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Upgrading the rail commuter experience: Control systems are critical to smoke control in London Underground
(CASE STUDY) - As half a million ‘Tube’ passengers travel through central London every day, the UK capital’s jam-packed train carriages are already at overcapacity. Transport for London (TfL)’s new Crossrail project needed to ensure that all standards for smoke ventilation were met in tunnels and stations.
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Podcast: Episode 1 Digital Transformation: It’s critical, but not all serious
We take a look at the Internet of Things business and Digital Transformation. George Malim examines what’s behind the news that NTT DoCoMo has binned all further work using Narrowband-IoT. Matt Hatton busts some Internet of Things myths. And Jeremy Cowan asks them both to describe how everyone’s business landscape will change after COVID-19. Plus what made us laugh in tech lately. Because Life’s already serious enough.
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Building a customisable security service for corporate fleets
Fleet management is a complex task involving many vehicles in motion. Many factors can affect shipments, including traffic, high or low temperatures, break-ins, accidents and mechanical failures. In the past, the only way for corporations to keep track of their rolling trucks was via radio or telephone updates from drivers.
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Case Study: Video surveillance storage drives increased passenger safety and cost savings for city bus lines
For many public transportation providers, video surveillance has become essential to meeting their #1 priority of passenger safety. However, getting real-time access to video data can be particularly difficult when the cameras are installed on moving vehicles.Read More
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Case study: Sustaining a successful business with better fleet management
The Bradfords Group was established in 1770 and claims to be one of the largest independent supplier of building materials in the UK. It needed a more comprehensive telematics solution for its fleet of 700 vehicles and a year after installation has had quantifiable success with the system it chose.Read More
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Actility, Abeeway, Cisco and Tracktio show IoT geolocation in the Port of Barcelona
Here’s the inside story on the deployment and testing of a location and tracking solution for Internet of Things devices in the Port of Barcelona, Spain. As Actility tells IoT Now Transport360, it is using a low power wide area network, which it believes is an ideal communications technology for industrial IoT (IIoT) applications.Read More
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Capturing drivers’ data in real time paves the way to innovative services
Schmalkalden Stadtreinigung GmbH has managed waste for the German district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen since May 1990. Its workforce of some 110 staff provide a diverse range of services using a fleet of specialised vehicles.Read More
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Case Study: Moving transport and logistics beyond vehicle tracking
Examples of IoT being used to improve logistics and supply chain link back to the origins of the term ‘internet of things’. Working for Proctor and Gamble, Kevin Ashton coined the phrase when trying to gain a better understanding of demand for lipstick by connecting supermarket shelves back to the supply chain. Tom Rebbeck of Analysys Mason reports.Read More
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Smart Parking in Montpellier relieves congestion and reduces search time
Ten minutes searching for car parking several times daily adds up to more than 240 hours per year, and an average of 700 complete days in your life. Driving around looking for an available car slot wastes fuel, induces anxiety and increases pollution in city centres.Read More
