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Veniam's NetRider box runs on native software and cellular, Wi-Fi and DSRC signals, forming a mesh network open to devices with continuous connectivity. Via agreements with OEMs and tier 1 manufacturers, the technology should soon be incorporated in connected and autonomous vehicles. Boxes send real-time data to Veniam's cloud for analytics.
Veniam's NetRider box runs on native software and cellular, Wi-Fi and DSRC signals, forming a mesh network open to devices with continuous connectivity. Via agreements with OEMs and tier 1 manufacturers, the technology should soon be incorporated in connected and autonomous vehicles. Boxes send real-time data to Veniam's cloud for analytics.
Qlue's Smart City apps can be used by the public to report issues to government officials who will use the CROP app to locate the problems reported. Locality maps can be viewed in VR 360 format by using the myCity facility, with a 24-hour traffic data and chat platform.
Qlue's Smart City apps can be used by the public to report issues to government officials who will use the CROP app to locate the problems reported. Locality maps can be viewed in VR 360 format by using the myCity facility, with a 24-hour traffic data and chat platform.
Orange bicycles equipped with GPS devices and smart locks for rental at RMB 0.5/hour in China. Mobike bicycles come with solid tires for lower deterioration rates and maintenance costs, compared with competitors’ bikes. The Mobike app lets users find nearby available bikes, unlock them and make payment for rental.
Orange bicycles equipped with GPS devices and smart locks for rental at RMB 0.5/hour in China. Mobike bicycles come with solid tires for lower deterioration rates and maintenance costs, compared with competitors’ bikes. The Mobike app lets users find nearby available bikes, unlock them and make payment for rental.
The company’s flagship Nodeflux IVA (Intelligent Video Analytics) product is an enterprise-grade solution with facial recognition, object detection and heatmap visualization capabilities. The company is targeting public security, defense and smart city applications. Nodeflux’s computer vision solutions are provided in partnership with global graphics company Nvidia.
The company’s flagship Nodeflux IVA (Intelligent Video Analytics) product is an enterprise-grade solution with facial recognition, object detection and heatmap visualization capabilities. The company is targeting public security, defense and smart city applications. Nodeflux’s computer vision solutions are provided in partnership with global graphics company Nvidia.
The OmniLED product provides continuous power supply to smart street lights that run on solar and wind energy. Generated electricity can be stored in a battery that also powers other IoT functions - public WiFi, surveillance, traffic count, bike charging and smart parking - which are controlled via Omniflow's platform.
The OmniLED product provides continuous power supply to smart street lights that run on solar and wind energy. Generated electricity can be stored in a battery that also powers other IoT functions - public WiFi, surveillance, traffic count, bike charging and smart parking - which are controlled via Omniflow's platform.
Connecting EV drivers with private and public charging stations via a collaborative platform that lets users share and locate available sockets. An AI-powered control center manages multiple charging points while the interoperability platform aggregates external public and private charging stations that are not controlled by the company.
Connecting EV drivers with private and public charging stations via a collaborative platform that lets users share and locate available sockets. An AI-powered control center manages multiple charging points while the interoperability platform aggregates external public and private charging stations that are not controlled by the company.
On-demand bus services using municipal systems to view public transport routes. Shotl allows transport managers to access a central control console to monitor demand fluctuations to boost efficient use of public vehicles. The Driver's App can locate passengers and their destinations. End-users can book journeys via Passenger App.
On-demand bus services using municipal systems to view public transport routes. Shotl allows transport managers to access a central control console to monitor demand fluctuations to boost efficient use of public vehicles. The Driver's App can locate passengers and their destinations. End-users can book journeys via Passenger App.
Supply and operate special delivery/collection hubs manned by autonomous robots in residential districts. Each fleet of ground-based delivery robots will be centrally managed and remotely monitored by Eliport staff as part of SaaS solutions for clients.
Supply and operate special delivery/collection hubs manned by autonomous robots in residential districts. Each fleet of ground-based delivery robots will be centrally managed and remotely monitored by Eliport staff as part of SaaS solutions for clients.
Using its GEEWOO image-identification search engine technology, Haishen's G-BOX AI vending machine cabinets are located in bricks-and-mortar outlets. Customers can open the cabinets by using QR codes. The G-BOX AI will record the items taken and payments are automatically completed via smartphones when the doors are closed.
Using its GEEWOO image-identification search engine technology, Haishen's G-BOX AI vending machine cabinets are located in bricks-and-mortar outlets. Customers can open the cabinets by using QR codes. The G-BOX AI will record the items taken and payments are automatically completed via smartphones when the doors are closed.
Geo Data Block (GeoDB) is a location digital data marketplace powered by blockchain, big data and crypto-economic models. Geo tokens are issued to users who can generate personal data to be shared with GeoDB partner companies for use in market research, analyses and strategic planning.
Geo Data Block (GeoDB) is a location digital data marketplace powered by blockchain, big data and crypto-economic models. Geo tokens are issued to users who can generate personal data to be shared with GeoDB partner companies for use in market research, analyses and strategic planning.
Zhongzheng provides smart solutions, such as its Louzhangmen app and visitor management system, for property managers of commercial buildings like offices, malls and industrial parks. The Intelligent Building Eco-platform (LZM-IBE) is used to customize building management services using IoT and related technologies.
Zhongzheng provides smart solutions, such as its Louzhangmen app and visitor management system, for property managers of commercial buildings like offices, malls and industrial parks. The Intelligent Building Eco-platform (LZM-IBE) is used to customize building management services using IoT and related technologies.
Changce Investment was established in Guangzhou in May 2015. With more than RMB 1 billion under management, the firm invests mainly in unlisted high-growth companies in the IoT sector.
Changce Investment was established in Guangzhou in May 2015. With more than RMB 1 billion under management, the firm invests mainly in unlisted high-growth companies in the IoT sector.
Norway-based Katapult Accelerator focuses on technology-based startups targeting environmental and societal causes. Katapult's three-month accelerator program offers training and mentorship opportunities across a range of technologies including AI, blockchain and IoT, along with access to funding and investors. The company has recently teamed up with New York's ERA accelerator to help Katapult's startups expand to the US.
Norway-based Katapult Accelerator focuses on technology-based startups targeting environmental and societal causes. Katapult's three-month accelerator program offers training and mentorship opportunities across a range of technologies including AI, blockchain and IoT, along with access to funding and investors. The company has recently teamed up with New York's ERA accelerator to help Katapult's startups expand to the US.
Climate-KIC is an initiative supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), whose focus is to create and support a community of entrepreneurs and mentors that jointly develop and produce innovative ideas facilitating the transition to a zero-carbon economy. Climate-KIC has launched various initiatives and acceleration programs across Europe targeted at growing startups that are tackling climate change, providing them with structure, assistance, mentoring and seed funding to develop low-carbon products and services.
Climate-KIC is an initiative supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), whose focus is to create and support a community of entrepreneurs and mentors that jointly develop and produce innovative ideas facilitating the transition to a zero-carbon economy. Climate-KIC has launched various initiatives and acceleration programs across Europe targeted at growing startups that are tackling climate change, providing them with structure, assistance, mentoring and seed funding to develop low-carbon products and services.
Green Innovations is a US-based fund that invests in large-scale solutions addressing global sustainability challenges, focusing on the agriculture, biotechnology, education, energy, housing and water sectors. The fund has invested €3.3 million in Biocant, a new biotechnology park in Portugal. Founded by entrepreneur Jorge Marques, Green Innovations is backed by investors from Israel.
Green Innovations is a US-based fund that invests in large-scale solutions addressing global sustainability challenges, focusing on the agriculture, biotechnology, education, energy, housing and water sectors. The fund has invested €3.3 million in Biocant, a new biotechnology park in Portugal. Founded by entrepreneur Jorge Marques, Green Innovations is backed by investors from Israel.
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A Q&A with the Veniam founder and CEO
- Portugal
- 3 min read
As Veniam’s “Internet of Moving Things” keeps growing, autonomous vehicles are next
The Portuguese startup is going places with its mesh networking technology, but that’s “just the beginning”, says Veniam founder and CEO João Barros. He talks to CompassList about partnering automakers to design self-driving cars, raising a new round of funding in 2018, and more
- Portugal
- 5 min read
Plug-it and Drive-it with Wallbox’s EV quick chargers
Created by an ex-Tesla engineer, these generic chargers are fast and easy to use – just like recharging mobile phones
- Spain
- 5 min read
Nodeflux: Automating computer vision analysis for the smart cities of tomorrow
Indonesia's first facial recognition tech company aims to become a central player in Jakarta's smart city push
- Indonesia
- 3 min read
Green Urban Data: Empowering cities to mitigate climate change
The Valencia-based startup is the first to mitigate urban temperature increases and provide healthy travel route suggestions using AI and big data
- Spain
- 5 min read
This AI-powered "pony" could usher us into an autonomous driving future
Despite all the red tape and public anxiety around self-driving cars, California- and Guangzhou-based Pony.ai is advancing steadily in its mission to bring autonomous vehicles to China
- China
- 5 min read
Circular economy: Discarded goods get a new lease of life in Spain
From e-chargers inside phone booths, recycling chatbots to refurbished stadium seats from Atlético Madrid, the offbeat magic of the circular economy is fast becoming a lucrative business in Spain
- Spain
- 9 min read
Omniflow gets €2 million boost for its solar-, wind-powered IoT street lights
Thanks to Portugal's Omniflow, renewable energy street lamps doubling up as Wi-Fi hotspots, e-chargers and traffic monitors may soon be ubiquitous street furniture in tomorrow's smart cities
- Portugal
- 6 min read
Autodrive Solutions: Making driverless vehicles safer with high-precision positioning tech
A Spanish university's research on sophisticated weapons detection technology is being used to prevent accidents in the mobility and transport sectors
- Spain
- 14 min read
Shotl: Making public transport smarter, more sustainable
The first on-demand European mass transit app, Shotl aims to revolutionize city transit
- Spain
- 9 min read
Eliport: Friendly neighborhood robots for cheaper last-mile deliveries
The Spanish logistics robot maker has a solution to improve last-mile delivery, with community-based smart robots, parcel hubs and postboxes. CompassList spoke to its co-founders at the recent 4YFN conference in Barcelona
- Spain
- 6 min read
Interview with Qlue CEO: "We didn't know what a smart city should look like"
Co-founder and CEO of Qlue, Indonesia's largest "smart city" company, Rama Raditya explains how citizen involvement – not high-tech – is the true innovation of smart cities and the agent for change; plus how his startup has grown from partnering governments to businesses, and more
- Indonesia
- 7 min read
Interview with Qlue CEO, part II: Smart cities in Indonesia and beyond
Continuing from the first part of an interview, Qlue CEO Rama Raditya discusses trends, achievements and challenges in smart city development
- Indonesia
- 7 min read
For equality in education, Odilo brings books in the cloud free to millions worldwide
The "Amazon for digital content" Spanish edtech startup delivers virtual libraries and classrooms to kids and adults worldwide
- Spain
- 7 min read
Ontruck CTO: How to build, scale technology in the road freight sector
Iterate fast and understand your clients, explains Samuel Fuentes, co-founder and CTO of Ontruck, because "for us, innovation is business as usual”
- Spain
- 10 min read
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