Elemental Machines wants to bring the internet of things to the world of scientific research. The company's sensors monitor critical laboratory and production equipment, as well as invisible environmental variables. The goal is to save customers time and money by synthesizing lab equipment performance...
China ended Q1 with 408 million installed smart meter solutions
China continues to lead the global smart meter market with approximately 408 million meters installed at the end of the first quarter of the year, according to a recent report from Navigant Research.
The study showed...
California-based Econolite expects to start installing the new smart signals next month
Miami-Dade County has recently approved a project to install smart traffic signals at some of the county’s roadways. California-based company Econolite Control Products won the $11.1 million contract with Miami-Dade to expand a...
Under the deal, WaterGroup’s IoT-based smart meters will be connected with the Sigfox LPWAN technology
Australian smart meters company WaterGroup has inked a five-year partnership with IoT network operator Thinxtra to use IoT to enable large water users to detect water leaks.
Under the agreement, WaterGroup’s...
Smart cities are paraded as technological utopias where everything, from traffic management to air quality control, is automated. Although the booming internet of things (IoT) offers a wealth of applications to improve city services, its success is not guaranteed. One of the great worries...
The smart parking service includes indoor-outdoor navigation, smart car finding and capability open service (COS)
ZTE has launched its new indoor intelligent navigation, smart car seeking solution, which uses the QCell indoor coverage solution, mobile edge computing (MEC) and IoT terrestrial magnetism detection to provide smart...
Alexander Sehlke, a post-doctoral fellow at NASA Ames Research Center, delivered a presentation titled “Designing for Human Space Flight” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference.
Sehlke’s presentation began by noting how NASA’s journey to Mars requires a revolution in the operational and engineer design...
Herbert E. Dwyer, COO/GM at Nanmac Corporation, gave a presentation titled “Tackling the Need for Better Temperature Sensors in Medical Devices” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference.
Sensors are becoming increasingly common in healthcare. Fueled by aging baby boomers, spikes in chronic diseases and...
LG said these new technologies will be applied to the firm’s existing technology portfolio
Korean company LG Electronics announced the establishment of two new research centers that will focus on developing technologies for key internet of things technologies artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, according to...
The German car maker said it is working with authorities and industry partners to accelerate the spread of the V2V technology
German car manufacturer Volskwagen announced that it expects to start fitting its first models with pWLAN to allow vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Mariusz Malkowski, technical services and businesses development director at Sigma Designs, delivered a presentation titled “Overcoming Battery Life: The Next Generation of Sensors” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference, highlighting the future of battery life for sensors serving the internet of...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-- Mark Benson, CTO of Exosite, gave a keynote address titled “The Organizational Psychology of the Internet of Things: How to Use Technology to Drive Behavioral Change” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference this week. His presentation centered on how smart, connected...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Ori Inbar, co-founder and CEO of augmentedreality.org, gave a keynote address titled “Superpowers to Change the Word: How Augmented Reality Helps Advance Humanity” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference this week.
Augmented reality vs. virtual reality
AR and virtual reality (VR) are two...
Smart transportation solutions are fostering urban mobility
The smart parking industry continues to grow and has emerged as a major internet of things (IoT) use case that falls under the umbrella of smart transportation. An increasing number of cities around the world struggle with traffic...
Smart transportation, a key internet of things vertical application, refers to the integrated application of modern technologies and management strategies in transportation systems.
These technologies aim to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable users to be better...
Asset tracking and fleet services are key IoT-based supply chain management use cases
The internet of things (IoT) is having a huge impact in the way companies approach supply chain management. Supply chain management refers to the management of supply chain activities to maximize customer...
Sensors and data analytics underpin smart manufacturing initiatives
Smart manufacturing is a process that utilizes internet-connected machinery to monitor the overall production process. The main goal of smart manufacturing is to identify opportunities for automating manufacturing operations and use data analytics to improve the overall...
With the advanced capabilities offered by internet of things (IoT) technology, a number of companies around the world are using this technology to improve road safety by minimizing car accidents and improve drivers’ behaviors with the main aim of saving lives.
One of these firms...
New enLight smart city tool allows local governments to measure and monitor air quality from sensors mounted on lighting
British company enLight has announced the launch of its new Smart Cities Pilot Kit, designed to help councils and local authorities to monitor air quality. The...
Smart parking and mobility partnership envisions integration of sensors to enable autonomous parking
Cisco and French company Valeo have signed a cooperation agreement to develop strategic innovations in smart mobility services. The collaboration between the two firms enables vehicles equipped with Valeo smart parking technology...
ITT Inc. and Weather Telematics will targets verticals in North America and other territories including China
Canadian company Internet of Things (ITT Inc.) has signed a letter of intent to acquire Ottawa-based Weather Telematics, which specializes in predictive artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicle solutions.
Weather Telematics...
The city is working with IoT firm Sensus on remote water level monitoring
The city of Lakeland, in Florida, has selected Sensus for the implementation of IoT technology to monitor lake levels to prevent flooding.
“Maintaining balanced water levels is critical to avoid flooding in residential areas...
Ericsson, DNA and other partners combined NB-IoT and cloud-based services
Finnish mobile operator DNA and Swedish vendor Ericsson, together with Enermix and UnSeen Technologies, have cooperated to produce an NB-IoT technology-based service for measuring related to indoor air conditioning systems.
The Nordic telco said the new...
The internet of things (IoT) is currently providing a number of benefits for companies operating in the oil and gas space by making processes easier, safer and more cost-effective
Internet of things technology is seeing increasing adoption by players in the oil and gas sector....
