IntelliSite Corporation announced the purchase of Broad Sky Networks, a fast growing, business-class wireless internet provider specialising in emerging 5G wireless and global wireless connectivity for IoT enterprise solutions and services. (more…)
December 15, 2020
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Combining its core competencies in robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles with a deep understanding of customer needs, LG Electronics announced that it is developing an autonomous robot that will use ultraviolet (UV-C) light to disinfect high-touch, high-traffic areas. LG Business Solutions USA plans to offer the UV robot to U.S. hospitality, education, corporate, retail, restaurant, and transportation customers in early 2021.
“We hope LG’s first UV disseminating robot will give our customers, and in turn their customers, peace of mind,” explained Michael Kosla, vice president, LG Business Solutions USA. “Whether it’s hotel guests, students in classrooms or patrons of restaurants and other businesses, they can rest assured that the LG autonomous UV robot will help reduce their exposure to harmful bacteria and germs,” he says.
To be officially unveiled at Digital CES® 2021, LG’s new robot is expected to enable a new standard of hygiene by helping to disinfect high-touch, high-traffic areas. Because of its autonomous design, the robot will be able to move easily around tables, chairs and other furniture, generally irradiating a room’s touchable surfaces in 15 to 30 minutes, disinfecting multiple areas on a single battery charge.
Engineered to be easy to operate, the robot can be integrated into established cleaning routines without requiring extensive staff training or specialists to operate it. Staff will be able to monitor progress via remote updates to smartphones or tablets. Employee exposure to UV rays will be minimised through a built-in safety lock activated by human motion detection sensors, pressing of an emergency stop button or via the mobile application.
“A higher level of disinfection is going to become the new customer expectation in the new contactless economy where we now all live, work, learn and play,” Kosla says. “LG is bringing to bear its expertise in robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles for creative solutions like this to meet specific customer requirements.” This is the first in a series of new LG CLOi autonomous robots planned for introduction in the United States during 2021.
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A new study by Juniper Research has found that network operator spend on MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) will grow from $2.7 billion (€2.22 billion) in 2020, to $8.3 billion (€6.83 billion) in 2025, as operators invest heavily in upgrading network capacities and infrastructure to support the increasing data generated by 5G networks. (more…)
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Imagine your household appliances being smart enough to read the weather forecast and give you recommendations on the best time to start the dryer because it’s about to rain, or when to turn off the air purifier because the air quality that day is good (more…)
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If we can rename the Internet of Things (IoT), we can arguably name that as disruption champion. Over last five years, says Abhishek Ghosh, business architect at Tech Mahindra, IoT has penetrated the traditional market place in a rapid manner and that is changing the way things are usually done. (more…)
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AccelerComm, a company working 5G with IP to increase spectrum efficiency and reduces latency, has joined The O-RAN alliance. The alliance aims to re-shape mobile networks to be more intelligent, open, virtualised and fully interoperable without compromising performance. (more…)
December 14, 2020
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GEO Business,the UK’s geospatial event designed for everyone involved in the gathering, storing, processing and delivery of geospatial information, has been rescheduled from May to November 2021. (more…)
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Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity provider, Wireless Logic has acquired another UK-based provider, Arkessa Ltd. According to Wireless Logic, this marks the latest step in its business expansion following the recent acquisition of European companies Datamobile AG and New Line Mobile BV. (more…)
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Software AG and Re’flekt, a provider of augmented reality solutions (AR), have agreed to a strategic partnership. The goal is to combine the interactive AR visualisations from RE’FLEKT with real-time machine data from the Cumulocity IoT platform. (more…)
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Siemens has created a Smart Buildings game and supporting educational resources to help demystify COVID-19 and empower Key Stage 3 (11yrs – 14yrs) students to learn more about their personal and public health and safety while having fun learning from home or school. (more…)
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