Tag: smart city
Sidewalk Labs to turn Toronto waterfront into urban innovation hub
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs and the city of Toronto are partnering to create a new waterfront development that will exhibit "forward-thinking urban design and new...
Husqvarna robotic lawnmowers to collect data in city parks
Robotic lawnmowers from Husqvarna are set to collect and report real-time environmental data from parks around the world.
IoT sensor company Telit has put wireless...
Cincinnati Airport uses Bliptrack to improve passenger wait times
Cincinnati Airport in Kentucky is using connected technology from BlipTrack in a bid to deal with passenger demand and improve wait times.
With almost seven...
Huawei IoT strategy fuses platform, connections, ecosystem
Adrian Bridgwater reports from the Huawei Connect 2017 conference at the International Expo Centre in Shanghai, on the Chinese telecommunications equipment giant's IoT ambitions.
The...
WaterGroup, Reekoh partner on water saving platform in Australia
Australian water-saving specialist WaterGroup is licensing an IoT integration platform from Reekoh in a multi-year deal.
Reekoh’s IoT platform will be available for use...
Dutch city of Dordrecht uses IoT for smart city planning
IoT gateways have been used as part of a smart city research project in the Dutch municipality of Dordrecht. Sensors were introduced to monitor pedestrians,...
Survey: Facilities managers look to IoT for building performance boost
A growing number of facilities managers are investing in IoT technology to improve the performance of the buildings they manage, according to a recent...
NEC wins contract for Lisbon smart city project
Japanese IT giant NEC has announced it has won a contract to install smart city infrastructure in Lisbon, in a project due to begin...
Intel and Bosch team up to monitor air pollution
Air pollution is a big topic at the moment, with key global cities taking steps to address the issue, such as banning cars from...
MongoDB: Bridging the front and back ends of the IoT
The IoT is massively dynamic in nature. Platforms, standards, data types and devices themselves change all the time. But deeper down, an even more...
Actility and Blink partner on national IoT network for Sweden
French low-power, wide-area network (LPWAN) specialist Actility has partnered with Swedish LoRaWAN company Blink to roll out a national IoT network in Sweden.
The companies...
City of Lakeland, Florida turns to IoT to improve flood prevention
Monitoring lake levels as part of wider flood prevention measures can be a time-consuming and costly task for city officials, but the IoT can help.
Scientists working for...