Analysis
Acquisition to help shape connectivity of the future
Specialist in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, CommScope, has completed its acquisition of ARRIS International. Combined with ARRIS, CommScope has expectations to drive profitable growth in new markets and shape the future of wired and wireless communications.
Advantest wins best employer award
Advantest Europe has been recognised for the second time as one of “Germany’s Best Employers” by consulting firm, Great Place to Work. The annual competition ranks German companies of all sectors and sizes based on the attractiveness of their corporate culture in order to determine the 100 best employers nationally.
Key systems supplier prepares for Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium opening
Specialist in digital transformation of energy management and automation, and the Official Stadium Energy Management Supplier to the Tottenham Hotspur’s (Spurs) new stadium in North London, Schneider Electric, is preparing for the official opening of this prime sports and entertainment destination for London.
Could you live without your smartphone?
Data reveals that young people would be lost without their phones, even for a single day, but also more able to focus on what’s going on around them. Most Britons won’t have heard the term and yet many of us might well be suffering from it: nomophobia, the fear of being without our phones. By Victoria Waldersee, Data Journalist, YouGov
Autonomous cars on the streets of London
Autonomous vehicles are now on the streets of London in a major test being run by autonomous technology firm FiveAI. Though the vehicles have safety drivers for now, the goal is for passenger trials by 2020, in advance of the launch of an autonomous car sharing service. Volkswagen has also just announced similar tests in Hamburg.
GDPR-compliant blackchain solution available
The Dutch blockchain companies, LTO Network and V-ID, have entered into a partnership by rolling out an immediately applicable, GDPR-compliant blockchain solution for companies and governments. Additional objectives in this regard are the practical applicability for organisations from every sector, achieving cost savings and developing the Netherlands as a European knowledge centre for blockchain applications.
LoRaWAN bringing internet of things to utilities
The global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), the LoRa Alliance, and the DLMS User Association (DLMS UA), have announced that they have signed a liaison agreement to define a new DLMS communication profile for LPWAN technologies such as LoRaWAN.
Concerns about privacy during rise of voice assistants
Voice assistants on devices such as smartphones are being widely used despite 72% being concerned about how their data is collected and used, according to new research from reichelt elektronik. The survey of UK consumers reveals that nearly half (49%) believe safety and privacy worries need to be sorted before the technology becomes more commonplace, as only six percent plan to buy a smart home voice assistant in 2019.
Energy solution to go to technical trials
A UK energy solution, which heats your hot water with everything from nappies to plastics, Pringles container and coffee cups to food, has gone out to trial. Hailed by the BBC as potentially ‘The Next Dyson’, the HERU takes household items, which would have been destined for disposal, and heats them within the HERU in the absence of oxygen (allowing pyrolysis to occur).
Forty football fields of lab space needed by 2023
Cambridge and Oxford will need around 40 football pitches worth of new lab space to accommodate the next five years of growth, according to a new report by Bidwells. Despite Brexit, research says Science and technology (S&T) companies are looking to attract 20,000 new R&D workers by 2023.