking meters, which will allow authorities to implement different parking rates, the …

SEAT and Saba will work to provide new smart parking related functions Spanish carmaker SEAT and compatriot urban mobility solutions provider Saba have signed an agreement to provide new services to the vehicle mobility ecosystem including smart parking. Under the terms of …

Philips will work with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority to focus on smart lighting initiatives The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Philips Lighting Export to implement smart lighting initiatives in the …

Italian utility Enel is expanding smart meter initiatives to Romania Italian utility Enel announced plans to expand its smart meter program in Romania with the expected roll out of more than 150,000 smart devices in the country during 2017. The …

The Spanish internet of things specialist already has 40 cloud platforms integrated with its IoT gateway Spanish wireless sensor maker Libelium has added new partners to its internet of things (IoT) ecosystem, which focuses on IoT verticals including utilities, smart cities …

ABI Research said most of the projects are related to smart lighting, meters, buildings and transportation The governments in China, Japan, and South Korea are currently leading the deployment of smart city initiatives in Asia, according to a recent study …

The European aircraft manufacturer will work with IoT firm Sensolus on geolocation and asset tracking services. Airbus selected the Stickntrack geolocation and asset tracking services from Belgian startup Sensolus to optimize its supply chain. The move is set to allow …

ZTE has been deploying IoT applications based on LoRaWAN protocol since 2016. U.S.-based Semtech, which is a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced a deal with ZTE to develop low-power, wide area network gateways using Semtech’s LoRa devices and …

Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Envision Energy is using an internet of things analytics platform to improve the efficiency of its wind turbines. The solution was provided by ParStream, a German startup that was acquired by Cisco Systems at the end of …

A local water utility water utility tested connectivity management of a telemetry solution for residential water meters. Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica, Chinese vendor Huawei and global supplier of intelligent energy and water metering solutions Kamstrup have successfully deployed their first …

Fiat Chrysler builds in-house IoT solution. Fiat Chrysler needed to keep track of its powered industrial vehicles throughout the 560 acres of the Chrysler Technology Center and World Headquarters, according to a case study provided by Fiat. The Chrysler facilities team …

Japanese firm to pay $1.3 billion for the U.S.-based motion sensor solutions specialist. TDK reached an agreement to acquire U.S.-based motion sensor solution provider InvenSense for $1.3 billion. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both …

IoT spurs growing accelerometer and gyroscope market The “internet of things” is helping grow the accelerometer and gyroscope market, which is expected to reach $3.5 billion by 2022, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets. According to the report, “Accelerometer and gyroscope …

Swift Sensors to take on industrial IoT. Earlier this month, Swift Sensors announced its transition to industrial “internet of things” where it plans to offer a cloud-based wireless sensor system for industrial and commercial applications. The company said it will …

Many sensor types for the many IoT use cases. Sensors are the troops of the “internet of things,” the on-the-ground pieces of hardware doing the critical work of monitoring processes, taking measurements and collecting data. They are often one of …

Audi’s Ingolstadt, Germany, factory is its largest and the second largest in Europe, producing 566,646 cars in 2015. It is where the auto manufacturer produces its A3, A4, A5, Q2 and Q5 models and is considered by the company as …

Mike Boudreaux, director of connected services at Emerson, and Andy Rhodes, VP and GM of IoT at Dell, spoke at our studio during an Austin IIoT meetup group session. The session began with a general discussion of where the two …