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.
September 11, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
The IoT Global Awards will stop accepting entries for this year’s programme, at 17:00 CET on Friday 11th September.
Entries are to be submitted via the official IoT Global Awards site and the shortlist of entries will be announced on Wednesday 16th September. The winners will be announced on Wednesday 7th October.
September 8, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
Nordic Semiconductor, a global contributor in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, has announced a faster path to satellite and cellular IoT. Embedded modem innovator LooUQ‘s MTC2-N9151 has earned Skylo Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) certification, building on Nordic’s own Skylo-certified nRF9151 to reduce time-to-market for IoT product developers.
Water technology company Remsight is already deploying the compact, drop-in embedded modem from LooUQ to monitor water infrastructure across the American West, reaching the field much faster and at lower cost than it would have building their own solution from scratch.
August 11, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
The LoRa Alliance, the open, non-profit organisation defining, evolving and promoting the LoRaWAN standard, has took a significant step in achieving effortless, low-touch deployment at scale with new specifications that enable automated device set-up and a new technical document that extends LoRaWAN’s connectivity reach.
August 6, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
Silicon Labs, the innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, and Signify, a contributor in lighting, has announced their collaboration to bring concurrent multiprotocol (CMP) communications to select Philips Hue smart bulbs, enabling support for both Zigbee and Matter over Thread concurrently on a single device.
June 25, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
Identiv, a global contributor in RFID- and BLE-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, has announced the expansion of its ID-Safe product family, a portfolio of advanced HF and NFC tags designed to support product authentication, tamper detection and secure traceability across pharmaceutical, healthcare, retail, food and beverage, electronics and smart packaging applications.
April 21, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
As IoT connectivity is growing rapidly worldwide, the LoRa Alliance is seizing the opportunity for LoRaWAN technology to become a globally ubiquitous, plug-and-play IoT connectivity method embedded into everyday objects and capable of delivering increasing value to users.
April 9, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
High tech wireless product developer, Shenzhen Holyiot Technology, has announced a Bluetooth LE-powered ‘e-ink’ smart badge, designed for a wide range of access control and identity verification use cases. The ‘Inkcard-A1’ smart badge employs Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF54L15 SoC that doubles the processing power and triples the processing efficiency of the previous generation of SoCs. This enables the smart badge to perform a wide range of time critical tasks in offices or workplaces.
April 2, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
Ultrahuman, a connected health technology company headquartered in Bengaluru, India, offers a data-driven connected health platform designed to help users make informed daily health and lifestyle decisions. Its ecosystem includes the Ultrahuman Ring AIR, the Ultrahuman M1 continuous glucose monitoring system, and the Ultrahuman Home device, delivering passive, always-on insights across biometrics and environmental signals.
March 24, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
Blues, a device-to-cloud system provider for smart connected products, has launched Notecard for Skylo – a module combining satellite, cellular and WiFi connectivity that doesn’t require satellite subscriptions or commitments.
March 10, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber