Internet Of Things Coverage

Thinking about building a chatbot? Here are 4 things customers prefer
A recent study has identified four factors that predict user satisfaction with customer service chatbots. The study also found that a positive chatbot experience was associated with customer loyalty, highlighting the potential importance of the findings to corporate brands.

The Halo effect: Amazon unveils AI-on-your-wrist aiming to boost health
Amazon is giving you the chance to put some artificial intelligence on your wrist as part of a new health service. The Amazon Halo Band and app services launched Monday. 

Building a 'smart' Morrisville: Leaders have a plan - and it could be an award winner
The Smart Cities Council has selected the Town of Morrisville as one of 10 finalists for the 2021 Readiness Cohort, a global contest that helps the selected winners accelerate technology program implementation. Here's a look at the Morrisville strategy.

Your 'smart home,' other Internet of Things devices face new cybersecurity threat
Researchers at a cybersecurity firm say they have identified vulnerabilities in software widely used by millions of connected devices — flaws that could be exploited by hackers to penetrate business and home computer networks and disrupt them.

Humans win, robots lose: Walmart gives up on scanning robots
Walmart is laying off the robots it had deployed in about 500 stores to keep tabs on what’s on and not on the shelves. Here's what's happening,

SAS, Microsoft, NCSU team up for safe food effort using Internet of Things technology
North Carolina State University is teaming up Microsoft and SAS in a technology effort to help improve food security. Here's what's happening.

Edge computing startup EDJX in Raleigh lands $6.4M from investors
EDJX, a new venture in Raleigh focused on so-called "edge computing," has $6.4 million in new cash after tapping 19 investors. Here are the details.

Fortune 500 firm Cognizant acquires Durham startup Bright Wolf, to create IoT lab in Triangle
A Fortune 500 professional services firm is going to establish an Internet of Things lab in the Triangle while also acquiring Durham IoT startup Bright Wolf.

Nonprofit Wireless Research Center is connecting communities through innovation - here's how
The Wireless Research Center, celebrating its 10-year anniversary this August, is a catalyst for collaborative innovation around the world. It's located in Wake Forest, Here's the story.

Need to fight pandemic isolation? Raleigh firm's 3D software tool designs home theaters
Built using complex algebraic algorithms, the patent-pending tool from Audio Advice enables them to set their room dimensions, and then answer key questions to create a full three-dimensional rendering of their room in real-time.

Parking startup VADE, founded by NCSU, UNC-Chapel Hill students, closes on $500K seed round
The platform and app provides “real-time, per spot” parking availability. Its proprietary internet of technology (IoT) solution includes: ParkSight cameras, which are wireless and can be installed on any pole or building; computer vision to detect when vehicles are occupying parking spaces; and database and APIs to store the resulting data with the coordinates and ID of each spot.

'Intelligent Transformation:' Lenovo spells out strategic vision through this infographic
With revenues, profits and profit margin increasing year-over-year, Lenovo executives presented a very positive report to analysts and investors before dawn Thursday in the US. This infographic spells out execs vision for the future.

Raleigh IoT startup lands 'smart cities' partnership to improve public safety in Denver
The Raleigh-based startup has signed a deal with Boulder AI to bring its Internet of Things (IoT) service platform and advanced metering solutions to the Mile High City. The exact terms of the deal was not disclosed.

Shares in home security firm ADT skyrocket after $450M deal with Google
Shares of home security business ADT rose sharply on Monday after the company announced a $450 million investment from Google.

Google invests $450M in home security firm ADT, to partner on products
Google is pairing its Nest smart home technology with ADT and buying a stake in the home security company.

IBM, Verizon team up for 5G effort aiming to accelerate business solutions
IBM and Verizon are looking to boost ways to incoroprate next-generation wireless 5G technology to speed up business apllications at the so-call "edge" of networks.

Cary-based IoT startup ProAxion raises roughly $95K in debt
Founded in 2015, ProAxion has been called the “check engine light for industrial control systems.” According to its website, its mission is to leverage the latest and best in IoT technology to provide easy-to-use and cost-effective predictive maintenance tools for both large and small industrial facilities.

Video: Here's how Internet of Things can make your workplace safer
Earlier this week Lenovo announced the launch of a new group to focus on Internet of Things and work solutions services. In a video, John Gordan, the president of the Commercial Internet of Things (IoT) business unit , explains how IoT can make a return to work more safe. 

Lenovo launches Internet of Things unit to help businesses reopen offices, is based in RTP
Lenovo is rolling out today a new suite of back-to-work solutions focused on Internet of Things capabilities to help businesses reopen offices despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. And the group coordinating the efforts is based in the Triangle.