Richmond Council is rolling-out digital sensors to provide insights into active travel and pedestrian movements, to inform planning to improve the road network and urban environment and help make the borough smarter, safer and more sustainable. The Council will be…
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Proptech startup ushers in smart building era with cash boost
The fast-growing PropTech company, WeMaintain, based in Paris and London, has raised €30m in Series B funding. The raise follows WeMaintain’s acquisition of fire alarm solutions company Shokly, and allows WeMaintain to accelerate its international expansion and extend its proprietary…
Embedded machine learning for industrial applications
Over the last few years, there have been countless predictions of how our lives are about to be transformed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). All this comes at a cost, with the worldwide market forecast to grow…
Modular IoT development platform reduces time-to-market
Renesas Electronics has introduced an innovative new IoT system design platform that significantly eases the prototyping of IoT systems. The Renesas Quick-Connect IoT system consists of standardised boards and interfaces, enabling designers to quickly and easily connect a wide range…
FED4SAE and Digital Catapult helps IoT Solutions Group to obtain financing for growth
Harnessing IoT technology to provide insight that transforms service effectiveness and efficiency IoT Solutions Group, a FED4SAE participant, has developed a range of solutions that helps clients make smart decisions and improve the efficiency of their operations. One of its…
IoT solutions for AI can now be created up to 30% faster
Designed to be the solution for an AI compute device right at the Edge, Sondrel’s new SFA 100 IP reference platform makes creating high performance, battery-powered IoT devices easy and fast. The design has an onboard Arm CPU to locally process…
IoT Continuum to accelerate digital transformation of industrial markets
Orange, Sierra Wireless, LACROIX, and STMicroelectronics have announced the creation of the IoT Continuum which is a partnership that aims to simplify and accelerate the mass deployment of IoT in Europe and beyond. By bringing together for the first time…
Protecting environments and improving waste management efficiency through IoT
The challenge BCP Council (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) are a unitary authorityresponsible for the upkeep of central services serving around 395,000 residents and 6.8million additional tourists every year. Fun fact: every year, 750,000 ice-creams are sold on Bournemouth seafront! In…
Supporting social care and independent living through smart IoT technology
The challenge Five councils constitute the South London Partnership (SLP) and, in this area,there are a number of vulnerable residents that the councils are not able toproactively monitor for signs of physical or cognitive deterioration. Provision of care has become…
Managing IoT challenges as the technology reaches adolescence
From its beginnings, the IoT space has been touted as technology’s next big growth area. Exact numbers vary from one research company to the next but there is no doubt that we are still just at the start of this…
