Australian IoT platform developer Reekoh has added a number of data integration tools that it says will deliver considerable benefits to its enterprise customers. They are Reekoh Bionic automation tools and Outpost for the IoT Edge. The automation tools include IoT device simulators for hardware-less IoT solution development, and a new plugin builder that Reekoh says […]
Piers Hogarth-Scott to chair IoTAA executive council
Piers Hogarth-Scott, national leader IoT at KPMG Digital Delta, has been appointed chairman of the executive council of the IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA), the senior stakeholder advisory committee of the IoTAA. He replace Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton who has held the positions since IoTAA was spun out of Comms Alliance in 2016. The executive […]
Adelaide sensored for IoT
More than 100 IoT sensors have been installed in public spaces across five Adelaide local council areas — Prospect, Burnside, Port Adelaide Enfield, Playford and Campbelltown — under a project funded jointly by the councils and the Federal Government’s Smart Cities and Suburbs program and supported by the University of Adelaide. The federal Minister for […]
Hydra Light International seeks $5m to promote battery-alternative power source
Unlisted Australian public company Hydra Light International is looking to raise $5m to commercialise its battery-alternative technology that generates electricity from a chemical reaction between oxygen and a magnesium alloy. The form factor of the core product is the size of two D cells, and the main advantage claimed for the technology over conventional dry […]
Smart lighting maker Vivid Technology calls in administrators
ASX listed smart lighting company Vivid Technology (ASX: VIV) has called in the administrators saying it has not been able to secure sufficient support for its longer-term funding needs. Richard John Cauchi and Peter Gountzos of SV Partners, Melbourne have been appointed administrators. The move follows the company suspending its shares from trading in March […]
NZ Government unveils $7.6b drone vision
The New Zealand Government has set out a vision of how drones can be integrated into the transport system, saying it believes this to be a $NZ7.9b ($A7.6b) opportunity over the next 25 years. It has detailed is vision in a paper Taking Flight: an aviation system for the automated age. Transport minister Phil Twyford […]
EFA warns: Chinese style facial recognition in Australia today
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) says facial recognition systems like those being used by the Chinese Government to oppress the Uyghur population of Xinjiang province are already in use in Australia, and it has called for Australians to lobby for their prohibition. EFA cites an ABC report from May saying: “Queensland Police deployed facial recognition during the […]
India’s Enzen group pumps $8m into NNNCo
India based global energy and environment company Enzen Group has invested $8m into Australian LoRaWAN network operator National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo). Its equity share was not disclosed. NNNCo says it will use the funds to expand its LoRaWAN network, enhance its enterprise software platform, and expand its solutions into key vertical markets including energy, […]
Dunedin to get Telensa smart lighting
Dunedin in New Zealand has become the latest regional city to get smart lighting technology from UK company Telensa, which will install 15,000 LED lights across the city over the next two years. Telensa’s contract follows Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield Services) being awarded a seven-year $20 million contract to install and operate LEDs in Dunedin’s street […]
HomeStay to resell Essence smart aged care technology
Perth based HomeStay Care (ASX: HSC), a company providing technology to support old people living in their own homes, has been appointed the exclusive reseller in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore of technology from Israel based Essence Security Solutions, which provides smart home technology for aged care, security and the general ‘smart living’ market. HomeStay […]
