Transportation: Airports, Rail, Ports

GSM-R, an aging railway standard In 2000, the railway companies of Europe sat down to finish up the creation of a cost-efficient and interoperable standard for communication between trains. The …

Samsung yesterday announced it will acquire audio giant Harman for $112.00 per share in cash, or total equity value of approximately $8.0 billion.  Samsung is using Harman as a platform …

Last week, 51,777 cans of beer were shipped on what will go down as the first commercial shipment by an autonomous vehicle. Otto, Uber’s recently purchased self-driving trucking company, partnered …

Controlling the liquid streets of the Netherlands In the Netherlands, waterways, small inland harbors and canals are used by citizens in their daily routines. Each city has a water infrastructure with …

Chris Swearingen, manager of SenseAware at FedEx, gave a talk titled How Innovations in Manufacturing and Supply Chain are Redefining Mobility and Reshaping the Globe, at Bosch Connected World in Chicago. He spoke …

Unlike previous generations of passive sensors, the IoT will allow a supply chain to control the external environment and execute decisions, according to the Gartner article Five Ways the Internet of Things Will …

The devil is in the details Today’s aerospace factory floors are very different from the noisy production environments of the past. The latest techniques, designs and equipment make modern manufacturing …

Edinburgh Airport, the busiest airport in Scotland, partnered with BlipTrack to use sensors and give its travelers visibility of real-time wait duration throughout the airport, including the dreaded security line. …

Lyft co-founder and president John Zimmer expects self-driving cars to account for the majority of the company’s rides within five years. Within five years, self-driving cars will account for the …

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed his “biggest epiphany of 2016:” what really matters in production are the machines building the machines. In an interview with Y Combinator’s Sam Altman, …

AUSTIN–Chris Hoffman, CEO of RYNO Motors, spoke about his single-wheeled motorcycle and vision for a future with vending machine-like on-demand car rental stations at the Start@ETS event put on by ZPryme. Hoffman …

A common language is required for how self-driving cars communicate with pedestrians, says Semcon, which has developed a smiling self-driving car technology. While car makers and software companies working on …

Paramount tackles big data with analytics Joe Churchill, vice president of analytics at Paramount Pictures, and Chris Twogood, vice president of product and services marketing at Teradata, co-hosted a panel …

Leading train producer uses big data Train operators are expected to never be late, having acute service and availability targets to meet. To fulfill those requirements, an efficient maintenance program …

Smart trains and the connected railway The industrial internet of things has had a major impact on the transportation industry, with the advent of autonomous vehicles and improved cargo management. …

By setting up a joint venture, Volvo and Autoliv aim to become world leaders in autonomous driving software solutions for OEMs. Premium car manufacturer Volvo and car safety systems specialist …

IIoT solutions for fleet management Orion Fleet Intelligence is an American fleet monitoring company with offerings designed to make fleet transportation more efficient, compliant and safe. For six years, Orion …

Volvo and Uber have entered a partnership to co-develop the next generation of self-driving cars, marking the start of a longer term industrial partnership. While most automakers expect to have self-driving cars …

Industrial group Bosch is entering the consumer mobility sector with the launch of a connected scooter sharing service in Berlin. Coup is the name of a new connected scooter sharing …

Industrial internet of things (IIoT) a partial solution to a serious food problem Around 30% of the food the world produces is lost each year, according to a 2012 study …

An essential task Dozens of companies from around the world navigate our oceans to deliver more than 90% of the world’s cargo, according to Ericsson. And Maersk Line, a shipping …

Industrial internet of things use cases: The IIoT at sea The industrial “internet of things” has found its way to sea, with connected sensors and unified platforms designed to provide increased visibility for …

Connected car features are already in high demand among prospective car buyers, but consumers’ willingness to pay for those varies. Connected vehicles will account for 55 percent of annual global …

The need for a smart highway Traffic jams do not benefit anyone. According to Cisco, for every minute spent clearing an accident from a road, there is a four-minute delay to …

China has opened its first testing facility for connected and self-driving vehicles, a step for the country to position itself as a leader in the autonomous driving car race. China’s 2025 roadmap …