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WBD shares insight at major South West conference
04 Dec 2018
WBD is taking part in the upcoming South West Business Council
(SWBC) Quarterly Conference looking at smart cities. Focused on the cities of Plymouth, Exeter and Bristol, the conference will explore the opportunities to co-create a smart city region for sustainable growth, jobs and quality of life across the South West.
(SWBC) Quarterly Conference looking at smart cities. Focused on the cities of Plymouth, Exeter and Bristol, the conference will explore the opportunities to co-create a smart city region for sustainable growth, jobs and quality of life across the South West.
Industry 4.0 and the regulation of artificial intelligence
28 Aug 2018
It is impossible to escape from the fact that technology, and increasingly artificial intelligence (AI), has transformed everyday life. It all started with how we play our music, but Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa (along with other similar virtual assistants) now have a daily interface with many of us. We are also, increasingly, now daily users of the Internet of Things (IoT) – connecting up smart fridges, boilers and alarm systems, each controllable from a smartphone. The everyday form of AI is almost unavoidable in the modern home, but, while not necessarily as obvious to you and me, there is also an ongoing, yet unseen growth in AI in the manufacturing sector. What is still lacking, however, is concrete regulation in place for the use and development of AI in the industry.
Electric vehicles: the direction of travel
16 Jul 2018
Three documents were published this week which all refer to electric vehicles (EV). Read together they start to provide us with the bigger picture for the development of the necessary infrastructure and the anticipated uptake of the new technology.
NIA focuses on building a digital society - but how will it affect connectivity?
10 Jul 2018
Malcolm Dowden, Legal Director, comments on one of the priority areas identified in the National Infrastructure Assessment report - building a digital society.
The rise of IoT and big data in rail
31 May 2018
Our Transport Team attended 'The Rise of IoT & Big Data in Rail' conference in Munich on Tuesday (29 May 2018). It was a popular event attended en masse by rail industry leaders and innovators prompting enlightening discussions and idea sharing around how Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) can be (and is being) used to improve asset management, proactive and predictive maintenance of track and train, and the digitalisation of the railways across Europe.
Smart ticketing: the North says hello to tap & go
17 Apr 2018
Transport for the North ("TfN") aims to digitalise the transport industry in the North. Almost all major transport providers in the North have committed to investment of some kind over the coming years. Customers are set to benefit from new smart-ticketing systems, which allow them to use their tickets electronically without having to queue up at ticket machines. Integrated tickets will also allow customers to use contactless payment technology for multi-modal travel, switching between trains, trams, buses and ferries with relative ease. It is hoped that this coordinated investment will ultimately boost economies across the North.
Brexit: IoT to the rescue?
15 Nov 2017
For retailers, speed and efficiency in supply chains are paramount. With the possibility of a "hard" or "no deal" Brexit, retailers must adapt to a new operating environment. The UK government is exploring the potential for highly streamlined technology-based procedures to preserve frictionless borders. The Internet of Things (IoT) could play an important role, but also comes with a range of legal implications.
Deriving Transport Benefits from Big Data and the Internet of Things in Smart Cities
24 Oct 2017
Public transport is one of the biggest challenges facing cities today – how can Big Data and the Internet of Things be leveraged to tackle the issues? A recent study has been commissioned by the Department for Transport from consultants Ricardo Energy & Environment to seek a better understanding of the potential opportunities, challenges, enablers and business models to support Big Data applications in a Smart City context.
Smart cities need smart laws
14 Jul 2016
What makes a “smart city” smart? Increasingly, the answer lies in the deployment of connected devices and the “internet of things” (IoT). From traffic and transport to energy management systems, key functions are being equipped to provide real-time and actionable data to inform the operation of city-wide systems and services. Machine to machine (M2M) communication drawing data from sensors embedded into objects, vehicles, street furniture and infrastructure vastly increases the potential for gathering and using data about everything from traffic jams to pedestrian flows, energy demand and supply, outages and maintenance needs in utility services. These developments reflect similar trends in extractive industries, manufacturing and logistics which are rapidly adding up to the “fourth industrial revolution”.
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