Tag: energy & utilities
Bosch employee canteen in Singapore gets benefit of IoT-controlled air con
German engineering and electronics company Bosch has used IoT sensors in its own premises in Singapore to control temperatures and save on power-hungry air...
Centrica: Machines are ready to talk, but are we good listeners?
John Hartley, head of propositions at Centrica Distributed Energy and Power, explains how the IoT can give critical assets a 'voice' and urges organisations to...
IoT spending to reach $1.4 trillion by 2021, says IDC
In the latest update to its Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide, research company IDC has forecast that worldwide spending on IoT will...
GE moves to automate industrial field service operations
During this week’s Minds+Machines conference in Berlin, General Electric (GE) made two announcements aimed at changing the nature of industrial field service operations.
As might...
Smart factories to add $1,500bn to global economy by 2022, says...
Global consultancy and outsourcing company Capgemini has today released the findings from its Smart Factories Report.
The survey of 1,000 executives across six sectors, completed...
Lighting manufacturers and IoT companies form new alliance
A range of lighting manufacturers, connected technology companies and industry groups have come together to form a new industry alliance.
The IoT-Ready Alliance is aimed...
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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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...
Intelligent hand-dryer collects bathroom-break data
Drying your hands after a bathroom break may never be the same again. A new smart product, the AdDryer from Savortex, promises to blast users with advertisements,...
OT meets IT with ABB, IBM industrial IoT partnership
Swiss robotics and automation company ABB has announced a partnership with the artificial intelligence (AI) experts at IBM Watson.
The 'strategic collaboration' will combine ABB's...
Boiler company Baxi boosts first-time fix rate
Baxi Heating UK has revamped the computer equipment used by its field service engineers, opting for a rugged handheld device that can scan barcodes,...
Australian start-up Freestyle to deploy smart water meters in South Korea
Australian IoT start-up, Freestyle Technology, has signed a deal to provide smart water meters to a county in South Korea.
According to the Australian Financial...