As the Amazon Go launches in the US this week, there is another retail app that has been presented, the Ubamarket – a trialled and tested white-label solution that has sped into the light on the inside lane over the last year. Directly taking on the likes of Amazon Go by way of an end to end solution that supersedes the American retail giant’s offer, Ubamarket will launch across the UK's Warner's Budgens' portfolio...

Automotive company Helical Technology is celebrating after being shortlisted in the prestigious European Business Awards – and has been named in its ‘Ones to Watch’ list. The independent, family-owned business based in the North West has been shortlisted in the UK category for 'Business of the Year with Turnover €26m-€150m' and has also been named in the ‘Ones to Watch’ list which sets a benchmark...

Creating persistent AR scenes with live data, schematics, forms and videos within minutes of installation is all possible now thanks to the new off-the-shelf app, for industrial users. iQagent, the app creator for industrial applications, announced the release of iQagent AR for IOS on the App Store. iQagent AR is the next evolution of the award-winning app iQagent, first released in 2012.

In the July 2017 issue of Electronics Specifier - Product magazine ecsn chairman Adam Fletcher adopted an engineer’s perspective to examine the recent unprecedented level of consolidation activity within the semiconductor industry. In the second part of his overview Fletcher discusses the impact of consolidation on the supply network from the perspective of his Authorised Distributor members.

An event which showcases science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to young people, parents and educators in South Yorkshire, has announced a key sponsor in the form of designer and manufacturer of mechanical seals and support systems, AESSEAL.

The International Consumer Electronics Show, colloquially known as CES, is big, very big. The annual event takes over the gambling city of Las Vegas every January revealing a mix of the weird and wonderful ideas that have, or are about to, or may never, come to fruition. Nobody cares. This is about science fiction turning to fact, this is about imagination, this is the grown-ups’ toy shop.  

Why attend a Hackathon? These events must be only for young hackers or geeks. Dimitrios Spiliopoulos is a 30 year old businessman, who works in the area of Internet of Things, so assumed he must be irrelevant for this kind of competition. ‘Why waste my well-deserved weekend?’ Were his original thoughts, but he made the decision to try it at least once, and found he was wrong like a lot of people who may have thought the same. In ...

Regarding the roll-out of self-driving cars there are many barriers to entry that have raised concerns for consumers and manufacturers alike. However, in the UK, the stumbling block that appears to be causing the most sleepless nights is lack of infrastructure.

Shell UK’s Country Chair, Sinead Lynch, will be delivering a keynote address in the opening plenary session of All-Energy and the co-located Smart Urban Mobility Solutions (SUMS) on 2nd May 2018 at Glasgow’s SEC.

The operator of Canada’s first and only coast-to-coast public low power network, eleven-X, has announced that submetering company, QMC, has selected eleven-X to be its wireless network partner to reinvent the Smart Water Meter market. QMC will launch its Smart Water Metering solution in early 2018, which will be the first time a metering services company will use a public LoRaWAN network in Canada.  

A Judging panel comprising Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak and Sir Richard Branson selected UK and Europe’s most disruptive and innovative tech startups and leaders at a prestigious awards ceremony held in central London on 7th December. Now in its fifth year, Talent Unleashed is a diverse awards programme that recognises outstanding startups and inspiring entrepreneurs dedicated to transforming business and the wider community through...

You don’t have to be a sci-fi wizard to remember Avatar. The 2009 fantasy blockbuster was equally entrancing for trekkies and school teachers alike. In the epic science fiction film, writer and director James Cameron envisioned a new world inhabited by an alien species known as the Na’vi, who lived in perfect harmony with their deity, Ewya, on an exoplanetary moon known as Pandora.

As Google celebrates the 50th anniversary of children learning how to code, we thought it would be a good time to highlight the startup company Mama Codes, who recently attended, and showcased at the Startup and Bloom event in London with Electronic Specifier’s Anna Flockett.

More and more personal information about consumers is being collected today by businesses in order to deliver actionable insights that are having a genuine business impact. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the connected car market, where much is being done to test a variety of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the major challenges faced in autonomous driving such as safety, security and trust. Guest piece written by Akih...

The Progressive Industries PT50C 50A Portable Electrical Management System is supposedly the best power inverter, which includes a high low voltage protection feature. This power inverter offers protection against accidental 220V and it comes with a lifetime warranty. This 50A power inverter also gives protection against open neutral and C frequency. In addition, the air conditioning compressor has a time delay.

  KLiK Robotics launched a campaign on Kickstarter in October, with the aim of raising £100,000 in pledges. Based in Oxfordshire, this startup created a robotic source of inspiration for students and makers alike for the STEAM community with their product T- BOTS.

  Yesterday, in the Chancellor's budget speech, Philip Hammond announced the forecast for the future of Britain with a £500m investment in a range of initiatives from artificial intelligence, to 5G and full fibre broadband.

In what some may describe as a rambunctious prediction, Chancellor Philip Hammond will unveil ambitious driverless car investment plans in tomorrow’s budget. These plans aim to roll-out fully autonomous cars on UK roads by the year 2021, as part of other significant technology investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), 5G networks and STEM education.  

Until quite recently, the dream of donning a headset and dropping into a virtual world belonged purely in the realms of science fiction, like Star Trek‘s Holodeck or The Lawnmower Man. Thanks to the work of companies like Oculus, HTC, and others, that’s no longer the case. However, virtual reality’s history goes back a whole lot further than that. Here are Digital Trends’ top picks for ei...

In a statement released today, independent consumer body Which? has called for all insecure connected toys to be removed from sale immediately. Which? has expressed its frustration with toy manufacturers that have failed to address vulnerabilities highlighted by researchers, in internet or Bluetooth connected products and believe that enough is enough.