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The Role of IoT Telematics in Commercial Fleet Insurance

By Greg Oppenheim The insurance industry has experienced long-term stability. However, recent trends are shaking things up, especially for commercial fleet management. Demand for operational efficiency and increased road safety [...]

Is it time for LoRa to get its feet wet?

Steve Rogerson talks with Remy De Jong, founder of Skynet IoT, about expanding LoRa coverage out to sea. Spreading a LoRaWan across the North Sea linking the UK and [...]

Is AI just what IoT has been waiting for?

Steve Rogerson asks how AI will change the outlook for IoT. A few years ago, when listening to a talk on how one day personal health devices would feed [...]

Advantech celebrates forty years building an intelligent planet

On the occasion of Advantech’s 40th anniversary, Steve Rogerson talks with co-founder KC Liu about how the company has changed. Back in 1983, you may not have noticed that [...]

AI: Should we be afraid?

Steve Rogerson discusses the increased interest in AI with Sam Colley, CEO of Pod Group. Artificial intelligence (AI) has probably never been in the news more that earlier this [...]

Things like a canary

Steve Rogerson talks with Jayna Locke from Digi about the effects IoT technology is having in the industrial world. Once upon a time, coal miners used to carry a [...]

How IoT Fleet Telematics Solve Society’s Pressing Issues

Before the pandemic, the U.S. focused on improving urban mobility. Forward-thinking state governments began using the problem — vehicles — as part of the solution. Big data is central [...]

How IoT-Enabled Telematics Devices Protect Assets and Improve Visibility for the Shipping Industry

Since the onset of the pandemic, the global shipping industry has been under the microscope. However, it’s been even more exhaustive with China’s COVID-19 countermeasures in the first half [...]

How Secure are connected vehicles?

Connectivity has the power to transform. However, it doesn’t come without risks. The vast collection of highly sensitive data in connected vehicles necessitates an entirely new level of security, [...]

Are these the droids you are looking for?

Steve Rogerson discovers how one company is integrating IoT and robotics. Everybody loves a robot. Whether it is the cute R2-D2 trash can from Star Wars or one determined [...]

Keeping IoT simple down on the farm

A UN spin out has simplified IoT technology to make it affordable for farmers in poorer countries. Steve Rogerson checked it out. Do you ever think IoT technology is [...]

What can we learn from Lufthansa’s AirTag fiasco?

Steve Rogerson looks at Lufthansa’s self-inflicted PR disaster when it tried to ban AirTags. I was worried this month when the news broke that German airline Lufthansa had decided [...]