EUSPA launches €1mn #myEUspace competition for new services in smart agriculture, mobility and quantum tech

Prague, Czech Republic. September 1st, 2021 — The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has launched a new competition called #myEUspace. The EU prize contest is targeting innovators and entrepreneurs ready to explore, develop and commercialise innovative solutions that use EU Space data and services. According to the agency, this is going beyond

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Meet the technology that is building the smart cities of the future

Today’s smart cities are transforming the way we live, work and play. But, according to Matthew Margetts, director of sales and marketing at Smarter Technologies, far from being just a 21st-century gimmick, there are significant even life-changing advantages to the implementation of smart technology in cities around the world. 

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The cyber-risks of smart features: Safeguarding connected vehicles

Cars have come a long way since Henry Ford created the Model T, a car that put the world on wheels. It was the perfect solution to the growing need to move people across vast distances in early 20th century America.

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Connected EV charging points in Europe and North America to reach 7.9mn by 2025

Berg Insight released new findings about the market for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Europe and North America. The number of connected EV charging points in Europe and North America reached an estimated 1.6 million units in 2020.

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Sigfox and Coral join forces to spark IoT innovation with AI at the edge

Sigfox, the 0G network and the IoT (Internet of Things) communication service provider, announced its partnership with Coral, Google‘s platform of hardware components, software tools, and models for building devices with Artificial Intelligence at the edge.

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Amazon, Google, IKEA, Schneider Electric, Tencent Cloud and more join Silicon Labs’ ‘Works With 2021’

Silicon Labs, a provider of secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, announced that Amazon, Google, IKEA, Schneider Electric, Konke, Lifesmart, Tencent Cloud and Tuya will be delivering keynotes at Works With 2021, the defining Internet of Things (IoT) conference livestreaming for free to thousands of engineers, developers and technologists worldwide on September

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E-mobility security firm Juice Technology gains ISO 27001 certification for cybersecurity

Juice Technology AG, producer of electric charging stations and software and a specialist in mobile charging stations for electric vehicles, has seen the benefits of the high priority it has reportedly placed on cybersecurity. Official certifying body, ISO has rewarded these efforts with a new certification.

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ADAS and robotic vehicles will drive LiDAR market from US$1.8bn in 2020 to $5.7bn in 2026

“The market for LiDAR in automotive and industrial applications is expected to reach US$5.7 billion (€4.80 billion) in 2026, showing a significant 21% CAGR between 2020 and 2026,” asserts Alexis Debray, PhD., senior technology & market analyst, photonic, sensing & semiconductor at Yole Developpement.

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IIoT: Removing the barriers to smart factories

With recent reports highlighting that 5G-enabled factories could deliver a productivity boost to UK manufacturing of between £2.6 billion (€3.03 billion) and £6.3 billion (€7.34 billion), it is perhaps surprising that smart factory technology simply wasn’t on the radar of 27% of respondents to the Annual Manufacturing Report in 2019.

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The risky new world of work

It’s fair to say that 2020 dramatically changed the workplace. Globally, governments mandated citizens to work from home, where possible. Large office blocks emptied as IT teams scrambled to implement technology and systems to support a predominantly remote workforce. As we start to look beyond COVID, organisations plan to permanently adopt these long-term hybrid and

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Why LTE 450 is the enabler of critical long-range communications

(Sponsored Feature) LTE 450 connections utilize the 450MHz cellular band to provide robust, long- range connectivity with increased coverage and deeper signal penetration. The bands around 450MHz are well-suited to the demands of IoT devices and for critical applications ranging from smart grid and smart meter services to public safety applications. The 450MHz band is

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Cybellum help meet the cyber security challenges facing the complex automotive supply chain

Executives at car companies and their suppliers say they face a supply chain cybersecurity challenge unmatched by any other industry. A survey of these executives conducted by Strategy Analytics on behalf of Cybellum revealed the still evolving effort to meet the challenge.

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HCL Technologies launches Cisco ecosystem unit advancing cloud smart innovation, growth

HCL Technologies (HCL), a global technology company, has launched a dedicated HCL Cisco Ecosystem Unit focused on creating solutions to accelerate clients’ digital journeys.

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Providing geolocation for every IoT device

Wouldn’t it be nice to have geolocation as a native service on any type of connected device? Wouldn’t it be even better if there were a solution with up to ten-times the extended battery life of existing cellular solutions. How about allowing customers to pay for their geolocation services only when needed? The future of

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prpl Foundation raises its ambitions, delivering new software following membership contributions

With the impetus and significant funding from more heavyweight operators, prpl Foundation is accelerating delivery of the carrier-grade Open-Source stack for Broadband CPE, prplWare, for release by year-end.

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What does SpaceX’s acquisition of Swarm say about space IoT?

SpaceX is notoriously quiet when it comes to mergers, and so it came with great surprise that a company had been acquired by the spaceflight company and that company was one that deals in the Internet of Things (IoT).

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