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
A fledgling New Zealand agritech company run by a rising Kiwi entrepreneur who has worked for Rocket Lab has raised $8 million
02 July 2018
The enormity and massive impact internet of things (IoT) will have around New Zealand globally has just been sheeted home in a new report which says spending will hit $US1.2 trillion by 2022. Analyst firm IDC has announced the findings its latest Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide.
28 June 2018
Great to see global cities taking the lead in Smart City / IoT deployments to improve asset management.
23 April 2018
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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“IoT could benefit farmers by up to half a billion dollars a year. Now that is worth taking a look at”.
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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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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