Exploring the design, development, connectivity, security, and more aspects of IoT devices
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The global agricultural and farming industry is facing a perfect storm. Earlier this month, the world population hit eight billion for the first time, in the two weeks since it has grown another 1.5 million. That is a lot of extra mouths to feed when there are already 690 million people going hungry, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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‘Smart Circularity’—the circular economy as it relates to connected technology and the IoT—can help the world shift away from linear consumption to an economy where resources are fed back into a closed loop of recycling, reusing and sharing.
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Widely publicised in the media, there are rising concerns both within the agricultural industry and from government policymakers as to whether food production can keep up with unprecedented future demands.
IoT-enabled sensor technology is set to revolutionise waste management.
Energy harvesting will reduce the constant battery replacements in IoT sensors, benefitting maintenance engineers and future generations alike.
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The plethora of different LoRa sensors can be overwhelming for the end user. In this article, we will give you some insights on what to consider when selecting a LoRa device.
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Monitoring different industrial quantities, and understanding what this data might represent, is important to many sectors – from manufacturing, transportation, and logistics, to mining, energy and utilities, among others.
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Announcing the December Build Month. A program to support developers in building their next IoT project with cellular technology.
Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications date back to the late 1960s. Still, it is only now that new wireless technology allows its adoption at a scale of a million devices per kilometer.
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Raspberry Pi is a UK invention, which started out as a small single-board computer (SBC) intended for educational purposes. It was originally developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, who wanted to produce a low-cost SBC for teaching basic computer science.
Optimizing energy efficiency is an art, as well as a crucial skill for any developer building battery-powered IoT devices.
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Remote working has changed the way we interact with our workspaces. Take a look at how IoT can deliver new solutions to the requirements for a modern smart workplace.
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Article #6 Electronics Innovation Series. Engineers are turning to an edge computing model using SBCs to create more secure, high-performance IoT applications.
The COVID-19 global pandemic has caused incredible disruption to our society over the last 2 years, and unfortunately resulted in substantial loss of life. To date there have been 430 million diagnosed cases worldwide, with close to 6 million deaths being reported.
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Precision agriculture uses IoT for productive farming management. This article explains the development of a smart irrigation system to improve crop yield and save potable water in orchards.
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