Tag: uk
Skills: UK nation of IoT marketers, not engineers warns critical report
The UK has hundreds of thousands of IoT professionals – just not the right ones, suggests a new employment report. Chris Middleton explains why...
Less than 25% of firms have evaluated cost of cloud outage
Less than a quarter of UK organisations (23 percent) report that they have calculated the real potential cost of a cloud outage.
That’s according to a...
How Skydroid could protect prisons from drone smugglers
A company called Skydroid was awarded £237,000 by the Ministry of Justice last year to work on a proof of concept to protect UK prisons from...
Councils partner with Telensa on smart city programmes
The UK County Councils of Essex and Hertfordshire have today announced a partnership with technology company Telensa to pilot a range of smart city...
UK government proposes IoT security and device labelling scheme
The UK government has proposed an IoT device labelling scheme to ensure that consumers are aware of a product’s security features at the point...
Will robots fill gaps in UK farm labour market?
With Brexit on the horizon and the continued freedom of movement for migrant workers uncertain, the UK's agriculture industry is facing uncertain times. Researchers...
Portugal teams with Cisco on national digitisation plan
The Portuguese government have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cisco to drive a programme of country-wide digitisation.
The focus will be on developing the...
Drone safety: EU aviation agency takes first steps toward regulation
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released a formal opinion on how to keep drone flights in Europe safe and secure for all....
Analysis: Airbus’ Skyways delivery drone completes first flight demo (VIDEO)
Airbus’ unmanned drone delivery project, Skyways, has completed a successful demonstration flight in Singapore. A full-scale trial is pencilled in for later this year.
For an...
South Korea most automated nation on earth, says report. The UK?...
South Korea trumps Japan and Germany in robotics, with the US also lagging behind in the top 10. Meanwhile, China is on the march....
PwC launches specialist UK drone unit
PwC has launched a specialist unit for commercial drone operations in the UK. The move follows the successful setup of the Drone Powered Solutions center...
Scientists find that humans prefer awkward robots that make mistakes
Robots haven’t taken over the world just yet and may still be a product of sci-fi movies, but there’s no denying the fact that...