This week's show focuses on the tremendous amount of industrial IoT news coming out of the Hannover Messe event held in Germany. We cover Microsoft and BMW's Open Manufacturing Platform and the similarly named Open Industry 4.0 Alliance as well as … [Read more...]
Notes from Helsinki: 5G in action, car tech, and smart ferries
This week, I'm in Helsinki, speaking at an event. I'll be telling a bunch of advertising executives how IoT will change their industry and after I'm done with the talk, I'll likely include some version of it here. Helsinki and Espoo (which is roughly … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for March 8, 2019
5G comes to connected cows: What a clever effort by 5G RuralFirst. The project, which is being led by Cisco, the University of Strathclyde, and other UK partners, is creating 5G test regions while also highlighting some of the benefits 5G will bring … [Read more...]
Ericsson tries to make sense of the IoT’s needs
Amid all of the hype around 5G networks, we're losing sight of some very important realities, namely that pointing a 5G network at many IoT use cases is like using a fire hose to fill a pipette. So while there are some use cases that need a fire … [Read more...]
IoT News of the week for January 12, 2019
Here comes Tretur, Ikea's relatively inexpensive smart blinds: After rumors, hints, and leaks, Ikea's smart blinds are finally a real thing. Dubbed Tretur, these shades will cost between $113 and $181, depending on window size, when they arrive on … [Read more...]