IoT Headlights
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How can we expect MaaS acceptance when we all talk at cross purposes?
A mass alliance of experts keeps promising that soon we can live in automated communities with an omnipotent but benevolent transport system. This Mercurial god of travel will make us safer, healthier, richer and more fulfilled. The only missing piece of the puzzle is open communications.Read More
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Rise of the smart city will come with the car’s death
Some people like change, some people don’t like change, and when it comes to building anything most fear the cars that come with it. Antony Savvas considers whether his local paper will ever be free of parking fears, let alone full of brave new world attitudes to smart cities.Read More
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Robots will make make logistics 10 times faster, but only when L4MS has done its job
The EU is offering smaller manufacturers €8 million to close the funding gap and make their logistics 10 times faster. Better still, the money is ear-marked for spending on mobile robotics systems. This ‘open call’ is more like an open goal, surely, says Nick Booth.Read More
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Get on-board for smart city ticketing today
True mobile ticketing is at the heart of future public transportation, says Antony Savvas. A key aim of the smart city agenda lies in the use of data and technology to create efficiencies, improve sustainability and improve the quality of life for those living and working in such cities.Read More
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Long road of ‘on-demand’ leads to IoT transport opportunities
Companies large and small to benefit from transportation-as-a-service, says Antony Savvas
Almost 20 years ago the application service provider (ASP) model never really caught on, mainly because there were not the broadband networks around to support the provision of on-demand applications. Basically, ASPs either went to the wall or quietly morphed into other types of companies over time, such as Salesforce.com.Read More
