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Belfast’s titanic struggle to be a smart city

Steve Rogerson takes a short flight to Belfast and explores its smart city transition. I went to Belfast this month. And, despite living only around 370km from the Northern [...]

Protecting Your Cellular IoT Devices is Crucial for a Strong Cybersecurity Plan

In our increasingly connected world, IoT devices have brought incredible convenience and efficiency to our lives and businesses. But with this connectivity comes significant security risks, especially for cellular [...]

How do you secure small, low-power devices?

Should you secure small devices or the network to which they are connected? Steve Rogerson listened to a webinar to find out. The nature of the IoT means there [...]

What is Telemedicine and How is It Transforming Healthcare?

Telemedicine, a key innovation powered by IoT, is transforming how healthcare is delivered, making it more accessible, efficient, and patient-centric. But what exactly is telemedicine, and why is it [...]

Bruised but bouncing: Embedded World in Nuremberg

Steve Rogerson walked the halls at last week’s Embedded World in Nuremberg and found life looking good for the IoT industry. I am back from an exhausting week in [...]

Has the IoT grown too big to be secure?

Steve Rogerson checks how the IoT industry is tackling the growing security crisis. Did you know there are more IoT devices than people on the planet? I got that [...]

Reaching for the stars and Starbucks

Steve Rogerson talks with Alper Yegin, CEO of the LoRa Alliance, about making LoRa a utility and taking the standard into space. There are times when you are almost [...]

Beamforming and Massive MIMO in 5G Technology

The first (3GPP Release 15) and second (3GPP Release 16) waves of ultralow-latency, high-speed 5G have already arrived. 5G stand-alone (SA) network tests were successful in Asia and Europe.

Finding a path through the security maze

Steve Rogerson talks with Matt Wyckhouse from Finite State about security and the IoT. Security has always been an issue since the world became connected, but the growth of [...]

Are e-scooters a blessing or a curse?

Steve Rogerson looks at how Nottingham is planning a joined-up transport system starting with the reintroduction of e-scooters. The rise of micromobility – e-bikes, e-scooters and so on – [...]

Binary Analysis in the Age of Smart Cities

by Ryan Owen of Finite State Smart cities are the future, but how do we protect them amidst rising cybersecurity threats in the software supply chain? By some counts, over [...]

Jolly way to solve lost trolley folly

Steve Rogerson talks with Gareth Mitchell from Heliot on how IoT can help solve the problem of abandoned shopping trolleys. I am old enough to remember when shopping trolleys [...]