IoT market research provider, Berg Insight, has released a new market report covering the cargo tracking market. The number of active tracking devices, says Martin Bäckman, IoT analyst at Berg Insight, deployed for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets reached 6.1 million worldwide in […]

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Real-time tracking solutions developed specifically for intermodal shipping containers is still a relatively nascent market. Many of the vendors offering solutions for this market have not yet achieved particularly sizeable installed bases in terms of the number of deployed units. As Johan Fagerberg, co-founder of Berg Insight says, they are today close to 25 million […]

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The future of car development is here: Volvo Cars and Varjo, the Finnish maker of high-end augmented-reality headsets, have created a world-first mixed-reality approach to evaluating prototypes, designs and active safety technologies. The collaboration will be further strengthened by the Volvo Cars Tech Fund’s decision to invest in Varjo. The Tech Fund is Volvo’s venture capital fund, which […]

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Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced a new radiation-hardened 16-channel current driver with integrated 4-bit decoder for reducing the size, weight and power (SWaP) of satellite command and telemetry systems. The ISL72814SEH integrates the decoder, input level shifter, and 16 current driver arrays in a single monolithic IC. The device allows […]

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Israeli start-up TriEye, whose innovative Short-Wave-Infra-Red (SWIR) sensing technology is able to see in adverse weather and night-time conditions, announced today a $17 million (€15.2 million) Series A funding round, led by Intel Capital. Other investors include Marius Nacht, co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies, and TriEye’s existing investor Grove Ventures, headed by TriEye chairman […]

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Tata Communications, a digital infrastructure provider launched its Internet of Things (IoT) Marketplace. This is claimed to be a first-of-its-kind initiative in India to strengthen and accelerate the country’s growing IoT ecosystem. The IoT Marketplace will bring together IoT practitioners and enterprise customers on a single platform; setting the ground for customers to tailor their IoT […]

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Bastian Solutions, a Toyota Advanced Logistics company and material handling systems integrator, and Quuppa, a specialist in advanced location systems, reports that one of the first implementations through its recently announced partnership is with Brother International Corp. Brother is a provider of home, business and industrial products. Bastian Solutions’ Internet of Things (IoT) group provides […]

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Market overview Ride sharing has been a disruptive transport technology, going from obscurity to near ubiquity in a matter of a couple of years and having a significant impact on traditional taxi services. The benefits touted by transportation network companies include better pricing, availability and fleet management and most times a better customer experience. The […]

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Market overview The advanced safety systems of autonomous vehicles need to be tested in all kinds of traffic and traffic situations. They should include city centres and rural roads as well as multi-lane highways. The problem Enabling the requisite safety tests is only feasible in a dedicated environment that can not only provide the different […]

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The eSync Alliance announces that Mobica, a global software services company, has joined to become one of its newest members. Companies in the eSync Alliance include Alpine, Excelfore, HELLA, Molex and ZF, amongst others. The eSync Alliance is an industry-wide initiative established to build a secure, multi-vendor platform for end-to-end over-the-air (OTA) updating and data services for […]

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