IoT

Researchers at the University of Arizona found that it takes only two to four hours for a virus to spread through an office, hotel or healthcare facility after a doorknob or tabletop is contaminated. To help organisations reduce the spread of infection, ATEK Access Technologies, LLC has released the new and improved Larco U-WAV touchless sensing wall switch,

One of healthcare’s biggest concerns is the discrepancy between potentially achievable success rates and the actual treatment success rates when it comes to patients. Studies show that something as simple as getting patients to take their meds, on time, in the right order and in the proper amount, could actually prevent as many as 125,000

A ‘Mood Sweater’ which interprets the wearer’s emotions via coloured LED lights embedded in the fabric is being showcased as part of the AXA PPP Health Tech & You Forum at London’s Design Museum, in what is described as a celebration of innovative, personal health technology.

Healthcare focussed smartphone interfaces launched by Samsung and Apple will be instrumental in propelling the global healthcare accessory hardware market to $3 billion by 2019, according to a new report from hi-tech analyst house Juniper Research.

Patients in the Zurich Health Network – a doctors’ network comprising 36 connected medical practices – are now able to access selected documents from their own respective medical records. This is made possible by the online health dossier from Swisscom.

Sam Lucero, senior principal analyst with IHS, talks to M2M Now about who is best placed to take IoT to mass consumer and corporate adoption, and how.

Turkey’s company Turkcell and Turkey’s oldest academic institution Istanbul University has announced the initial results of a medical diabetes study carried out with mobile health solution Turkcell Healthmeter. The study is among the first known global examples of an operator-developed mobile health product that has successfully produced significant health benefits in a scientific research carried

Smart grids require smarter, more sophisticated billing systems. Many power utility companies struggle with an antiquated metering estate that makes it hard to introduce new kinds of dynamic pricing and realtime charging. To find out more about these issues, and how a centralised billing system can help to address them, Principal Analyst at Machina Research, Jeremy Green spoke to Wolfgang Kroh (pictured), CEO of Orga Systems, a software vendor bringing its expertise in telecoms convergent

The Internet of Things is changing the dynamics of how corporate management works. One example of this, writes Oozi Cats, CEO at Telit Communications PLC, is allowing the older style, traditional graphs and charts – based on months-old data – to be replaced by dynamically assembled dashboards of business context, synthesised in real time with interactive, big data analysis

Compared to other sectors of the communications industry – or indeed any other business area – the sheer variety of technologies, standards, applications, and commercial models possible in the M2M space can make it a daunting environment for users to navigate. For Dan McDuffie, CEO of M2M/IoT connectivity platform specialist Wyless, that complexity is actually good for business.

Over the last few months Machina Research has been engaged in a lot of research on the legal and regulatory environment surrounding M2M and the Internet of Things. This has included extensive interviews with dozens of regulators complemented by lots of secondary research and analysis. There are a number of important regulatory issues that come

Telit’s GE865-Quad GSM/GPRS module delivers fleet data to Mexico’s largest beverage distributor. Analysing the results facilitated the decision to restructure the delivery process. Mike Ueland explains how the value was uncovered.

Gemalto’s Benoit Jouffrey says these are exciting times in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) marketplace because of a variety of innovations including selfdriving vehicles, car-sharing applications, smart office solutions and more. In fact, the sector has witnessed enormous growth in M2M connections of nearly 40% year over year according to the latest report from the GSMA. However, although

One-to-one connectivity between vehicles, drivers and the office via cellular and satellite networks has been made a reality by the Internet of Things. Here, Craig Montgomery explains how tracking and management technology has enabled fleets to become more efficient and fight back against mounting cost pressures.

Interview hosted by Saverio Romeo – Principal Analyst at Beecham Research – a leading analyst firm in M2M/IoT with global coverage.

Suresh Babu, Senior Director of Strategy at SAP, talks about which industries will see instant return from investing in IoT projects.