Essence SmartCare integrates device with service providers

Essence SmartCare, part of the Essence Group, a company manufacturing IOT remote care solutions, has announced the integration of its Umbrella mPERS device with major North American monitoring service providers: Affiliated Monitoring, AvantGuard/Armstrong’s Monitoring, and Rapid Response Monitoring. This integration…

5G-powered public buildings could save £580 million in the UK

New research for Vodafone UK highlights the substantial cost and energy savings that 5G-powered technologies can bring to public buildings such as schools, hospitals, and leisure centres. Conducted by WPI Strategy, the modelling shows that implementing digital twins, IoT, and…

Vodafone enables LTE-M in IoT portfolio

Vodafone has enabled Long Term Evolution for Machines (LTE-M), also known as CAT-M, aimed at providing business customers with a complementary IoT service for low-power, low-data applications. LTE-M is tailored for IoT devices that are not connected to mains electricity…

EU AI Act comes into force today

The EU AI Act, which is set to come into force on the 1st August 2024, marks the European Union’s (EU) first piece of regulation related to artificial intelligence (AI). With the first regulatory framework for AI proposed by the…

LPWAN: Navigating regulations and integration

LPWAN (Low Power, Wide Area Networks) are predominantly made up of LoRa and NB-IoT connections, according to recent research from Omdia. LPWAN technologies including LoRaWAN, Sigfox 0G and NB-IoT provide long-range communications with minimal power consumption. Unlike traditional cellular networks,…

IoT will be integral to waste management, says ISB Global

Waste management and recycling operators should prioritise smart sorting technology, IoT, and blockchain if they aim to scale up their operations and process waste materials more rapidly and effectively. According to Pritesh Pattni, Chief Commercial Officer at ISB Global, a…

Cincoze’s industrial computer suitable for IIoT

Cincoze’s newly launched DA-1200 industrial computer has rapidly gained popularity due to its compact, power-efficient design, powerful Intel Alder Lake-N processing, and competitive pricing, making it an ideal choice for IIoT gateways in modern industrial settings. Its palm-sized form factor…

DHSC invests £5 million into remote working devices

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the ministerial department overseeing national health policy and the NHS, has invested over £5 million in remote working devices to enhance accessible health and social care in underprivileged areas across the UK.…

Navitas introduces high power data centre design

Navitas Semiconductor has introduced a 4.5 kW AI data centre power supply reference design. This design, featuring optimised GaNSafe and Gen-3 ‘Fast’ (G3F) SiC power components, achieves an impressive power density of 137 W/in³ and over 97% efficiency. Next-generation AI…

IdriveAI unveils fleet risk management platform

IdriveAI is proud to unveil its fleet risk management platform, NEXUS. Designed to transform fleet safety operations, the NEXUS video-based IoT platform utilises advanced AI-driven insights from both edge and cloud computer vision models and real-time data analytics, offering an…