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Kigali IoT network provides blueprint for African smart city initiatives
The Rwandan capital of Kigali is set to deploy a city-wide IoT network, courtesy of mobile satellite communications company, Inmarsat, and low-power wide-area network (LPWAN)...
Start-up of the month: ShadeCraft solar-powers autonomous robotics
Internet of Business spends five minutes with Armen Gharabegian, founder of LA-based IoT start-up ShadeCraft, to discuss the company's solar-powered autonomous robot Sunflower.
What does ShadeCraft do?
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Confusion around IoT hampers adoption in EMEA, says Aruba
IoT adoption in Europe and the Middle East (EMEA) is hampered by a disparate understanding of the technology among business and IT leaders, according...
Aruba predicts a hybrid future for edge and cloud computing
Internet of Business appraises the first day of Aruba Networks' Atmosphere EMEA 2017 conference, currently underway at Disneyland Paris.
The theme at this year’s Aruba conference,...
Greentomatocars joins IoT network mapping air pollution in London
Environmentally friendly private hire service, Greentomatocars, has joined forces with Drayson Technologies to create a mobile Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network that maps...
RBS rolls out hybrid bot service to assist customers
New York-based LivePerson, a provider of bot platforms for brands, claims to have rolled out "the first financial industry hybrid bots in the world",...
Nuance aims to tackle consumer chatbot concerns
Just one in three consumers feel comfortable using artificially intelligent chatbots, according to a survey from research company Ask Your Target Market.
Chatbots are computer...
Schneider Electric, Accenture develop Digital Services Factory
Industrial automation company Schneider Electric and management consultancy Accenture have announced the completion of a 'virtual factory'.
Dubbed the Digital Services Factory, this new capability...
Teralytics claims mobile network data lowers cost of tackling climate change
Big data analytics company Teralytics claims to have discovered a way to leverage mobile network data to estimate levels of air pollution in cities.
Teralytics,...
Beecham Research launches new tool for selecting IoT platforms
From ThingWorx to Cisco IoT Cloud Connect, AWS IoT to Microsoft Azure IoT, there's a bewildering array of IoT platforms on the market. More than...
Nvidia expands AI ecosystem with six new start-ups
US microprocessor company Nvidia has added six artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups to its investment portfolio over the last 12 months.
Announced in a blog post this...
UK government pushes forward with driverless vehicles program
The UK government has announced a cash injection for a consortium aiming to get driverless cars on our roads by 2019.
Since announcing its £100 million Intelligent...