Cast your mind back to the winter of 2014. The UK was at a complete standstill because of unexpected snow. Thousands of cars were left on the side of roads as the public was forced to trudge home in the freezing cold, the thought of being back in their home with the central heating on full blast the only thought encouraging them to keep on walking, writes Martin Woolley, the Bluetooth SIG technical programme manager. Alas! Nearly half way home they realised that they forgot to set the timer for the heating. If only they could set the timer remotely. (more…)
April 29, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 are becoming two of the most overused industrial automation buzzwords today, writes Dave Sutton a product marketing manager at Schneider Electric. The explosion in domestic Internet of Things (IoT) applications, such as smartphones, wearables and even fridges is a key driver for this, but is there more to it than the surrounding hype? (more…)
February 10, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The development of the Internet of Things (IoT) will see multiple systems be linked in order to realise automation, data sharing and efficiency benefits, writes Phill Peston, a senior analyst at Beecham Research. (more…)
November 24, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
We have been working with the IMC – International M2M Council – on a large survey of adopter members which has just been published. The findings from this are revealing and help to confirm important trends going on in the M2M market that we have also measured elsewhere in other research activities and survey work. (more…)
July 2, 2015
Posted by: IoT global network
Smart Retail Tech Expo London is set to welcome thousands of retailers, e-commerce professionals, startups and entrepreneurs for one of the UK’s leading events dedicated to retail innovation, digital transformation, and business growth.
September 18, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
September 17, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
COMPRION and STMicroelectronics have jointly validated an end-to-end test environment for IoT Profile Assistant (IPAd) implementations under the GSMA SGP.32 specification.
September 15, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
IntraLogisteX, the free-to-attend trade show and conference for logistics, warehousing, automation and supply chain professionals, comes to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas on 16–17 September 2026.
September 11, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
Industrial AI, digital twins, cyber security, electrification and advanced automation are moving rapidly from the innovation agenda to operational reality. For UK manufacturers, the challenge is no longer whether these technologies matter, but how to apply them in ways that improve productivity, strengthen resilience and support long-term industrial capability. This shift will be reflected at Advanced Engineering, which returns to NEC Birmingham on 4–5 November 2026, co-located with UK Metals Expo and Lab Innovations.
Posted by: Marion Webber
GigaDevice, a semiconductor company specialising in Flash memory, 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), sensors and analogue products, has officially joined the Zephyr Project, one of the world’s open-source real-time operating systems (RTOS). Hosted by the Linux Foundation, the Zephyr Project welcomes GigaDevice as a Silver Member, making GigaDevice a dual Silver Member of both the Zephyr Project and the Linux Foundation. Using its comprehensive GD32 MCU portfolio, GigaDevice will actively participate in the Zephyr community, promoting deeper integration between its MCU technologies and the global open-source RTOS ecosystem. This will provide customers and developers in industrial, IoT, consumer electronics and other fields with a more open, standardised and efficient embedded development environment, while continuing to contribute to the growth of the global embedded open ecosystem and broader access to technology.
September 8, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber