Heriot-Watt reaches Amazon Alexa Prize final, for the second year running
Heriot-Watt has reached the final of the international Amazon Alexa Prize for the second year running. The university will again be the only institution to represent the UK at the…
Scottish businesses to benefit from ‘most advanced IoT network in the UK’
Businesses in Scotland are to benefit from the most advanced ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) network in the UK as part of a £6m project, the Scottish Government said today. The…
Former iPhone hardware manager to give keynote at the CENSIS Technology Summit
Hugo Fiennes, a hardware manager for the first four models of the iPhone, is to give the keynote at the 5th CENSIS Technology Summit in Glasgow this autumn. Fiennes, founder…
Smart Shenzhen seminar showcases business and collaboration opportunities
Breakthroughs in creative visual technology, DNA biopharma, and mobile medicine management have been showcased at a well-attended event in Edinburgh. The 2018 Smart Shenzhen Innovation Promotion Seminar was organised by…
Capita proposes IoT enablement of SWAN to ‘transform Scottish public services’
Capita, in conjunction with the SWAN Innovation Forum, is proposing to roll out Internet of Things (IoT) capability across the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN). Designed to fulfil the Smart…
New board appointments at CENSIS bring experience of multinational and academia
Two new board members have joined CENSIS, the Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems. They are Genoffir Macleod, VP and general counsel of Thermo Fisher, and Professor Steve McLaughlin,…
‘Alexa, let’s chat for 20 minutes like normal human beings’
In August 2016, Amazon challenged the world’s artificial intelligence research community to help them make Alexa, its cloud-based, intelligent personal assistant system, able to hold a natural, 20-minute conversation with…
Renfrewshire tackles fuel poverty with IoT technology
An internet of things (IoT) initiative underway in Renfrewshire is helping to tackle fuel poverty in social housing and could save local authorities millions of pounds on property management and…
Glasgow internet of things network gets coverage boost
Glasgow’s Internet of Things network, the most advanced of its kind in the UK, has enhanced the quality and range of its coverage with the addition of a ninth gateway…
Six Internet of Things start-ups to watch
Scotland is fast becoming a hub of Internet of Things activity. With six IoT networks set up from Renfrewshire to Orkney, and a commitment from the Scottish Government to a…