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UK boosts ‘cyber-physical infrastructure’ funding

Ryan Daws — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:13:16 +0000

The UK Government is boosting innovation in cyber-physical infrastructure by awarding £200,000 to the X-Catapult Consortium. This initiative aims to create a vibrant community of tech experts, bridging the gap between industry, academia, and the public sector. The funding, a result of the Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Ecosystem Building competition launched earlier this year by the Department... Read more »

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NVIDIA unveils Omniverse innovations to accelerate OpenUSD adoption

Ryan Daws — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:32:31 +0000

NVIDIA has unveiled a suite of innovations to accelerate the widespread adoption of OpenUSD through its Omniverse industrial metaverse platform. OpenUSD, created by Pixar Animation Studios, is a cutting-edge 3D scene description technology designed to facilitate interoperability across various tools, data, and workflows. Earlier this month, NVIDIA joined industry titans in creating the Alliance for... Read more »

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UKAEA will develop a fusion energy plant in the metaverse

Ryan Daws — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:53:48 +0000

The industrial metaverse is set to revolutionise the development of the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s prototype fusion energy plant, STEP, located in Nottinghamshire. The immersive and connected virtual environment will serve as the digital realm where engineers and scientists will collaborate to design and refine the plant’s engineering blueprint. In partnership with Dell Technologies, Intel,... Read more »

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Simulation with digital twins aids decision-making for large systems

Dr William Bain — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:53:51 +0000

What if telematics applications could track telemetry from every vehicle in a fleet, and immediately analyze it to identify issues, such as lost or erratic drivers or emerging mechanical problems? What if airlines could continuously track the progress of passengers during their itineraries and proactively respond to delays and cancellations to reduce stress and smooth... Read more »

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Quest Global and Nvidia partner for digital twins in manufacturing

James Bourne — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:08:56 +0000

Quest Global and Nvidia are teaming up to create digital twin solutions for the manufacturing and automotive industries on the latter’s Omniverse Enterprise platform. Omniverse Enterprise is a scalable, end-to-end platform which enables enterprise organisations to build and operate metaverse applications. Teams can connect and customise complex 3D pipelines and operate large-scale, physically accurate virtual... Read more »

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‘Metaverse’ is a contender for Oxford’s Word of the Year

Ryan Daws — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:37:01 +0000

“Metaverse” is among the leading three contenders for Oxford’s Word of the Year (WotY). The metaverse is an unsurprising inclusion for WotY—not everyone understands it, but most will have at least heard the term. Facebook changing its company name to Meta towards the end of 2021 undoubtedly led to increased awareness of the metaverse. Over... Read more »

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Survey: Adoption of digital transformation tech is accelerating

Ryan Daws — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 09:33:32 +0000

According to a survey of UK leaders conducted by bluQube, the adoption of digital transformation technologies is accelerating. “So-called ‘future’ technologies, such as robotics or the Internet of Things, have now firmly entered the mainstream for businesses looking to grow and stand out from the chasing pack,” commented Simon Kearsley, CEO of bluQube. Almost three-quarters... Read more »

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Marine-focused connected testbed launches in Plymouth

Ryan Daws — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:38:30 +0000

A testbed called Smart Sound Connect has been launched in Plymouth for companies to conduct marine research up to 20 miles offshore. The testbed is a world-first and uses a private 4G/5G network by Vodafone and Nokia for connectivity across the coastal proving grounds. Nick Gliddon, Business Director at Vodafone UK, said: “Smart Sound Connect... Read more »

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Editorial: 10 predictions for the IoT in 2022

Ryan Daws — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:41:19 +0000

As we begin wrapping up the year, it’s time to predict what the IoT industry will look like in 2022. Seamlessly connected homes “The US market has seen substantial year-over-year growth in the number of connected homes, and this is expected to continue in the years to come,” analysts from McKinsey said in a recent... Read more »

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Taking Microsoft’s Azure Digital Twins to the next level in IoT

Dr William Bain — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:04:10 +0000

As countless IoT applications track live systems, real-time analytics plays an essential role in identifying problems or finding opportunities and then responding fast enough to make a difference. How can digital twins create leverage for implementing real-time analytics in IoT? Consider a software telematics application that tracks a nationwide fleet of trucks to ensure timely deliveries. Dispatchers... Read more »

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