The internet of things (IoT) is the networking of the physical world and nothing epitomises this more than wearable technology. Everyone has become used to objects such as the Fitbit activity tracker and the Apple Watch but many people don’t appreciate the limitless potential of how wearable technology could affect their lives in the future….
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General News
The future is bots…
Last month, at a tech meet up in London, a group of developers, entrepreneurs and the generally ‘tech curious’ got together to get their heads around all the excitement and hype surrounding the forthcoming ‘rise of the bots’. “Bots”, one excited digital engagement manager informed me, “will be everywhere by the end of the year.”…
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Be bullish with drone technology.
Interest in unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly referred to as drones, has grown significantly over the past few years. This increase in popularity has prompted an influx of publicity, both wanted and unwanted, most notably the reported collision between a drone and a British Airways flight at Heathrow airport. However, although this recent peak in…
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Arun migrates to Cadcorp GIS
Arun District Council has migrated to GIS and web mapping technology from Cadcorp for a range of geospatial applications for its staff and residents. Peter Marsh, systems development manager, Arun District Council, said, “The procurement exercise was initiated by the pressing need to replace our internal and external web-based GIS software. However, we weren’t simply…
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Housing Technology & Microsoft partner events
Housing Technology and Microsoft hosted two very well-attended ‘In-Depth 2016’ events in July at the Emirates Stadium in London and Old Trafford in Manchester. Each event began with presentations from Moat Housing and Town and Country Housing, followed by a showcase of Microsoft’s solutions for the housing sector, including a very impressive demo created by…
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Cracking down on rogue landlords
In recent editions, Housing Technology has highlighted how the Housing and Planning Bill has major repercussions for how the social housing sector deals with its rogue landlords. What concerns me is the numbers; 16 per cent of privately rented homes are unsafe*. That’s around 740,000 people in the UK living in properties which may have…
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