Guidehouse Insights has announced its latest report that it explores the market landscape and opportunities for home robots. Despite optimistic product launches from prestigious high-tech companies and startups, the market for robots in the home has had limited success to…
Can technology help prevent wildfires?
Fires can breakout for numerous reasons, and they can be difficult to predict. Firefighters are currently battling California’s largest wildfire this year and, with a heat wave sweeping the state, concerns of further fires breaking out are growing. There…
How is Audi designing the production of the future?
Audi is setting up fully networked, highly efficient, and sustainable production. The goal is to design a resilient, agile, and flexible value chain to meet future challenges successfully. These include a growing diversity of variants, the transition to electromobility, the…
BEMS in energy reduction
This article from Matthew Margetts, Smarter Technologies Group Director of Sales and Marketing discusses the role of BEMS (battery energy management systems) in addressing ESG concerns. All roads lead to energy reduction as part of a net zero strategy. According…
Modern tech adoption is key to combat heat exposure, says research firm
This article from leading research and advisory firm Verdantix discusses its warning about climate change-related effects on occupational heat exposure, and how employers can develop technological plans to manage this risk. The company warns that most employers currently have little…
Revolutionary robotic Rover – the intelligence-gathering ‘dogs’
Compared by many to the rogue robotic dogs in the perception challenging series Black Mirror, Robodogs are being used by the police, fire departments and the army to assess potentially hostile situations without endangering lives. Designed with human and canine…
The Hustle Awards highlights innovative technology
On Thursday 21st July 2022, the tech startup community joined together under one roof to celebrate The Hustle Awards hosted by Startups Magazine, at The Steel Yard, London. The evening came together to celebrate individuals and companies and showcase their…
The good, the bad and the ugly Internet of Things
We’ve seen people complaining they can’t log into their robot vacuum, and others have had trouble with their high-tech doorbells as more and more of our lives moves online. The Internet of Things (IoT) describes all the things in our…
Comparing and contrasting the Cloud and the Edge
Sam Holland considers the role of hardware, particularly data centres and nodes, in the Cloud and the Edge, alongside the chief similarities and differences between the two areas of computing. As I reflect on in my past article that defines…
Smart sensors keep the pressure off
Richard Mount, Director of Sales at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems, explores how integrating ASIC technology with a MEMS pressure sensor keeps smart factories operating safely and efficiently. Smart factories use connected devices, machinery and production systems…
