One of Scotland’s fastest-growing IoT companies rebrands
One of Scotland’s fastest-growing IoT companies – which offers businesses ‘no lag or blindspots’ on remote sensor and data connections – has undergone a rebrand. Glasgow-headquartered R3-IoT will now be…
Scotland’s innovation centre for IoT promotes cybersecurity with new partnership
Scotland’s innovation centre for Internet of Things (IoT) technologies has partnered with an international advisory firm to support greater diversity in cybersecurity resilience. CENSIS and Mazars have developed a new…
Sensors could mean the end of the road for manual inspection of rural routes
Sensors could be deployed to monitor the condition of rural roads serving Scotland’s vast network of remote forested areas. A consortium of research partners could help solve the perennial problem…
IoT accelerator wins backing of Scotland’s enterprise agency as it expands
A Glasgow-based accelerator programme for the rapidly-growing internet of things (IoT) sector has won the backing of Scotland’s enterprise agency as it prepares to expand. The Smart Things Accelerator (STAC)…
IoT system to help forestry sector manage the problem of pine weevils
An internet of things (IoT) solution is being developed to help the forestry sector better manage the problem of an invasive species of beetle degrading pine trees. New sensing technology…
Scotland’s innovation centre for IoT launches Highlands programme for SMEs
Scotland’s innovation centre for sensing, imaging and the internet of things has launched a Highlands programme for SMEs wanting to take advantage of the emerging technologies. CENSIS will offer small…
Scotland’s industrial biotech sector on course to hit £1.2bn turnover
Scotland’s industrial biotechnology sector is on course to hit £1.2bn in turnover in the next three years, according to new growth figures released today. The National Plan for Industrial Biotechnology has…
Scottish IoT accelerator expands cohort with two tech startups
An industry-government partnership aimed at producing Scottish Internet of Things (IoT) companies capable of scaling globally has added two new tech startups to its company – bringing its total cohort…
Edinburgh’s ‘smart’ ambitions boosted with new CCTV security and surveillance centre
Edinburgh’s ‘smart’ ambitions have been boosted with the announcement of a new £2.6m security and surveillance CCTV control centre. The city council will invest in high-definition cameras, expanded security coverage,…
Edinburgh AI team to develop ‘robot butler’ selected for global Amazon competition
A team of Edinburgh-based postgraduate students is the only non-US participant to have been selected to compete in a global Amazon artificial intelligence (AI) competition. The eight-strong group from the…