Tag: GPS
Uber buys electric bike-share startup JUMP in connected transport deal
Uber has announced the acquisition of electric bike-sharing company, JUMP Bikes.
The purchase signals Uber’s strategic shift away from a sole focus on cars and...
On your bike, GPS! Is Sigfox a better low-power location service?...
Four decades on and still going strong, but is GPS the right positioning system for the IoT? Nik Rawlinson looks at how a range...
Spirent opens new research labs to explore autonomous car tech
Spirent Communications is to open new research laboratories to explore and develop navigation technologies of the future.
Hardware, network and security testing company Spirent Communications...
UK government gives autonomous lorries the green light
The UK government has committed to investing £8.1 million in 'platooning' trials for autonomous lorries on motorways.
According to the Department for Transport, the trials...
Tour de France to use IoT in digital race for spectators’...
This year, Tour de France spectators are set to benefit from the use of IoT technologies, big data and machine learning to take their...
IoT-based monitoring increasingly offers alternative to prison, says report
Modern GPS technologies are taking the place of older, radio frequency (RF) systems when it comes to the ‘tagging’ of offenders – and that,...
IoT network planned for East Hampshire, UK
A local authority in Hampshire is to help develop a district-wide IoT network to provide local businesses with valuable information on environmental conditions, equipment location and...
Transport Scotland turns to IoT to keep roads clear this winter
Transport Scotland is using an IoT-based location technology system from Esri to monitor gritters and keep roads clear this winter.
With the app, called Trunk...
DARPA wants to militarise the IoT
US defence agency DARPA is planning to harness the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) for military purposes.
With the US looking for increasingly innovative...