Author: Pablo Valerio
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San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego Lead In Clean Energy
Clean Edge, Inc. yesterday released its seventh annual U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index, which tracks and ranks the clean-energy and clean-tech activities of all 50 states and the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S. The 2016 edition comes at a time of notable acceleration in the nation’s transition to a clean-energy economy. The top […]
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Mayor of London Opposes Building on Green Belt
The new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants to protect the city’s green spaces and has instructed city planners to block any proposals to build on the Green Belt. Mr. Khan pledged to oppose building on London’s green belt and instructed his planning officers to ensure his view is reflected in all planning decisions made […]
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Customers Not Ready to Give Full Control to Autonomous Cars
A survey conducted by MIT’s AgeLab suggested that while consumers are interested in advanced safety technologies that assist the driver in reacting to potential collisions, only 40 percent of drivers in the 25 to 34 year old age bracket have any interest in full autonomy. The New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA) and MIT AgeLab […]
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The Economic Impact of IoT Security
Top industry security experts discuss the economic implications of the recent use of IoT devices as weapons in cyber attacks. Not surprisingly, one of the topics most discussed at last week’s IoT Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC) in Barcelona, was how to secure IoT devices. While most experts agree that security has to be a priority when […]
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Reusing EV Batteries, a Game Changer in Renewable Energy
The world’s largest facility for giving EV batteries a second life is being built in Lünen, Germany. Scheduled to be completed at the end of this year, it will repurpose 1,000 Li-ion batteries originally used in Daimler Smart EVs, to store up to 13 MWh of power. Daimler-Benz, GETEC, REMONDIS, and The Mobility House, are behind […]
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Europe Consolidates Leadership in Industrial IoT
Over the past five years the European Union has made significant advances in additive manufacturing, 3D printing, M2M communications, and Internet of Things connectivity in industrial applications. Some people say that Germans are square minded, that they are extremely conservative and traditional about their industry, procedures, and manufacturing techniques. While in many cases that is […]
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IoT Solutions World Congress Focused on Testbeds, Collaboration
This week, leaders of the new industrial revolution met in Barcelona for the second edition of the Internet of Things (IoT) Solutions World Congress. The event, jointly organized by the Fira of Barcelona and the Industrial Internet Consortium, attracts thousands of delegates and industry leaders from all over the world to evaluate and showcase IoT […]
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Your Baby Monitor Just Collapsed the Internet
Millions of unsecured connected devices, part of the Internet of Things (IoT), were responsible last Friday for collapsing the DNS servers that connect significant part of the Internet in the US, making sites such as Twitter, Amazon, Tumblr, Reddit, Spotify and Netflix unusable for several hours. Probably one of the most discussed topics over the […]
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No Free Parking — Leave Your Car At Home
Free and cheap parking is expensive for cities. It becomes a pull factor for commuters to bring their cars every day, together with the pollution they create, traffic congestion, accidents and lost revenue for public transport.
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Taxi Drivers, Your Job has an Expiry Date
Autonomous vehicles are already in production and big city taxi drivers could be out of a job in 10 years, including those for Uber and Lyft. It may take 5, 10, or in some cases 20 years, but the taxi driver’s job is destined to disappear. By 2025 most major cities in Europe, Asia and North […]