Bus station transforms into night shelter for the homeless
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); New Zealand’s Auckland Transport (AT) has transformed its Manukau bus station into a night shelter for the homeless during winter. The agency worked with the Salvation Army and several churches on the project. The project came to light when the Salvation Army asked for local businesses to open…
New drink looks like water but tastes like beer
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How 5G is critical to delivering IoT at scale
How 5G is critical to delivering IoT at scale Length: 1:15 | Sep 13, 2018 At MWC Americas 2018, TechRepublic spoke with Sean Casey, Executive Director of Product Management at CSG, about why they believe 5G is critical to delivering IoT at massive scale. Source: New feed 2
How Vodafone hopes to spur IoT growth by expanding Narrowband-IoT network
How Vodafone hopes to spur IoT growth by expanding Narrowband-IoT network Length: 1:45 | Sep 13, 2018 At MWC Americas 2018, TechRepublic spoke with Ludo Fassati, Head of IoT in the Americas at Vodafone about the company’s plans to expand it’s LPWA Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network, which is designed to affordably and securely connect IoT devices,…
How efficient smart cities will be built on IoT sensors
How efficient smart cities will be built on IoT sensors Length: 2:09 | Sep 13, 2018 At MWC Americas 2018, TechRepublic spoke with Peter Linder, Head of 5G Marketing for North America with Ericsson about how IoT sensors will be key to creating efficiencies and improving services in tomorrow’s smart cities. Source: New feed 2
Students encourage voter registration through QR codes
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); A group of students from student-led protest group March for Our Lives have created clothes adorned with QR codes that link to a voting registration website. The campaign organisers are predominantly students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, US, site of a mass shooting in February 2018.…
Bike rental firm trying a new method to make money
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Short-term bike rental has become a big business in a large number of markets around the world. One of the biggest operators in the bike rental market is Chinese company Ofo. From its start in Beijing, Ofo branched out to offer bike rentals in Europe and the US.…
Fashion company launches makeup line for men
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Effective deployment of IoT requires strategic planning and careful calculation
According to a September 2018 report published by MarketWatch, the global IoT market is expected to grow from $42.40 billion in 2017 to $542.84 billion by 2023. The research paper, IoT Monetization Market Research Report – Global Forecast to 2022, calculates the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) for that forecast period will exceed 53%. More…
The Myth of Solid Ground
Robots already vacuum the floors in lots of people’s homes. They mow lawns. They deliver things in some cities. It looks weird and futuristic until it somehow looks normal and commonplace. We rarely see the “future” when it’s already here. We Make the Future Invisible Because We Want Solid Ground I’ve spent a lot of…