How the smart stadium will transform the smart city...

What’s the difference between a monster truck rally and a Taylor Swift concert?

Water. You can’t hold a monster truck rally without thousands of cubic meters of mud, which in turn can mean tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of gallons of water. By the same token, Taylor Swift’s ornate lighting and staging could can cause power consumption to zoom up the charts and unnaturally force a venue into the red zone for peak power charges. (The prevalence of tattoos, however, at both events is probably about even.)

Do you know Germany’s first smart bridge to open next month..?

An $12.3 million smart bridge, opening this October, is being built in northern Bavaria and will include technology never seen before on the German Autobahn.

India’s mass of small family firms could miss the IIoT revolution...

Few of India’s myriad family businesses have adopted any advanced manufacturing technologies like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). And worse, most don’t plan to in the future.

How to solve the unique complexities of industrial IoT?

People have marveled at the possibilities born out of the Internet of Things for some time. But really, the scale of what it can accomplish in the industrial sector dwarfs the smart home capabilities of a Nest thermostat or the wearable innovation of a Fitbit.

IoT gives field service something it’s never had: visibility...

When you think about field service, what comes to mind? If it’s not literally delivering service in the field, then you’re probably seeing hard hats, safety glasses and leather tool belts surrounded by industrial machines.

You’d be mostly right, because for a long time that’s how it’s looked. Lots of manual processes, reacting to broken equipment and toting the traditional hardware of years past.

Could robots replace us in security jobs?

A Silicon Valley company called Knightscope has introduced a range of robots that eradicate the need for foot patrolling security guards in a range of workplaces and public spaces. These security robots are called the  K3 and K5 Autonomous Data Machines. The robots resemble a “Doctor Who” dalek, or maybe a large mobile rubbish bin depending on your point of view. This is not surprising as when the idea of a security robot comes to mind, you are inclined to think of robots like Robocop or Atlas rather than Pepper.

What does your car say about you and your driving style?

Do you know what your car has to say about you and your driving style? Do you know who it talks to behind your back?

What’s happening with Google’s self-driving car project?

Chris Urmson, the chief technology officer of Google’s self-driving car project, left earlier this month, alongside two other veteran engineers.

Rithmio gathers new data on Paralympic athletes and trainers..

For the first time, a Paralympic team is getting data on the athletes’ movements instead of data on the wheelchair only thanks to Rithmio, a leading motion recognition company.

How to make steelworking a less dangerous profession

In recent years IoT has played an important role in worker safety with wearable and embedded sensors making it possible for workers to be monitored within their surroundings to prevent injury from falls, toxic gas, and overexertion. Wearable technology can prevent a range of injuries in some of the most dangerous occupations.

Check out the latest fitness tracker in a pair of glasses!!!

Google Glass failed to win consumers, partly because of the design that made the augmented eyewear stand out in a crowd. VSP Global’s innovation lab, The Shop, which built custom frames for Glass, wants to approach eyewear tech from a different angle.

The Shop has partnered with the University of Southern California (USC) Center for Body Computing to develop the glasses, called Level, which provide step count, distance, calories burnt, and activity.

Xerox beacon technology brings retail to commuters!!!

The Shop and Ride beacon and app system, powered by Xerox, is promising to deliver personalized, hyper-local, mobile offers to transit riders based on their preferences and travel patterns.

Beacon technology placed in local bus shelters and at merchant sites communicates with the app so users are notified of existing offers in the area or at a particular store. With a single touch, riders can save a coupon to redeem it immediately or at a later time.

U.S. DoD needs “immediate action” to win the AI war

The Department of Defense (DOD) Science Board has released a broad study on autonomy, recommending “immediate action” to counter enemy artificial intelligence.