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…
1 in 5 Britons don’t take actions to protect their smart devices
New research by cyber security solution, NordVPN shows that people in the UK are the most vulnerable when it comes to their IoT devices. Almost 95% of Britons have some kind of IoT device in their household. However, of the…
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…
How automation software is crucial in driving down carbon emissions
According to a new Carbon Brief analysis, the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 51% below 1990 levels, largely down to the country’s COVID slowdown. The figures mean the UK is now halfway to meeting its target of net-zero…
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…
Getting on track for Net-Zero by 2050 will require rapid scaling of investment
Achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will require as much as $173 trillion in investments in the energy transition, according to BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) New Energy Outlook 2021 (NEO), the latest edition of its annual long-term scenario analysis on the future…
