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NEW DELHI: Solar power tariffs in India have plunged to a new low of Rs 2.44 per unit, continuing the free fall in the cost of green energy after Acme Solar Holdings and SBG Cleantech, the joint venture of SoftBank, Foxconn and Bharti Enterprises, won the latest auction for 500 megawatt of projects in Rajasthan. Acme Solar won 200 mw...

The Internet of Things, or IoT—the network of devices connected to the internet and to each other—is growing at an astounding rate. A report by communication tech company Ericsson estimates that by 2022 there will be around eighteen billion Internet of Things devices communicating with each other around the world. This represents an enormous opportunity for businesses looking to...

Lincoln Agritech has unveiled an advanced optical nitrate sensor for groundwater which it says will bring a paradigm shift in New Zealand’s groundwater management. The slim stainless steel device is designed to give real-time data while being cheap and simple enough for widespread deployment. Now at the beta-testing stage, it is hoped to be commercially available by the end of...

Cambashi, an international industry analyst company based in Cambridge, has just completed a research project into the industrial application of the internet of things. The aim was to establish the market’s structure and direction based on interviews with many of the major players, combined with desk research. In this, the first of six articles, Alan Griffiths asks, ‘What’s new about...

In 2008, when AES Energy Storage introduced the world's first grid-scale lithium battery in Bellington, WV, it couldn't do much beyond short-burst frequency regulation and ramping to adjust variable wind speeds. Today, boasting longer duration, battery storage is starting to replace traditional gas peaker plants, while moving into new markets by replacing diesel powered generation on small islands. Last March in the...

In the lighting industry's mission to become the backbone of the fledgling Internet of Things (IoT), it faces several daunting challenges, including a conundrum: While the LEDs inside luminaires last for purported decades, facility operators might have to frequently replace the chips and sensors embedded in those same fixtures. Interested in articles & announcements on smart lighting & IoT? Not that...

Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Taiwan-based CyweeMotion Group Ltd. (CyweeMotion) has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) for its VRRM01 virtual reality (VR) remote module, designed to simplify development of wireless controllers for Android mobile and PC-based VR applications. Wireless VR motion controllers are held by the user during play to translate their movements in the real world...

Over the past few months, we have covered Sentera’s product releases such as Real-Time NDVI and the NDVI Toolbox. Both solutions enable users to easily collect and analyze more information from their fields and crops. Sentera continues to widen its product range with the just introduced fixed-wing drone product line, and in doing so have proven their dedication to...

Jonathan Phua and Chen Kin Siong abandoned jobs at DSO National Laboratories to start InsiderSecurity, which provides automated cybersecurity monitoring software, from scratch. SINGAPORE: One is a do-it-yourself geek that had a passion for hacking computers from a young age, while the other is a self-professed late bloomer in the cybersecurity scene. Together, two former DSO National Laboratories researchers are...

Xped, an ASX-listed Internet of Things business, has bought Jemsoft, a computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) company. A short time ago, shares in Xped were up 7% to $0.015. Xped is paying 50,000,000 of its shares and $200,000 cash for 100% of Jemsoft and a 51% interest in Media Intelligence Company, a subsidiary which provides real-time and after-the-fact insights and...