This September, Agri-EPI Centre, in partnership with Hands Free Farm, are running a virtual Hackathon event to address the safety and security challenges of autonomous vehicles and drones in agriculture. Hands Free Future While the advancement of autonomous farm vehicles…
How can IoT optimise the bearing supply chain?
In this article, Chris Johnson, Managing Director at SMB Bearings, explains how the Internet of Things (IoT) can enable a stronger, more resilient bearing supply chain. In 2020, stock management issues were estimated to cost UK manufacturers 66 billion GBP…
IoT Week 2022 – Global vision: IoT today and beyond
Although this year we still won’t be able to meet face to face with our industry colleagues at the IoT Week, the show organisers have announced that the next physical edition of IoT Week will take place in Dublin from 20th…
Global 5G connections to reach 3.2 billion by 2026
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of 5G connections will reach 3.2 billion by 2026; rising from 310 million in 2021. To maximise the monetisation of this significant growth in connections, it predicts that…
Seizing digital opportunity is top of the telecoms agenda
As a highlight of many tech company calendars, Mobile World Congress (MWC) was sorely missed in 2020. Back with an albeit smaller, socially distanced bang in June 2021, MWC still didn’t disappoint. One of the event’s greatest takeaways was that…
Improving the user experience with IoT RAM
IoT and embedded applications require ever more RAM with higher bandwidths, smaller form factors and lower power consumption. For developers, this presents the question of what an ideal memory module should look like for such applications. Chen Grace Wang, Product…
5G and TSN for industrial automation of the future
There are numerous fieldbus standards aimed at ensuring real time support, but none of them provide a manufacturer or platform-agnostic networking solution. An answer has been provided in the form of Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN). Andreas Mangler, Director Strategic Marketing at…
Solving AI productization challenges with adaptive computing
The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) moves swiftly, with the pace of innovation only accelerating. While the software industry has been successful in deploying AI in production, the hardware industry – including automotive, industrial, and smart retail – is still…
New offering enables voice-controlled operation of AI systems in IoT applications
Renesas Electronics has announced the joint development of a voice-controlled multimodal AI solution that enables low-power contactless operation for image processing in vision AI-based IoT and edge systems, such as self-checkout machines, security cameras, and video conference systems, and smart…
Smart sensors give insights into transport movements in busiest areas
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…
