Tag: IoT technology
Digital twins: Helping West Coast trains to run on time?
Construction giant Laing O'Rourke is using digital twin technology to begin solving problems that many people face in their daily lives: inefficient railways.
Speaking at...
Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom complete Europe’s first NB-IoT roaming trial
Network operator trade group GSMA has announced that two of its largest members have successfully completed Europe's first NB-IoT roaming trial.
Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom...
Smart medicine: Wireless system powers tiny devices inside the body
US researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), working with scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, have developed wireless technology that...
Lack of national LPWAN rollout leaves UK in a Catch-22
The UK has historically been a leader in telecoms, but it has lagged behind in low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) development. This is unfortunate, given...
ForgotDoor: Singapore routers gave full access to IoT hackers
ForgotDoor vulnerability caused by open ports.
A vulnerability affecting hundreds of routers in Singapore could have given hackers complete access to connected devices.
According to a...
Toronto pilots new smart city technologies with Intel, Microsoft
City partners with Microsoft, Intel, and others, to increase city efficiency.
The City of Toronto in Canada has chosen a number of technologies to pilot...
Smart buildings: Why more research is needed on human-centric lighting
The science behind human-centric lighting in smart buildings is strong, but more empirical evidence of positive worker outcomes is needed to boost the market,...
Drones could add £42bn to UK GDP by 2030, says PwC
Financial services giant PwC has published a report exploring the potential benefits of drone technologies to the UK economy.
The increasing adoption of drones by...
SoftBank Pepper robot “astonishingly insecure”, potential “cyber weapon”
One of the world’s most popular humanoid robots, Pepper, from Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank, can easily be hacked and turned into a “cyber and...
Why IoT security need not be a blur | Q&A with...
One of the core challenges facing IoT implementations is cybersecurity, with multiple reports suggesting that devices are being rushed to market with poor security,...
Devices: Google leads in smart speakers, Apple in wearables
Apple and Google have reported positive Q1 sales figures for wearables and smart speakers, respectively.
The news is particularly good for Google: sales of the...
NB-IoT will win because China supports it | Analysis
China looks set to decide the battle for supremacy between NB-IoT and LTE-M when it comes to LPWA connectivity on cellular networks, as well...