A trio of Swedish firms — car manufacturer Volvo, helmet maker POC and networking outfit Ericsson — have announced a collaboration around the avoidance of collisions between cars and cyclists. At… Read more »
The open-source WunderBar kit is a distinctive attempt to get app developers to shift their attention to the internet of things. It takes the form of a chocolate bar, the individual… Read more »
The amount of the investment is not yet known, nor are the specific details of the accompanying collaboration, but Evrythng’s “Facebook for things” approach could gel with Samsung’s open-platform aspirations. Read more »
The hub’s development is only on the Spanish carrier group’s to-do list, so there are scant details right now, but it will handle the fixed lighting and heating that Thinking Things… Read more »
The pack includes plug-and-play modules for power, connectivity, and sensing ambient light, temperature and humidity — as well as 2G connectivity that works in a bunch of places. Next to come… Read more »
Thingful founder Usman Haque told the Structure Connect 2014 audience that data generators need to have control of what they emit, and that will mean structuring internet of things systems accordingly. Read more »
The Norwegian printed electronics firm Thin Film – which we recently covered for its smart label partnership with Cisco-backed Evrythng – has taken a healthy $23 million in investment from local… Read more »
CSR recently rejected a bid from Microchip, but now the “Silicon Fen” firm’s directors have given the thumbs-up to an approach from Qualcomm. Read more »
If the GSMA’s predictions are correct, two-thirds of the nine billion non-M2M mobile connections in 2020 will be from smartphones, with the vast majority coming from emerging markets. Read more »
The London-based company is ending its current incarnation and going into “hibernation,” which means it’s looking for a buyer for its Little Printer business. Read more »