The New Zealand Government has announced funding of $NZ3.87m for 19 projects to promote and support the use of electric vehicles, and car rental company Jucy is planning a fleet of electric campervans. The Government’s funding has been made under round four of the government’s Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund. Applications for funding under round […]
Vic Government calls RFP for $12m rural IoT trials
The Victorian Government has only now called for RFPs for agricultural IoT trials that it said would start on 1 July. The trials are being supported with $12m of funding announced in the 2016/17 budget. Subsequent to that announcement, in March 2018, the Government announced $15 million funding to enhance agricultural technology on farms. In […]
UK smart city software company Chipside comes Down Underside
UK based smart cities technology provider, Chipside, has entered the Australian market, making its debut at the Technology in Government Expo in Canberra and announcing the opening of its Australian office, in Sydney. Chipside claims to provide more than 130 local government authorities in the UK with smart city technologies that improve transportation, traffic flows […]
Victoria’s EPA taps Dell Boomi to ingest & integrate IoT data
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is to use the Dell Boomi cloud-based integration platform to ingest data from sensors, drones and satellites, and integrate these data with that from other systems and applications. The Boomi integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) will replace a series of bespoke, on-premise middleware connectors. According to Dell it will enable EPA […]
CropLogic crops up in Victoria
ASX-listed agricultural IoT company, CropLogic (ASX: CLI) has partnered with SproutX — a joint venture between financial advisory company Findex and the National Farmers’ Federation — Mildura Regional Development and the Victorian Government to deploy its technology as part of Mildura Regional Development’s Smart Farm project. CropLogic collects field sensor data, climate data and aerial […]
Manufacturing CRC forges ties with Germany to boost Industry 4.0 uptake
The Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC) has signed a MoU with Germany’s Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft that, it says, will significantly increase awareness and uptake of Industry 4.0 in Australian manufacturing industry. According to IMCRC, the agreement establishes a broad framework governing IMCRC and Fraunhofer projects for the exchange of knowledge and the proliferation of Industry 4.0 technologies and […]
IoTAA launches guide to IoT platform selection
The IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) has launched a guide to selecting an IoT platform to help governments and companies choose from the more than 400 available platforms. IoTAA chairman, John Stanton, said the guideline— created by IoTAA’s Platforms and Interoperability Workstream chaired by Geof Heydon — had been formulated to give concise and relevant guidance […]
NZ charity calls for government-funded ‘healthy home sensors’
New Zealand charity Whare Hauora says New Zealand has a nationwide epidemic of cold, damp homes that are making people sick. It is calling on the Government to fund the provision of temperature and humidity sensors for every room in the homes of those in need to enable them to better understand their home environment. […]
Data scientist training school opens in Sydney
The masses of data generated by IoT is creating enormous opportunities for the application of data analytics in almost every industry, exacerbating an already dire shortage of data scientists A new school has opened in Sydney to help meet the need. Data School Australia is the first international location for the UK-headquartered Data School established […]
Simble’s UK energy management sales light up
ASX listed Simble Solutions (ASX: SIS), a software company focused on energy management and mobility, says its sales in the UK have exceeded guidance following launch of the Simble Energy Platform bundled with LED lighting from an unnamed manufacturer. It says orders for the platform now total $660,000 across Australia and the UK, making it […]
