Lockheed Martin prepares First 5G.MIL for orbit

Lockheed Martin is nearing a significant milestone in demonstrating the reach of its 5G.MIL capability across all domains globally. In a recent successful laboratory demonstration, Lockheed Martin confirmed that its innovative space payload is ready to provide advanced communications capabilities…

Smart City Expo 2023 sees record-breaking attendance

Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) 2023 has set the stage for a new era of urban innovation with this year’s event, co-hosted with Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress, Tomorrow.Building, and Tomorrow.Blue Economy in collaboration with EIT Urban Mobility, delivered record-breaking achievements.…

CSA adds nine device types to Matter standard

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) has released version 1.2 of Matter with nine more device types and improvements. Version 1.2 is now available for device makers and platforms to build into their products. It has nine new device types, revisions…

u-blox announce Wi-Fi 6/E compatible MAYA–W3 family for LE Audio

u-blox has announced the MAYA–W3 family, a series of compact dual-mode Bluetooth LE 5.4 modules with LE Audio. The modules also support Wi-Fi 6/E and are designed for demanding industrial applications, including healthcare, industrial automation and monitoring, asset tracking and…

Cars, kites and climate change: how transportation is adapting to climate challenges

The government’s Build Back Greener strategy aims to decarbonise all areas of the UK economy and achieve a net zero emissions target by the year 2050. The transportation sector is the country’s main culprit when it comes to greenhouse gas…

Revolutionising indoor IoT energy harvesting

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…

World Robotics Report: Asia ahead of Europe and the Americas

The new World Robotics report recorded 553,052 industrial robot installations in factories around the world – a growth rate of 5% in 2022, year-on-year. By region, 73% of all newly deployed robots were installed in Asia, 15% in Europe and…

Swedish startup using AI and IoT to improve elderly care

Måna Care AB is a new Swedish start-up focused on delivering an intuitive digital communication and care platform Måna in the first quarter of 2024. By combining the latest advances in generative AI and industrial IoT technology, Måna will simplify care and…

RoboFab: world’s first factory for humanoid robots

Agility Robotics, creator of the bipedal robot Digit, revealed that the company is opening RoboFab, a robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon with the capability to produce more than 10,000 robots per year. Initial construction of Agility’s 70,000 square foot…