NexGen Cloud announces $14m investment

NexGen Cloud, a Web 3.0 focused IaaS company, has announced a $14m investment to fast-track its growth plans and increase its storage capabilities. The investment has enabled the development of Europe’s largest decentralised storage project comprised of two large-scale Filecoin storage…

Smart, easy-to-use sleep monitoring at home

Billions of people are facing sleep problems, leading to various health consequences. Diagnosing sleep disorders is challenging but Infineon and Sleepiz, a Swiss digital health company, have developed a solution for monitoring sleep at home. According to scientific research, about…

Powering Startups (Hardware for All: Episode 3)

Following on from their ‘Future Factories‘ series, this three-part documentary from Digi-Key will guide you through what the future of hardware looks like. For years, great ideas have been left on the drawing board due to hardware roadblocks for many entrepreneurs. In…

Anonymous’s cyber attacks against Russia

As the invasion of Ukraine continues in Russia, there have been frequent reports of companies removing their services to Russian users and consumers to show their resistance to Vladimir Putin’s attacks on Ukraine. But another major form of anti-Russia, Pro-Ukraine…

Unlocking IoT with low cost satellite communications

With an expected 5.2 billion connected devices by 2025, IoT is now a fundamental component of both government policy and corporate strategy. The ability to track, monitor, record and analyse through an extraordinary array of hugely innovative sensors has already…

Autonomous agricultural solutions

The development and utilisation of autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence to grow and harvest food is gathering traction across the agriculture sector. Automation has become a critical element in sustainable food production, and robots and AI are now advanced enough…

What is the metaverse and how can I access it?

Everybody is talking about the metaverse. For many, the term connotes futurism and ambiguity. With no objective definition or understanding of it, the lexeme stems from a work of nineties dystopia. Debate surrounds the metaverse – does it currently exist?…

5G and standalone networks fuelling the 4.0 paradigm

Telcos and consumers are well-versed in the high-capacity, low-latency, high-speed connectivity benefits of 5G for the consumer market. What’s lesser known is that businesses can also unlock greater value with the rise of 5G standalone (SA) technology to access the…

Quantifiable benefits of SPE in IIoT implementations

Single-Pair Ethernet (SPE) is one of the most discussed new connector solutions for industrial sensor and actuator applications. That is why TTI, a specialty distributor of electronic components, has published a White Paper on “The Rise of Single-Pair Ethernet in…

What is Edge AI and how does it work?

Smart speakers, surveillance cameras, robots, and even self-driving cars utilise edge AI, but what is it, and how does the technology work? Despite the impact of COVID-19, the deployment of Edge infrastructure and applications has continued over the past two…