BROWSING: IoT

IoT makes trucking safer for drivers, before potentially replacing them

Current long-haul trucking inefficiencies We have all stopped at a rest station during a road trip and parked in the small gaps between the 18-wheel trucks filled with sleeping drivers. Those drivers are often tasked to drive cross country to deliver an order. Because of...

Volvo adding proximity sensors to buses for pedestrian detection

Volvo to launch new sensor-based monitoring system Volvo Buses unveiled the first pedestrian and cyclist detection system for the bus industry. Launching at the IAA in Hannover, Germany, the system will be on Volvo’s European city bus fleet in 2017. “Accidents involving buses and unprotected road-users seldom occur,...

CCA and T-Mobile talk 5G, IoT, VoLTE and policy

CCA and carrier member T-Mobile talked 5G, IoT, VoLTE and policy, showing such topics are not the exclusive domain of large operators As expected, the recently completed Competitive Carriers Association Annual Convention showed a heavy focus on policy, “5G” and the “internet of things,” with...

AT&T unveils IoT pricing, plans LTE-M trial in San Francisco

AT&T IoT rate plans include data bucket and text messages targeting developers and enterprises, with LTE-M trial ahead of broader 2017 launch AT&T’s plans for the “internet of things” continues to evolve, with the carrier launching mobile-specific IoT rate plans and a scheduled trial of...

Plastic bean-shaped sensors monitor crops for precision agriculture

The internet of beans Thumb-sized "plastic beans" are being filled with sensors and tossed into grain bins and storage facilities for precision agriculture, getting rid of the need for handheld devices or elaborate moisture monitoring systems, according to an article on Farm Journal's AGWeb. The sensor pods...

Plastic bean-shaped sensors monitor crops for precision agriculture

The internet of beans Thumb-sized "plastic beans," are being filled with sensors and tossed into grain bins and storage facilities for precision agriculture, getting rid of the need for handheld devices or elaborate moisture monitoring systems, according to an article on Farm Journal's AGWeb. The sensor pods...

Analyst Angle: MEC Congress – where is mobile edge computing today?

Mobile edge computing looks set to be part of 5G and IoT, with the recent MEC Congress showing considerable progress in the technology I recently attended the Mobile Edge Computing Congress in Munich, Germany. (I actually chaired the first day of the event.) For those...

IoT in Action | Episode 5 | Bosch Connected World sensor demos

Before discussing the demos at Bosch Connected World in Chicago, we highlight a few key takeaways from the event: http://industrialiot5g.com/20161004/channels/news/bosch-bwc16-tag31 Bosch and GE announce interoperability: http://industrialiot5g.com/20160927/channels/news/ge-bosch-tag31 How enterprises can leverage digitization: http://industrialiot5g.com/20160928/internet-of-things/digitization-business-tag31-tag99 FedEx uses SenseAware for optimized supply chain: http://industrialiot5g.com/20160929/channels/news/fedex-iot-tag31 The Bosch demos show a diverse set of use cases for using sensors...

Keeping the IoT green by reducing e-waste

Environmental caveat: e-waste New technologies are fighting an uphill battle to reduce the environmental decay from century-old processes that are both inefficient and wasteful. The "internet of things" has the potential to reduce emissions from those processes and create a truly green earth. But while green use...

Keeping the IoT green by reducing e-waste

Environmental caveat: e-waste New technologies are fighting an uphill battle to reduce the environmental decay from century-old processes that are both inefficient and wasteful. The internet of things has the potential to reduce emissions from those processes, and create a truly green earth. But while green use...

SoftBank plans to invest $4.5B in Korean IT sector

SoftBank plans to invest in the IoT and AI Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank aims to invest 5 trillion won ($4.5 billion) in South Korea’s information technology sector, including areas such as "internet of things" and artificial intelligence, as well as mobile and smart robotics, over the next decade,...

Going wireless improves data acquisition in harsh environments

Environments too harsh for wires OneProd, producers of predictive maintenance monitoring equipment aimed at preventing unexpected breakdowns in industrial production tools, looked to deploy a wireless data acquisition system that could operate in harsh environments. Traditionally, OneProd used wired data acquisition systems, however, they were costly...

Lasers track ship movement for traffic monitoring in the Netherlands canals

Controlling the liquid streets of the Netherlands In the Netherlands, waterways, small inland harbors and canals are used by citizens in their daily routines. Each city has a water infrastructure with high-density shipping traffic. Municipalities, provinces and other potential canal authorities such as the Ministry of...

Going wireless improves data acquisition in harsh environments

Environments too harsh for wires OneProd, producers of predictive maintenance monitoring equipment aimed at preventing unexpected breakdowns in industrial production tools, looked to deploy a wireless data acquisition system that could operate in harsh environments. Traditionally, OneProd used wired data acquisition systems, however, they were costly...

Lasers track ship movement for traffic monitoring in the Netherlands canals

Controlling the liquid streets of the Netherlands In the Netherlands, waterways, small inland harbors and canals are used by citizens in their daily routines. Each city has a water infrastructure with high-density shipping traffic. Municipalities, provinces and other potential canal authorities such as the Ministry of...

Kagan: Smart cities, the next revolution

The term smart cities is popping up more frequently. So what does smart city actually mean? It’s a relatively new term, but it will be huge going forward. I am invited to attend more smart city conferences here in the U.S. and worldwide to...

How IoT is expected to transform the insurance industry

Insurance companies looking to cut costs, improve business practices and better assess clients' risk levels, will increasingly invest in the internet of things, according to Business Insider. Some auto and health insurers are already offering a new type of insurance, usage-based insurance (UBI), that uses IoT...

Bosch gives ThyssenKrupp visibility into rules on steel grade production

Bosch provides business rules management to ThyssenKrupp factory ThyssenKrupp, a German conglomerate corporation, found that its leading steel division needed to replace the models it used to manage the production of various grades of steel. To do this, it needed an easy-to-integrate and design solution...

Bosch gives ThyssenKrupp visibility into rules on steel grade production

Bosch provides business rules management to ThyssenKrupp factory ThyssenKrupp, a German conglomerate corporation, found that it's leading steel division needed to replace the models it used to manage the production of various grades of steel. To do this, it needed an easy-to-integrate and design solution...

How IoT is expected to transform the insurance industry

Insurance companies looking to cut costs, improve business practices and better assess clients' risk levels, will increasingly invest in the internet of things, according to Business Insider. Some auto and health insurers are already offering a new type of insurance, usage-based insurance (UBI), that uses IoT...

FCC policy moves draw applause, 5G and IoT remain size-specific for CCA members

The Competitive Carriers Association Annual Convention was heavy on policy, 5G and IoT, though response to the latter two depended on carrier size As expected, the recently completed Competitive Carriers Association Annual Convention showed a heavy focus on policy, "5G" and the “internet of things,”...

Health care IoT: reducing heart disease readmission

Health care provider partners with ThingWorx for machine learning An unnamed regionally-managed health care provider partnered with ThingWorx's machine learning platform to detect patterns in data that would lead to better patient care and reduce costly readmissions for patients with ischemic heart disease, according to...

Health care IoT: reducing heart disease readmission

Health care provider partners with ThingWorx for machine learning An unnamed regionally-managed health care provider partnered with ThingWorx's machine learning platform to detect patterns in data that would lead to better patient care and reduce costly readmissions for patients with ischemic heart disease, according to...

Nokia targets industrial IoT with private LTE

Nokia is addressing the industrial "internet of things" market by tailoring its cloud packet core solution for private LTE networks. The company said that private LTE networks are becoming a preferred way for transportation and energy companies to deliver mission-critical services. Valued at less than $1 billion...