Lucy Barnard
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Bringing over two decades in journalism, Lucy Barnard has reported on everything from London’s property chessboard to Abu Dhabi’s vertical ambitions — and always delivered the story before deadline. Lucy is interested in how technology intersects with major global challenges, from climate change to gender equality and social justice. She believes innovation isn’t just about efficiency or convenience—it’s a powerful tool for building a fairer, more sustainable world.

New metamaterial is expected to improve satellite communications

There is certainly no shortage of technologies, time and investment being poured into satellite connectivity, as the anticipated 3GPP Release 18 will further integrate satellite non-terrestrial network (NTN) access into 5G. In more recent news, researchers from the University of…

Protecting critical infrastructure: Q&A with Ashish Khanna

Industry verticals like manufacturing and retail, which have been classified as critical infrastructure, can be especially vulnerable to cyber attacks, IoT Insider learned in a recent conversation with Ashish Khanna, Senior Director at Verizon Business.  “A lot of people are…

IoT Unplugged – S3:E9 – Matter from the consumer experience

Matt Maupin, Senior Product Manager at Silicon Labs discussed Matter from the consumer experience in the latest episode of IoT Unplugged, sharing findings from his experiment as well as actionable insights for smart home device manufacturers. Over the course of…

Recent webinar talks through ambient IoT and RFID gen two

As part of a series looking to demystify ambient IoT, hosted by global industry alliance AIM, Jeanne Duckett, Senior Manager of Food Traceability and Transparency for Avery Dennison and Steve Statler, Chief Marketing Officer at Wiliot came together to discuss…

Top IoT stories this month: August

Every month on IoT Insider, we feature a wide range of contributed articles from industry experts in our insights section, on topics anywhere from impending legislation to understanding connectivity technologies and the ever-evolving threat landscape. In the first of this…

Battery safety and performance should be top priorities, according to latest podcast episode

The topic of battery performance and optimisation so that they, in effect, can run for longer, has become more important as battery-powered wireless devices in the IoT space have experienced their own growth. For applications anywhere from smart cities to…

Initiative invites individuals to take part in smart city trial in Seoul

Thames Freeport and the Seoul Digital Foundation (SDF) have announced their collaboration which will address scaling smart city solutions in new markets and have invited innovators from the UK to trial their solutions in South Korea, one of these markets.…

Removing connectivity constraints in robots; ZettaScale chats to IoT Insider

ZettaScale focuses on “removing the connectivity constraints that exist today,” according to Angelo Corsaro, CEO of the company who spoke to IoT Insider about facilitating the growth of mobile robotics through the development of their protocol, Zenoh. Mobile robotics versus…

IoT Unplugged – S3:E8 – Battery performance in the age of IoT

Latest to feature on the IoT Unplugged podcast was Brad Jolly, Technical Healthcare Specialist at Keysight Technologies, who was on hand to discuss optimising battery performance in the IoT industry. The conversation centered on the role batteries play in the…

AI-native wireless systems are “essential,” says MathWorks

AI is popping up in conversations everywhere, sometimes centering on musings of how the technology might develop and what it means for the average person – but getting down into the nitty gritty of how AI will affect wireless communications…