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Apr
Apr
Microsoft is enabling Alaska to reduce car deaths on icy roads
Jackie Clark 0 comments Asset Management, Smart Cities, Transport
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 applications could benefit from this approach??
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Apr
Apr
IoT opportunities grow as Microsoft pours $5b into the intelligent edge
Georgia Taylor 0 comments NZ IoT Alliance
Microsoft has announced that they will be investing US$5 billion into IoT over the next four years.
09
Apr
Apr
Tech will have profound impact on NZ agriculture
Georgia Taylor 0 comments Media Release, NZ IoT Alliance
The New Zealand IoT (internet of things) Alliance believes cutting-edge technologies will have a profound impact on helping improve New Zealand’s agricultural productivity.
Alliance executive director Kriv Naicker says a major study into the potential benefits of IoT last year found that better use of IoT across agriculture could provide more than $570 million for the economy.
08
Dec
Dec
IoT devices topping Christmas wish lists in 2017
Chantal Thomas 0 comments Industry News, NZ IoT Alliance
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Nov
Nov
Is the New Zealand jury still out on IoT?
Chantal Thomas 0 comments NZ IoT Alliance
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Oct
Oct
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Aug
Aug
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 Naicker says.
Irrigation is by far the largest use of water in New Zealand, making up 65.9 percent of water use between 2013 and 2014, the Ministry for the Environment says.
02
Jul
Jul
Cities will become more desirable when IoT takes hold
Chantal Thomas 0 comments Media Release, NZ IoT Alliance, NZTech News
Cities will become safer and more desirable to live in when the internet of things (IoT) takes hold a research study report says.
02
Jul
Jul
Agri business using IoT will jolt the NZ economy
Chantal Thomas 0 comments Media Release, NZ IoT Alliance, NZTech News
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.
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Jun
Jun
IoT will be supported by artificial intelligence by 2020
Chantal Thomas 0 comments NZ IoT Alliance, NZTech News
It is predicted that within three years 100 percent of all effective IoT efforts will be supported by cognitive or artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, a landmark New Zealand IoT Alliance study says.
