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NFC or Qi for wireless charging: What’s right for my product design?

NFC or Qi for wireless charging: What’s right for my product design?

The demand for smarter solutions for almost every aspect of our lives shows no signs of easing up. From smartwatches to automatic vacuum cleaners, more devices than ever need power to function. This means that more devices need charging cables, adaptor...
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Predictive maintenance in railways: Exploring best practices with IoT

Predictive maintenance in railways: Exploring best practices with IoT

In the UK, only 38% of rail passengers are satisfied with the way rail companies deal with delays that are often caused by asset failures. It speaks eloquently to the fact that while maintenance is the bulk of costs for the rail industry, the current a...
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Changes to Direct Vision Standard: What does this mean for fleets?

Changes to Direct Vision Standard: What does this mean for fleets?

From the 28 October 2024, heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) over 12 tonnes will be required to have a minimum three-star DVS rating to continue operations in the Greater London area. Vehicles falling beneath the three-star threshold must fit a Progressive Sa...
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Harnessing AI to transform public transport into a data-first industry

Harnessing AI to transform public transport into a data-first industry

As more commitments are made to the development of smart cities, the transport industry has found many applications for artificial intelligence (AI) to digitise their operations. Unlike other sectors, public transport is vulnerable to human error (lead...
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Turn industrial data into your competitive superpower

Turn industrial data into your competitive superpower

Industrial companies are facing formidable hurdles, both in meeting their operational objectives, and in understanding the vast volumes of data available to them to decide how best they can achieve those goals. For example, 38% of European capital-inte...
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What cyber trust mark means for IoT data protection

What cyber trust mark means for IoT data protection

The internet of things (IoT) has a market value of $662 billion (€605.73 billion) today. By 2030, it is expected to grow to $3.35 trillion (€3.07 trillion). The seamless, connected experience that IoT devices offer is clearly attractive to consumers, b...
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Insulation against supply chain instability

Insulation against supply chain instability

Disruptions to supply chain operations are set to stay for the remainder of 2023 and beyond, be it as a result of geopolitical conflicts, inflationary pressures and the recessionary environment, climate change weather events or other issues yet to emer...
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5G for industrial internet of things: Opportunities and challenges

5G for industrial internet of things: Opportunities and challenges

The industrial internet of things (IIoT) is gaining traction as manufacturers adopt a more connected and intelligent approach to production. The IIoT involves the use of sensors, devices, and monitors to collect and analyse data in real-time, providing...
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Why IoT is emerging as next key technology for businesses

Why IoT is emerging as next key technology for businesses

The internet of things (IoT) is continuing to revolutionise the way industries operate. Businesses are increasing their spending on IoT technology to drive growth, with the technology being used by organisations for the creation of new use cases, produ...
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Public transport investment: A viable and sustainable route to economic recovery?

Public transport investment: A viable and sustainable route to economic recovery?

Over the last twelve months, passengers have been steadily returning to public transport as employees have increasingly been encouraged back to their workplaces. In the UK, for example, Transport for London has reported that the number of journeys made...
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