The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework is used by businesses to self-assess investment sustainability and societal impacts. Organisations around the world strive to achieve ESG goals to improve reputation, reduce risks, save costs, innovate, and grow – IoT is…
Fujitsu delivers digital transformation with AI demand forecast service for TORIDOLL noodle shops throughout Japan
New AI service to improve operational efficiency, reduce food loss, and realise efficient energy management at 823 Marugame Udon shops in Japan. Fujitsu and TORIDOLL have announced the deployment of Fujitsu’s AI demand forecast service at 823 Marugame Udon noodle…
Astrocast & Digitanimal Enhance sign partnership for Satellite IoT solution
Astrocast and Digitanimal have announced the signature of a strategic partnership to develop a Satellite IoT (SatIoT) solution. Both companies are collaborating to commercialise an tracking device that connects to Astrocast’s global satellite network. The SatIoT-based collar is designed to enable…
Europe’s top 10 cities prepared for a ‘smart city’ future
The city of the future, the smart city, is ever approaching. But not all cities are apparently equally ready in their ability to adopt it. So what makes a city better placed to be ‘smart’? ProptechOS recently compiled a study…
Wearable tech, AI and clinical teams join to change the face of trial monitoring
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers has developed a way to monitor the progression of movement disorders using motion capture technology and AI. In two ground-breaking studies, published in Nature Medicine, a cross-disciplinary team of AI and clinical researchers have shown that by…
McDonald’s debuts first largely automated location
A McDonald’s in Fort Worth, Texas has become its first largely automated location worldwide, with customers going to the golden arches able to be served up a Big Mac by a conveyor rather than being handed it by a human.…
Researchers find greater freedom of movement with muscle-powered robots
Welcome to the world of muscle-powered robots. No, we’re not quite at the level of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator, but there has been a development that brings us one step closer. Researchers led by Northwestern University and the University of…
5G IoT connections to surpass 100 Million by 2026
A new study from Juniper Research has found that 5G IoT (Internet of Things) connections will reach 116 million globally by 2026; rising from 17 million in 2023. It predicts that the healthcare sector and smart city services will drive…
SESIP’s role in the IoT ecosystem
The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices available throughout the globe is forecast to be 29 billion by 2030. With technology adoption showing no signs of slowing down – as consumer spending on smarter technology continues to skyrocket –…
Resilience is key for reliability programmes in 2023
Organisations have been dealing with a myriad of uncertainties affecting their business operations over the past few years, but they are finally starting to see some stability in their operating environment. While this stability is welcome, the key for most…
