Dracula Technologies announces its new ‘Green MicroPower Factory’ – a state-of-the-art, fully automated facility. The largest of its kind in Europe (2,500m²), this factory will produce up to 150 million cm² of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices per year, using inkjet…
BlackBerry to segment IoT division and go for IPO
BlackBerry announced earlier this month its intention to divide its IoT and cybersecurity divisions. It is hoping to target a subsidiary initial public offering for the IoT business next fiscal year. The former smartphone producer, which at its peak owned…
Global mobile robotics market survey indicates acceptance and significant growth
BlueBotics, the global reference in natural navigation for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), has released results of a new survey indicating significant growth in automated guided vehicle (AGVs) on its educational website, ANTdriven.com. Conducted in collaboration…
Kontron to acquire Bsquare for $1.90 per share
Kontron America and Bsquare jointly announced on 13th October the execution of a definitive merger agreement by which Kontron will acquire Bsquare. Under the terms of the agreement, Kontron will commence a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Bsquare…
UK opposition leader Keir Starmer visits Materials Innovation Factory
The leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, and Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, visited the University of Liverpool’s Materials Innovation Factory (MIF) last week as they took time away from their Party conference. Sir Keir and Rachel were welcomed…
LoRa Alliance announce EchoStar Mobile joins Board of Directors
The LoRa Alliance has announced that that member company EchoStar Mobile, a premier global provider of satellite communication solutions, has joined its board of directors, validating the strong market opportunity for LoRaWAN in satellite IoT connectivity. LoRaWAN has quickly achieved…
Phytools publish Revolution Pi and Industrial PC whitepaper
Phytools announces the publication of its first Revolution Pi White Paper, presenting the seven-year history and technical details of this revolutionary open-source industrial PC (IPC) in an easily-digestible medium. Built on the open, customisable, and commercial-off-the-shelf premise of Raspberry Pi,…
floLIVE & Kigen join Protahub to provide local IoT cellular connectivity in Turkey
floLIVE and Kigen and Protahub have completed all necessary steps to provide local connectivity services in Turkey. floLIVE is now offering local cellular IoT connectivity in Turkey to its global customers, via a single global SKU. With its partner, Kigen,…
Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI partner to develop a commercial space-based launch vehicle telemetry solution
Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI have been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Commercial Space Transportation Services programme to demonstrate InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system which will benefit launch vehicle providers across the…
Paessler & KTR Systems release case study on complexity of IT, OT, and IoT environments
With over 1,200 employees and 24 subsidiaries, the global IT and OT environment of the German engineering company KTR Systems GmbH has become increasingly complex and challenging to manage. With monitoring solutions like PRTG already implemented, Qbilon enabled KTR Systems…
