New Zealand farmers and companies are starting to use Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, data analytics and automation to decrease impact on New Zealand rivers, a leading national tech expert says. In countries, right across the world the IoT devices are being used to help clean up water, New Zealand IoT Alliance executive director Kriv …
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There is a growing interest in connecting the physical world to the Internet, aka the Internet of Things (IoT). Are the regulations and rules in New Zealand around device certification holding back innovation? Are the compliance requirements well understood? These and other questions are of interest to a Working Group set up by the NZ …
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“Autonomous cars will generate the same amount of data as 3 billion people, and it will all be protected by CarBlock (blockchain) technology. Very interesting data statistics.”
23 August 2018
“The risk of major cyber security breaches via IoT devices is growing, especially from third party devices. The NZ IoT Alliance has formed a working group to look at this very issue and what measures need to be adopted within NZ.”
23 August 2018
“Great to see two NZ companies and Callaghan Innovation collaborating to deliver IoT logistics solution for the global airline industry. Even better that the devices are being manufactured in NZ and sold globally. IoT is going to create significant economic benefits for NZ and this is a perfect example of what can be achieved”.
16 August 2018
Vodafone’s Blackhawk Tracking solution is helping farmers to track and manage ATV driver behaviour. Using a combination of real time data and GPS tracking, Blackhawk is allowing farmers to locate drivers and monitor performance. For the driver, the automated emergency call should the vehicle tip over will ensure rapid response to any situation. Great use …
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Great to see Christchurch City Council in partnership with Visionstream (Ventia) deploying low cost IoT to monitor and manage their sewage system. This solution is already resulting in significant operational improvements and cost savings. A real gritty IoT application delivering significant benefits to the people of Christchurch.
13 August 2018
A great, albeit be it very sad, application of IoT doing good in our communities. Getting these devices out into homes will show the true state of housing stock in NZ. As NZ’s we then need to focus on solutions to fix this wicked problem.
02 August 2018
