Amazon Friday announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire Whole Foods Market for […]
Apple wants you to pay big for their smart speaker
As part of yesterday’s WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) Google launched their foray into home connectivity with the HomePad called by […]
Facial recognition tech makes it official: There is no privacy anymore
Recent weeks have brought controversy over electronic billboards in restaurants and shopping precincts that utilize advanced facial recognition techniques to […]
Using IoT to solve the problems of the freight industry
Honeywell last week announced a new “Connected Freight” solution that gives shippers and logistics companies unprecedented ability to monitor shipments […]
How will IoT change the lives of our aging population?
How do we conceptualize aging and disability in an era where there’s a heady excitement about a future reality that […]
Will Delphi and their self-driving supergroup create autonomous hits?
In July 2016, the BMW Group, Intel, and Mobileye announced that they would join forces to deliver a highly and […]
5 questions for IoT about what we could learn from the WannaCry hack
Last Friday here in Europe, we saw over 50,000 companies and over 100 countries hit by the WannaCry ransomware attack. In […]
Can IoT prevent gun violence across America’s cities?
Local municipalities are increasingly turning to smart city technology to reduce public crime through efforts such as connected lighting, targeted […]
Connected trees will be scrubbing the air in a city near you soon
Air pollution is a significant problem in many parts of the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 6.5 […]
Wearable tech hits the factory floor at Hannover Messe
Germany has always been a place for industrial invention and innovation, reflected by the creation of the concept of “Industrie […]
Is the “augmented customer” the future of tech?
A report released this week by global research and consulting firm Ovum has explored the changing identity of the customer in the digital […]
Companies join Linux Foundation to build open IoT edge framework
The Linux Foundation this week announced the launch of EdgeX Foundry at Hanover Messe, an open source project to build […]
How hard is it to bring precision analytics to agtech?
On first thought, agtech seems something of a contradiction. Agriculture involves growing crops. There’s no real world shortcut or fast track in […]
Can USSD really make IoT more affordable?
A use of old technology in a new way is transforming the potential capabilities of IoT. Myriad Group, a mobile […]
6 ideas to consider in smart city development
The recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona revealed that while few brand new and innovative smart city deployments are center […]
Has bone conduction returned to wearables?
With the old adage everything old is new again, this certainly seems to be the case for phenomenon bone conduction. […]
Can ElliQ the robot combat social isolation in the elderly?
When you think of robots designed to help people, you might think of the role of robotics in caring and […]
Chirp provides soundwave communication to the Internet of Things
It’s not every day that you meet a startup with showcasing technology that sounds like something of out of the […]
Dojo brings critical security to smart home automation
The introduction of smart home devices into the average home is on an upward trajectory with Gartner forecasting the number of […]
How NEC brings cutting edge security to smart cities and public spaces
One of the most interesting things about emerging technology is seeing traditional companies bring their years of experience to solve […]