One of this season’s best selling gifts is the Amazon Echo with Alexa. Plug it in and Echo / Alexa will run your house for you: turning on lights, locking / unlocking doors, catering to your family member’s unique climate comfort needs, and reducing your energy bill – all voice activated and without any hard-core programming. (more…)
December 14, 2016
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The Internet of Healthcare conference, held in London in September 2016 and organised by Vinelake, aimed to look towards the future of healthcare, and how the Internet of Things technology could optimise the transition towards it. (more…)
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The potential for IoT to have a positive economic, societal, and environmental impact worldwide is substantial, but its development also raises new questions to be addressed by regulators and policy makers. (more…)
December 13, 2016
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While there are many benefits for embracing the mainstream adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), such as improved efficiencies, cost savings and enhancing customer experience, it can also bring issues of security to the forefront. (more…)
December 12, 2016
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The Internet of Things (IoT) will improve business productivity to such a degree that, by 2025, companies who adopt the technology are projected to be 10% more profitable than those who do not. (more…)
December 9, 2016
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IoT is set to transform urban life, creating connected cities unified by technology, promising to improve life for inhabitants and streamline services. (more…)
December 8, 2016
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There are currently about 282 million street lights in the world, and this number is expected to reach 338.9 million by 2025. Street lights account for approximately 40% of any given city’s electricity budget – which can amount to tens of millions of dollars for larger cities. (more…)
December 7, 2016
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Across the globe, today’s cities are facing dramatic social, economic and environmental transformation. The number of urban residents continues to grow by nearly 60 million every year, putting increasing strain on already heavily pressurised resources and infrastructure. (more…)
December 6, 2016
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is well and truly upon us – and will clearly be even more prevalent in the future. Today, says Monica Brink of iland, IoT is already branching out into commercial networks as well as enterprise applications. (more…)
December 5, 2016
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An earlier blog titled “Don’t leave it to IT” focused on the need for a clear, defined strategy, something that has to come from C-level management, writes Bob Emmerson, freelance writer and IoT industry observer. (more…)
November 30, 2016
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