Tokyo, Bristol, February 9, 2016 – NEC Corporation today announced it has signed a long-term partnership agreement with Bristol Is Open, an ambitious smart city initiative in the UK. Bristol Is Open is a joint venture between Bristol City Council…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: Internet of Things (IoT)
Big data in ranching and animal husbandry
Another big part of the food supply comes from ranches and farms that raise and slaughter various livestock. While ranching is sometimes bundled with agriculture, I discussed farming in Big Data in Agriculture, so we’ll focus on ranching this time…
Posted in agriculture, Benefits of open data, Big Data, Data, Environment, Food, Informing Decision-making, Internet of Things, Neat tools, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Smart communities Tagged with: Agriculture, big data, Brian Lee Yung Rowe, Brian Rowe, farming, Food, Internet of Things (IoT), Land use, ranching, RFID, Sensors
The Data Briefing: 2016 Trends That Could Affect Federal Government Data
Many IT pundits predict 2016 will be a major tipping point in data and related technologies. Here are just a few predictions: 1) The Internet of Things—The number of devices that can connect to the Internet increases, especially in consumer…
Open Infrastructure Night – Open Data and Open IoT
Monday February 1st, 6.30 – 8.30pm The Manchester Escalator 231 Deansgate Manchester M3 4EN Sign up here If you believe some of the tech press 2016 is the year that the Internet of Things will take over – billions of…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Environment, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Internet of Things, Posts from feeds, Public safety, Resilience, Saving money, Smart communities Tagged with: flood, floodhack, Internet of Things (IoT), Manchester, ODI Leeds, open data, Open Data Manchester
What is a smart city?
How can data, technology and smart infrastructure be used to future-proof our cities? What’s the role of citizens in shaping their design and development? Find out about all this and more by registering for our Free Online Course! It’s…
Every Industry Will Be Disrupted By Open Data Within 10 Years
At an Internet Of Things conference this year I gave a speech on why traditional business models will be disrupted by IOT and Open Data. One such example I used was the car insurance industry, and how I believed that…
Rotterdam launches open LoRa network for Internet of Things
Last week, The Things Network — 010 was launched. This is an open LoRa network for the Internet of Things (IoT) in Rotterdam. It took only six weeks to get commitment from the parties involved for the purchase and placement…
Nominet’s IoT Tools: breaking down the silos
Today sees the Oxford Flood Network map going public. We’ve been working on this community-based project for over a year now and thought it was a good time to explain the technology that is behind it. Nominet’s IoT Tools When…
Posted in Data, Internet of Things, Neat tools, Posts from feeds, Resilience, Smart communities, Visualising data Tagged with: data analytics, data store, flood, Flooding, Internet of Things (IoT), Nominet, Oxford Flood Network
Big is beautiful – This week’s data dump
The beautiful world of big data is getting bigger (and brighter) by the day. We take a look at some of the more colourful developments and discussions from the last week. Big Bang Data Big data is so big it’s now…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Big Data, Data, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Barrachd, big data, Gordon Laing, Internet of Things (IoT), open data
Glasgow turns to smart lights, apps and Uber-style services to evolve as smart city
Scottish city embraces IoT and open data
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Internet of Things, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Saving money, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: Apps, Colin Birchenall, Glasgow, Internet of Things (IoT), Roland Moore-Colyer, Scotland, Smart Cities, smart lights, Uber, V3.co.uk