In this opinion piece, Alastair MacLeod, CEO at Ground Control examines how utilities companies can mitigate cyber threats to ensure commercial operations are not compromised. Utilities represent part of the critical national infrastructure in the UK, and are prone to…
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Robotic avatar systems put to the test in $10M competition
NimbRo has been announced as the winner of the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals – an event where teams demonstrated human-operated robotic avatar systems. Sponsored by All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and five-star airline for nine consecutive years, the $10M…
Hitachi provides secure connectivity to enable smart city applications
Hitachi Energy introduced the TRO610 cellular router that provides state-of-the-art communications and cybersecurity, purpose-built to support industrial internet of things (IIoT) applications for utilities, smart cities, oil & gas, manufacturing, and mining operations. The TRO610 is part of Hitachi Energy’s…
Designing Cities inspired by People
Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the international event on cities and smart urban solutions organised by Fira de Barcelona, will bring together the urban innovation ecosystem to outline a plan for a more sustainable and liveable urbanised planet. From…
PES Group distributing Moxa IoT devices across UK
IoT connectivity vendor Moxa has formed a partnership with automation distributor PES Group to stock and support its products across the UK & Ireland. The agreement means Moxa’s Edge and Cloud connectivity devices are now available in stock across PES…
Axiomtek’s new DIN-rail cybersecurity gateway: iNA200
Axiomtek has announced the iNA200, a DIN-rail cybersecurity gateway for OT (operational technology) network security. The iNA200 (pictured below) is powered by the Intel Atom x6212RE or x6414RE processor (Elkhart Lake) and has one DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM for up to 32GB of…
Futureproofing industrial networks for digital transformation
Moxa, a leader in industrial communications and networking, has announced the launch of its next-generation networking portfolio. This new lineup is designed to help organisations improve operational efficiency and resilience through futureproofing their communications. Running efficient business operations is becoming…
IoT manual soldering station
Ersa announces its smart soldering station, through which soldering processes in electronics manufacturing can be improved and seamlessly documented. With the Ersa i-CON TRACE, traceability can also be ensured for manual soldering processes for the first time. The smart IoT…
BICS and Able Device partner to simplify enterprise IoT
Global IoT enabler BICS has partnered with Able Device, a pioneer in SIM-based mobile device application technology. The partnership will add ‘SIMbae’ to BICS’s IoT services to ease devices transition between private and public networks. SIMbae is the name of…
Altus and Fuji recount their Factory of the Future event
Leading suppliers and businesses from the electronics industry came together at ‘The Factory of the Future’ for two days of networking, knowledge sharing, and machine innovation. The two hosts, namely Altus Group (a leading distributor of capital equipment in the…
