Gartner is tipping outdoor surveillance cameras to account for the bulk of IoT endpoints connected over 5G in 2020, but longer term says the automotive industry represents the biggest 5G IoT opportunity. It is urging communications providers to skill up and invest to capitalise on this market. Gartner is tipping the 5G IoT endpoint installed […]
The smart city will know who you are and where you are
Smart Cities World reported recently that Somerville in Massachusetts had become the second US city, after San Francisco, to ban the use of facial recognition technology by the city government. It quoted a Boston Globe report that the motion had been passed unanimously by the city council, and quoted the council’s ordinance saying the council had expressed […]
In the ‘Internet of everyone’ we will love Big Brother
The authors of a report The Internet of Everyone: Consumer Relationships in the Age of IoT, say universal surveillance will become acceptable and, even, welcome as we move towards an era of universal personal connectedness. The publisher of the report, Lux Research says it studied IoT and consumer response to diverse technologies, and concluded: “Contrary […]
