Chris Swearingen, manager of SenseAware at FedEx, gave a talk titled How Innovations in Manufacturing and Supply Chain are Redefining Mobility and Reshaping the Globe, at Bosch Connected World in Chicago. He spoke about the company's "internet of things" product SenseAware and how it is driving supply chain optimization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CZXPFM1KUc
Supply...
Chris Swearingen, manager of SenseAware at FedEx, gave a talk titled How Innovations in Manufacturing and Supply Chain are Redefining Mobility and Reshaping the Globe, at Bosch Connected World in Chicago. He spoke about the company's IoT product SenseAware and how it is driving supply chain optimization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CZXPFM1KUc
Supply...
Multi-Tech announced a LTE Category-1 version of its SocketModem Cell earlier this month. The device is said to offer peak upload data rates of up to 5 megabits per second and download data rates of up to 10 Mbps. It is meant for long...
Multi-Tech announced a 4G-LTE Cat 1 version of its SocketModem Cell earlier this month. The device offers peak upload data rates of up to 5 Mbps and download data rates of up to 10 Mbps. It is meant for long lifetime IoT applications that...
Increasing internet connectivity, just not for "things"
The growth of the internet in Latin America has been swift in the past few years, due largely to the mobile network and smartphone boom in countries like Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Argentina, according to the Latin Post....
Agriculture is evolving
Smart farming and precision agriculture have become important parts of modern agricultural practices. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), by 2050, food production may increase 70% to feed 9.6 billion people. Food and agricultural companies are...
Increasing internet connectivity, just not for "things"
The growth of the internet in Latin America has been swift in the past few years, due largely to the mobile network and smartphone boom in countries like Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Argentina, according to the Latin Post....
Agriculture is evolving
Smart farming and precision agriculture have become important parts of modern agricultural practices. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), by 2050, food production may increase 70% to feed 9.6 billion people. Food and agricultural companies are...
A factory in Billund, Denmark, uses autonomous robots and precision machines to make 36,000 Lego pieces per minute, or 2.16 million pieces every hour. In fact, according to Gizmodo, the factory's recent totals reach 1,140 units per second, or 36 billion per year.
This Bloomberg Business video shows a...
A factory in Billund, Denmark, uses autonomous robots and precision machines to make 36,000 Lego pieces per minute, or 2.16 million pieces every hour. In fact, according to Gizmodo, the factory's recent totals reach 1,140 units per second, or 36 billion per year.
This Bloomberg Business video shows a...
A fleet of autonomous boats will start navigating the canals of Amsterdam next year following a research collaboration between AMS and MIT.
The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) in the Netherlands and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. have joined...
Edinburgh Airport, the busiest airport in Scotland, partnered with BLIP Systems to use sensors and give its travelers visibility of real-time wait duration throughout the airport, including the dreaded security line.
The airport serviced 11 million travelers last year and is nearing 12 million this...
Edinburgh Airport, the busiest airport in Scotland, partnered with BlipTrack to use sensors and give its travelers visibility of real-time wait duration throughout the airport, including the dreaded security line.
The airport serviced 11 million travelers last year and is nearing 12 million this year....
What is the internet of nanoscale things?
Nanoscale technology is enabling the development of devices as small as one to a few hundred nanometers (10^-9 meters). To give a sense of scale, a strand of human DNA is roughly 2.5 nanometers in diameter. At this scale, a...
What is the internet of nanoscale things?
Nanoscale technology is enabling the development of devices as small as one to a few hundred nanometers (10^-9 meters). To give a sense of scale, a strand of human DNA is roughly 2.5 nanometers in diameter.  At this scale, a...
An industrial IoT automation standard may be within reach as three global automation standard leaders have started working together to advance the industrial IoT.
Realizing the full potential of the industrial IoT will require interoperability between devices and machines that today use different protocols. Forget...
Following the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, Sigfox claims to cover 57 percent of Latin America’s territory.
Sigfox’s international expansion shows no signs of slowing down. The IoT operator has now announced the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, together with...
A dangerous problem with an IIoT solution
One in five American adults has at least one kind of disability, according to a 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, drawn from 2013 data, says the disabled are the largest minority group in North...
IIoT at the construction site
The industrial internet of things has the potential to disrupt nearly every enterprise domain in existence. While the prospect of smart cities, automated vehicles and energy management spark the interest of consumers and entrepreneurs alike, several under-the-radar industries have already...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DviQBe6P0rA
A talk about the smart city with Ericsson's Beverly Rider
AUSTIN, Texas--In a big-picture talk about the smart city on Monday, Beverly Rider, vice president of enterprise IoT and smart cities for Ericsson, spoke to RCR Wireless News at Galvanize in Austin, Texas.
Rider began the discussion...
Background on water management
By 2050 the world’s population will reach 9.7 billion and 11.2 billion by 2100, according to the United Nations. Unfortunately, only 3% of the world’s water is fresh and two-thirds of that small percentage is not accessible. With increased use of water pollutants...
Technology developments play a big role in transforming the Rio Olympics, whether improving result accuracy or increasing athletes’ performances. The next transformation and even greater impact are expected to come from the massive use of sensors combined with big data analytics.
Almost 20% of the...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian Elly Resende is leading the orchestration of all information technology and communication infrastructure providers for the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics. Less than a month from the opening ceremony of the major event, the technology director said information and...
The need for a smart highway
Traffic jams do not benefit anyone. According to Cisco, for every minute spent clearing an accident from a road, there is a four-minute delay to get traffic moving again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y78wDDZ1gBE
In an effort to diminish the impact of traffic congestion, Austria's Autobahnen-...
