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Safety core to Volvo-Autoliv autonomous driving joint venture

By setting up a joint venture, Volvo and Autoliv aim to become world leaders in autonomous driving software solutions for OEMs. Premium car manufacturer Volvo and car safety systems specialist Autoliv announced on Tuesday both companies are teaming up to develop and distribute autonomous driving...

The four layers of a smart city

Municipal leaders across the U.S. are quickly aligning around the concept of how to elevate their city to be a smart city. In its most basic form this means leveraging technology to make cities more effective, efficient and sustainable. Around the world, urban areas...

Numerex and RTC keep school zone signs flashing for public safety

The industrial "internet of things" will be fully realized when seemingly dormant objects are brought to life with networks, sensors and data analytics. That's why a case study, provided by the IoT M2M Council, on connected school "flashers" is as relevant as any other....

Numerex and RTC keep school zone signs flashing for public safety

The industrial internet of things will be fully realized when seemingly dormant objects are brought to life with networks, sensors and data analytics. That's why a case study, provided by the IoT M2M Council, on connected school "flashers" is as relevant as any other....

Intel acquires Movidius to accelerate machine vision strategy

Intel announced its intention to acquire machine vision specialist Movidius, to further strengthen its position within computer vision, deep learning. In a move to strengthen its position in the growing computer vision market, Intel announced its intention to acquire machine vision specialist Movidius. Machine vision uses cameras...

Case Study: Lockheed Martin uses big data for F-35 maintenance

Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...

Case study: GE uses PowerUp platform to optimize wind farm

Background In 2013, General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy launched the PowerUp Platform to help wind developers get more power from their existing wind energy equipment. According to the company, PowerUp is a customized suite of software and hardware-enabled technologies created to increase a wind farm’s...

Case Study: Lockheed Martin uses big data for F-35 maintenance

Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...

Case study: GE uses PowerUp platform to optimize wind farm

Background In 2013, General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy launched the PowerUp Platform to help wind developers get more power from their existing wind energy equipment. According to the company, PowerUp is a customized suite of software and hardware-enabled technologies created to increase a wind farm’s...

Huawei details progress of developer program

Huawei outlined its developer strategy and detailed the progress the company has made with its developer program. The developer program Huawei launched in October 2015 still has a long way to go to reach its target of rallying one million developers by 2020, but it...

No tipping point in sight for machine vision

Machine vision sales growth stuck in single digits despite advent of Industry 4.0 Very sophisticated sensor technology is key to the next phase in the development of the "internet of things." Machines, vehicles and devices will need to be able to “see” in order to...

How industrial IoT is transforming public safety

How the internet of things is improving public safety A blend of industrial "internet of things; sensors and consumer devices are being used to enhance public safety and give critical visibility to law enforcement. Here are some public safety use cases for internet of things innovations. The cloud offers predictive...

How industrial IoT is transforming public safety

How the internet of things is improving public safety A blend of industrial IoT sensors and consumer devices are being used to enhance public safety and give critical visibility to law enforcement. Here are some public safety use cases for internet of things innovations. The cloud offers predictive policing Predictive policing...

Cloud computing 101: Advantages and disadvantages

Tech companies have been storing data and running programs on local hard drives for decades. But cloud computing, a less expensive, more scalable way of storing and analyzing data, has taken center stage in recent years. It is a key element providing the necessary platform...

Huawei: the smart city won’t happen overnight

Despite having ongoing deployments in over 100 cities, Huawei said it will take time until the smart city truly becomes a reality. Huawei smart city service is being deployed in more than 100 cities in over 40 countries in the world, said Joe So, chief...

Cloud computing 101: Advantages and disadvantages

Tech companies have been storing data and running programs on local hard drives for decades. But cloud computing, a less expensive, more scalable way of storing and analyzing data, has taken center stage in recent years. It is a key element providing the necessary platform...

Top 5 industrial IoT companies

Leading the industrial IoT The industrial "internet of things" and its billions of projected devices has set companies from every end of the technology spectrum on a race to become the go-to solution in connecting enterprises. Here are the top five companies (excluding cloud providers) in the current...

Huawei presents new network architecture, cloud services

A network in the digital age should be "a network in the cloud for the cloud", said Huawei as it announced a new SDN-based network architecture. Huawei has launched Agile Network 2016, a SDN-based network architecture that promises to offer a network that is on-demand,...

Huawei adds communication platform to its safe city solutions

Huawei is expanding its safe city solutions suite with the launch of a new safe city integrated communication platform. Chinese ICT vendor Huawei has presented a new integrated communication platform part of its safe city solutions suite, which aims at enabling fast response from first responder departments...

Top 5 industrial IoT companies

Leading the industrial IoT The industrial IoT and its billions of projected devices has set companies from every end of the technology spectrum on a race to become the go-to solution in connecting enterprises. Here are the top five companies (excluding cloud providers) in the current...

Schindler partners with Huawei on connected elevator solution

 Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler has entered a partnership with Huawei on a global connected elevator solution. Swiss elevator and escalator manufacturer Schindler runs 1.5 million elevators and escalators globally, enabling one billion elevator rides every day. Within five years, these should all be connected, following...

Setting the record straight on 3GPP's LPWAN IoT standards

3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for the "internet of things": Narrowband IoT, LTE Cat 1 and LTE Cat-M. These networks add to the mix (and perhaps, confusion) of...

Setting the record straight on 3GPP’s LPWAN IoT standards

3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for IoT: Narrowband (NB) IoT, LTE Cat 1 and LTE Cat-M. These networks add to the mix (and perhaps, confusion) of already existing...

ZTE completes tests of key 5G wireless technologies

As part of China’s official 5G testing, ZTE has completed tests of a number of key 5G wireless technologies. While a 5G standard has yet to be fully specified, a number of key 5G wireless technologies have already been identified and tests are multiplying as...