IoT rubber finally hits the road…literally. Nifty little innovation here from Pirelli, IoT connected tyres which goes well beyond measuring tyre pressure. Wouldn’t it be cool if next time you charged up your car, it automatically sorted out any tyre issues like pressure or load balancing. Tyre safety saves lives and IoT is set to …
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23 April 2018
Alaska DoT is replacing snow plough driver intuition and experience with IoT technology to better forecast ice and snow risk. This approach is allowing city officials to better deploy assets to manage ice risk and ultimately save lives. Another example where IoT is delivering real return on investment and making our cities safer. What other …
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19 April 2018
Source: Channel Life Microsoft has announced that they will be investing US$5 billion into IoT over the next four years.The computer giant has never been shy about using their considerable resources to further research into groundbreaking technologies – at this moment, they are inching closer to releasing the first ever quantum computer. Now, they are …
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09 April 2018
How do we ready students for STEM jobs we don’t yet know? Engineers are innovators. They love to tinker, design, build and make things. They are inspired and they learn by doing. Our future innovators, today’s students, are no different. They will be solving some of the world’s biggest challenges, designing technologies that will change …
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23 February 2018
This question was posed by a visiting Internet of Things (IoT) expert recently. The New Zealand IoT Alliance hosted international IoT expert, IDC’s Vernon Turner to hear his advice on how to successfully connect New Zealand. “IoT isn’t a technology revolution, it’s a business revolution, enabled by technology,” he says. Vernon discussed IoT Readiness in …
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15 November 2017
Tech advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) might help New Zealand move toward a solution for helping feed the world which will require food production to double to meet a growing population demands, says a Kiwi tech expert. New Zealand IoT Alliance executive director Kriv Naicker says the new government …
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23 October 2017
A new research study has identified agri-business as one of the best opportunities to use the internet of things (IoT) for economic advantage in New Zealand, mainly because of the contribution that agriculture already makes to the Kiwi economy.
02 July 2017
Cities will become safer and more desirable to live in when the internet of things (IoT) takes hold a research study report says.
02 July 2017
An historic and landmark national research study estimates the roll out of IoT (internet of things) is likely to produce a benefit for the New Zealand economy of billions of dollars. The study found that just across a mere nine common IoT applications the potential net benefit over 10 years could be $2.2 billion in …
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29 June 2017