Despite significant inroads expanding electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the UK, ongoing consumer concerns about the availability and convenience of public chargers are undermining plans for widespread adoption of EVs. Demand for new electric cars is slowing, with the…
Inova Semiconductors to showcase solutions at CES 2025
Inova Semiconductors will be demonstrating its path towards software-defined lighting (SDL) and, in the next step, software-defined vehicles (SDV). Inova’s chips have been making decisive contributions to digital displays and dynamically controllable LEDs for interior lighting for years. In this…
How OPV is transforming retail: Dracula and CoolR collaborate
Dracula Technologies and CoolR Group are collaborating on improving the retail sector with sustainable IoT solutions; integrating Dracula Technologies’ LAYER OPV modules into CoolR’s VistaZ cameras, the companies have created a sustainable hybrid solution that combines traditional batteries with Organic…
Trasna adds IoTerop to portfolio
Trasna has announced its acquisition of IoTerop. This acquisition strengthens Trasna’s ability to deliver complete solutions from chip design and SIM manufacturing to Cloud-based remote management services. IoTerop’s products, which comprise Alaska IoT management platform and Iowa software development toolkit…
Capestone acquires Next Era
Capestone, a division of OptConnect, recently acquired all activities of Next Era, a France-based distributor of 4G/5G/mobile networks and critical communications in EMEA. With this acquisition, Capestone will continue its growth by adding more than 250 channel partners and customers…
Skydweller continues tests
Skydweller Aero is continuing its Autonomous Maritime Patrol Aircraft (AMPA) flight tests of the Skydweller unmanned aerial system (UAS) as it explores the potential of autonomous aircraft and the advantages it could bring to different applications. “Skydweller is equipped with…
Wiliot recognised by 2024 Progressive Grocer Impact Awards
Wiliot recently announced that its Ambient IoT Food Safety Initiative has been recognised as a winner in the 2024 Progressive Grocer Impact Awards, more specifically in the Ethical Sourcing/Supply Chain Transparency category. Past winners include Kroger, Whole Foods and Giant…
Blynk partners with Iridium Communications
Blynk partnered with Iridium Communications to support the new Iridium Certus 9704 Development Kit, an end-to-end product evaluation tool for the Iridium Certus 9704 module. The partnership will enable engineering teams to jumpstart projects using Iridium’s new hardware in combination…
The tech trends that won’t take off in 2025, according to ABI Research
ABI Research has released its research on the tech trends it expects will not happen in 2025 – including AI-RAN, consumer smart glasses, humanoids and semiconductor onshoring. As part of its whitepaper, ‘101 Technology Trends That Will – and Won’t…
Nordic and Kigen will accelerate Massive IoT deployments
Nordic Semiconductor and Kigen have announced a collaboration with the aim to accelerate Massive IoT deployments. The partnership will combine Kigen’s eSIMs, its eSIM IoT Remote Manager for SGP.32 eSIMs and Nordic’s NRF9151 System-in-Package (SiP). The collaboration underscores both companies’…
