iDenfy, the full-stack identity verification and fraud prevention startup, has joined forces with Beera Station, a self-pouring beer machine service provider. The new partnership will help Beera Station check buyers’ age and verify their identities while ensuring swift service. Verification…
Robots will be the oil and gas industry’s growth engine
The single major advantage of robotics is automation, which drives other improvements in efficiency, productivity, and safety. Automation enables extensive inspection and maintenance tasks to be conducted while feeding back data to help limit operational costs and improve efficiency. Advances…
Phoenix Contact, industrial wireless connectors, and the factory of the future
Today’s factories demand flexible manufacturing and wireless connectivity. Manufacturers need to react quickly to shifting customer needs, customisation, and short product life cycles. They require interchangeable processes and equipment that can be reconfigured, modified, and replaced easily with maintenance-free connectors…
An engineer’s guide to explainable AI
Machine learning algorithms have rapidly become a regular part of our daily lives. Machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, is probably used for more than you might think. We’re often completely unaware that it is an algorithm involved; they…
Global market for IoT in manufacturing will grow to $23 billion by 2031
A new report from Guidehouse Insights discusses how the Internet of Things (IoT) is being deployed in the manufacturing sector and provides analyses for the expected investment in IoT in manufacturing by global region through 2031. Manufacturing is the quintessential…
New funding for agriculture, horticulture automation and robotics
Ahead of its launch in January, Defra has published guidance for the third round of the Farming Futures Research and Development Fund competition focusing on agriculture and robotics. In partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Defra will match-fund projects…
Hackathon drives forward IIoT solutions
The first ever hackathon featuring umati, the connectivity initiative of the mechanical and plant engineering industry, ‘MindSpher’”, the Siemens IoT-as-a-Service solution, and the Digital Industries World e.V., IIoT community was held at the end of September 2022 in Mindelheim. 32…
Riding in a remotely monitored open sleigh
On a cold Christmas Eve, the wind started to howl, and children slept in their beds as snow fell to the ground. Then, a jingle of bells and a loud “Ho, ho, ho!” Santa was here for his big Christmas…
A global IoT technology startup with a vision to build scalable connected solutions
Season Group, an international electronics design and manufacturing services provider, has acquired all assets of Pycom Ltd, a full stack Internet of Things (IoT) company that provides a fully integrated IoT platform to build scalable connected solutions. Pycom Ltd went…
Autonomous firefighting drones market valued at US$ 8,980.2 million
The global autonomous firefighting drone market will reach a valuation of US$ 1,916.8 million in 2023 and is expected to progress at a CAGR of 16.7% to reach US$ 8,980.2 million by the end of 2033. According to estimates from…