Buddy Technologies is enabling businesses to control their Buddy LIFX smart lights via Microsoft Power Automate and convey information, for example that a meeting is due to start. Control will be via Buddy’s LIFX Power Automate Connector for its smart lighting, which has been approved by Microsoft and is now being deployed in all Azure […]
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 […]
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 […]
Canberra to get smart with help from Itron
Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) is working with US based Itron and Vinci Energies’ Australian subsidiary, construction engineering company Electrix, to build an IoT network that will support smart lighting and smart city and energy applications. TCCS will deploy Itron’s network across Canberra to connect streetlights and will manage these with Itron’s Streetlight.Vision […]
Telensa lights up Palmerston and Darwin, smartly
UK based smart lighting manufacturer, Telensa has been chosen for smart lighting projects by both Darwin and Palmerston in the Northern Territory. Both projects follow a decision by the Northern Territory Government to transfer the control of street lights to councils. Darwin will replace close to 10,000 lights on its street and public lighting network […]
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 […]
Four powerful phases of smart cities
There are many definitions of smart Cities and there will be more to come. At the same time, most agree that a smart city (or suburb or community) is not a static, defined state but more of a journey. We certainly see a smart city that way. In fact, we see it as a series of […]
Newcastle claims smart lighting lead
The Newcastle City Council has started installing smart lighting in the CBD, marking the start of a two year rollout that, it says, will give it the biggest and most functional smart lighting installation in Australia. Initially up to 50 smart light poles will be erected around Newcastle’s inner city over the next few months […]
Vodafone makes Philips street lighting smart
Vodafone is to become a global provider of managed IoT connectivity for Philips Lighting. Under the agreement, the two companies will provide to city authorities smart street lighting systems that will be connected wirelessly to save energy and increase maintenance efficiency. The Philips CityTouch street lighting management system will use Vodafone’s machine-to-machine (M2M) network to […]
