New whitepaper reasons that success in smart city projects is dependent on earning citizen trust in the presence of technology, the collection of data and privacy of information. Axis Communications has released a whitepaper to bring attention to the many…
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Watch this person-shaped robot liquify and escape jail
Inspired by sea cucumbers, engineers have designed miniature robots that rapidly and reversibly shift between liquid and solid states. On top of being able to shape-shift, the robots are magnetic and can conduct electricity. The researchers put the robots through…
Eseye launches AnyNet SMARTconnect software
Eseye has launched its AnyNet SMARTconnect on-device connectivity software solution. Showcasing at the IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona from 31st January, AnyNet SMARTconnect is already in use with several of Eseye’s enterprise customers. AnyNet SMART offerings: Eseye designed the…
Energy efficiency is a net zero game changer
IOT Insider speaks with Joris Cocquyt, Global Head of Sales, IEC LV Motors Division, ABB about how industry and transportation can put energy efficiency at the top of their agenda. How are industry and transportation responding to the climate crisis?…
The industrial robot market is expected to reach $23.2bn by the end of 2033
The global Industrial robot market is around $17,925m in 2023 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.1% during the forecast years of 2023-2033. The robot market is expected to witness greater growth over the forecast year to…
Report: integrating robots in industrial communications networks key step for digital transformation
Thomas Burke, Global Strategic Advisor at the CC-Link Partner Association, looks at how industrial automation vendors, machine builders and end users can future-proof robotic systems with value-adding network technologies. The number and complexity of robotic applications is continuing to grow…
Astrocast & Digitanimal Enhance sign partnership for Satellite IoT solution
Astrocast and Digitanimal have announced the signature of a strategic partnership to develop a Satellite IoT (SatIoT) solution. Both companies are collaborating to commercialise an tracking device that connects to Astrocast’s global satellite network. The SatIoT-based collar is designed to enable…
Europe’s top 10 cities prepared for a ‘smart city’ future
The city of the future, the smart city, is ever approaching. But not all cities are apparently equally ready in their ability to adopt it. So what makes a city better placed to be ‘smart’? ProptechOS recently compiled a study…
Wearable tech, AI and clinical teams join to change the face of trial monitoring
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers has developed a way to monitor the progression of movement disorders using motion capture technology and AI. In two ground-breaking studies, published in Nature Medicine, a cross-disciplinary team of AI and clinical researchers have shown that by…
McDonald’s debuts first largely automated location
A McDonald’s in Fort Worth, Texas has become its first largely automated location worldwide, with customers going to the golden arches able to be served up a Big Mac by a conveyor rather than being handed it by a human.…
