A handy app created to help promote social distancing on busy beaches has been rolled out nationally following months of technological developments. Beach Check UK, launched by BCP Council last July and now funded by the Local Digital Collaboration Unit…
Report to enable MEC deployment in multi-operator’s environment
The ETSI MEC Industry Specification Group (ETSI ISG MEC) has just released a new Group Report ETSI GR MEC 0035 to enable inter-MEC system deployment and MEC-Cloud system coordination. The report was motivated by the mobile network operators’ interest in…
Key trends that are turning up the heat in the EV market
The Electric Vehicle (EV) market is growing rapidly and has even proved resilient to COVID-19 related shutdowns, seeing year-on-year growth throughout 2020. Within the EV market, increases are being seen in battery capacity, range, charging rates, wide bandgap semiconductors, and…
How industrial routers help overcome the 3G shut off
In 2017, AT&T turned off its 2G network, causing around 70% of San Francisco’s buses and trains to disappear from the NextMuni system map, which passengers use to track vehicle locations and check arrival times. Following this, the San Francisco…
iWave Security Suite ensures security in healthcare IoT
With the brisk of evolving technology around us, the medical and healthcare field has witnessed a giant leap in reaching out its consumers and providing better service to them. Internet of things (IoT) has played a major role in making…
Energy lessons: What the UK can learn from Iceland
We are living in a world where climate change is continuing to be a prominent talking point on a global scale. And as air pollution continues to have a devastating impact on the environment, we must make changes now in…
AVEVA signs up to Race to Zero to achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
AVEVA, a company in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has announced that it has become the 47th company in the FTSE 100 to join the United Nation’s Race to Zero campaign. “By joining the Race to Zero initiative…
Considerations for the journey from proof of concept to full production
The global focus on reducing our carbon footprint is challenging engineers and scientists to explore alternative power sources and develop them into viable products that can be integrated into everyday lives. The recent increase in Electric Vehicles (EVs) is just…
Scientists ramping up net speeds to 40Tb/s
An industrial research collaboration between scientists and engineers from Ireland, the Netherlands, and Germany have found a way to pack more data into existing internet cables to ramp up speeds to 40Tb per second – fast enough to download 5,000…
Smart monitoring and IIoT technologies improve onshore wind turbine up-time
Operators of onshore wind turbines are always looking to maximise power output and profitability. Therefore, any tool that can reduce turbine maintenance requirements and improve reliability is incredibly useful. To deliver these benefits, Altra Renewables has employed Industrial Internet of…