Internet of Things
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The Smart Glass That Reduces Energy Costs Whilst Powering the Internet of Things
Glass has become the primary material used on the surface of our modern commercial buildings. Our skyscrapers glisten as sunlight reflects off their smooth outer surfaces. Inside the building, floor-to-ceiling windows accentuate views across cities and flood our offices with natural light. We pay a heavy price for this illuminating, shiny beauty however; with sunlight […]
Physical Security Business Needs Open Systems & Structural Changes to Deliver Full Potential of Integration
Integration between all three branches of the Physical Security business is now one of the main drivers for growth in demand from building operators and owners. However its full potential is being limited by a lack of initiative from manufacturers and system installers to adopt open communication standards that customers need if they are not […]
Who Is The Internet Of Things Actually For?
“There is a clear philosophical position, even a worldview, behind [the internet of things]: that the world is in principle perfectly knowable, its contents enumerable and their relations capable of being meaningfully encoded in a technical system, without bias or distortion,’ highlights Adam Greenfield in his book entitled ‘Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life’. […]
Reconstructing Smart Buildings into Platforms and Services: Nordic Smart Building Convention 2017
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research Startups and established players alike gathered in Helsinki earlier this month at the Nordic Smart Building Convention to discuss the state of the market for intelligence, digitalization and autonomous sensing in the built environment. This article aims to give a few highlights of the […]
The Cyber Security Threat & Its Impact On Physical Security
Our new report Cyber Security in Smart Commercial Buildings provides conclusive proof that the cyber black market, once a varied landscape of discrete, ad hoc networks of individuals motivated by ego and notoriety has become a burgeoning powerhouse of highly organized groups; Often connected with traditional crime groups (e.g., drugs cartels, mafias, terrorists cells) and […]
Many Cities Are Not Being Smart About Cyber Security
Our cities are getting smarter. Some are smarter than others but the breadth of development suggests that almost all large urban areas will one day be smart in one way or another. As with all digital things, connectivity means vulnerability, and if we continue to neglect cyber security in the age of connectivity then the […]
Smart Buildings Follow The Light to Health & Wellbeing
Lighting is a hallmark of our civilization. With artificial light we have turned night into day; extending working, shopping and entertainment hours, improving safety and security, and allowing us to transform the dark side of the planet into a twinkling map of human activity. As is often the case, our technological development rapidly outpaces our […]
Will We Lose Net Neutrality & What Impact Will That Have On The Internet of Things?
Take a moment to consider the importance of net neutrality, and how different our digital world would be without it. Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers (ISP) and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, website, platform, application, […]
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