One phenomenon that has always intrigued me is hypnotism, says Larry Bellehumeur of Novotech Technologies. It always seemed amazing and confusing to me that so-called “normal” people can have their common sense overridden to the point that they (more…)
November 2, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
The Internet of Things has taken the world by storm. With a long list of potential benefits for businesses and consumers alike, it is no surprise that there is a growing list of companies aiming to tap into the potential. (more…)
October 21, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
CW (Cambridge Wireless) has announced the 10 finalists for its Discovering Start-Ups 2016 competition, sponsored and hosted by Deloitte, the business advisory firm. (more…)
October 6, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
A review of the latest book by Gerd Leonhard, futurist, keynote speaker and author. I’ve been writing about technology for many, many years and along the way I’ve come to the conclusion that guru-type predictions tend to be pretentious and all too often they turn out to be wrong. (more…)
September 23, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Though beacon retail technology is grabbing headlines, the future of BLE beacon shipments is not in retail. (more…)
August 25, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Sales of smartphones hit record highs in 2014 and the market continues to grow rapidly. Many have attributed this to the use of health and fitness monitoring apps by both consumers and patients, writes Neil Oliver, the technical marketing manager at Accutronics in the first part of his blog. (more…)
July 14, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
It’s easy to see why Gartner predicts 2016 will be the year we see 6.4 billion connected things in use: the ability to operate devices remotely opens the door to a whole range of opportunities for businesses to bring an innovative service to their customers. The smartphone most of us have at hand almost every waking moment ensuring we never have to enter an unlit home or shiver in an unheated car are just the tip of the iceberg, writes Bryan Kirschner, a director at Apigee Institute. (more…)
July 12, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Last week John Lewis, one of the UK’s leading retail chains, claims that it has opened the UK’s largest smart home high street shopping experience, writes Olena Kaplan a senior analyst at Beecham Research. The retailer allocated part of its 5th floor electronics space to smart home products at its flagship Oxford Street store. (more…)
April 12, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Recently BBC News quoted former VW group president and now head of the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Jonathan Browning. He cited foreign investment as key to the region’s spectacular recovery that has lead to the lowest unemployment for 30 years and the region becoming the ‘brains’ of the UK vehicle industry, writes Stephen Chadwick, the managing director for EuroNorth at Dassault Systèmes. (more…)
March 3, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Virtual Reality (VR) is closing the final gap before it becomes an accessible and comfortable consumer experience, writes Matthew Duke-Woolley, an analyst at Beecham Research. (more…)
January 27, 2016
Posted by: George Malim