Google to shut down IoT Core
Google is set to shut down its IoT Core services in August 2023. The company says that IoT services are better provided through its network of partners offering specialist [...]
Siemens deploys Geek+ robots for lean
Industrial robot maker Geekplus is delivering four types of autonomous mobile robots to Siemens Switchgear’s warehouse in Shanghai to create an end-to-end automated system. The new robots will power [...]
Bayer launches sustainable agriculture platform
Bayer has launched a digital platform to support farmers transition to more sustainable agricultural practices. Through ForGround, Bayer will assist enrolled farmers to implement and manage practices that can [...]
Open data crop nutrition platform launched
A consortium of research institutions together with Israeli agtech firm Agmatix have launched a platform to drive international research into precision agriculture. The Consortium for Precision Crop Nutrition (CPCN) [...]
CESMII adopts ThinkIQ for Industry 4.0 framework
The US national institute for Smart Manufacturing, CESMII, is incorporating ThinkIQ’s technology into its Smart Manufacturing Innovation Platform. ThinkIQ’s technology will become the underlying framework for the CESMII SMIP [...]
First Dual-mode Piezo Sensor for Industry 4.0
Researchers from NCKU University in Taiwan have developed the first “dual-mode” piezotronic force sensor. The new sensor will make it possible to develop extremely sensitive force sensors for use [...]
ZEVx picks Plex MES to automate EV manufacturing
Battery power systems and EV platform manufacturer ZEVx has selected Plex Systems’ MES to automate production of its electric products. The selection of Plex follows ZEVx selecting Rockwell’s Vuforia [...]
Learn how to protect IoT from cyber attacks
Those who want to learn how to safeguard their connected IoT programmes from cyber attacks should tune into an IMC webinar on August 31. Called “Using intelligence to defend [...]
Vodafone preemptive 5G support for Foxconn
Vodafone and Ericsson have developed a preemptive support service for Foxconn’s 5G-powered factory in Hungary. The service ensures continuous private 5G availability at the site at Komárom, which relies [...]
Semtech buys Sierra to build chip-to-cloud
Industrial analogue semiconductor firm Semtech is acquiring IoT service provider Sierra Wireless. The acquisition will combine LoRa and cellular IoT technologies, allowing Semtech to develop a comprehensive industrial chip-to-Cloud [...]
Claroty launches industrial OT cyber platform
Industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty has launched a new platform for industrial operational systems. Claroty xDome is a SaaS system designed to provide cybersecurity protection to operational technologies and networks, [...]
Pratt & Whitney trials additive manufacturing
Aerospace firm Pratt & Whitney is evaluating Velo3D’s Sapphire metal 3D printer for manufacturing production jet engine components inhouse. Pratt & Whitney has previously used Velo3D’s contract manufacturing network [...]
