Tag Archive: Internet of Things

Internet of Things: Making it real

According to Gartner, the ‘Internet of Things’ is now at the peak of its famous hype cycle. Big numbers are being thrown about. The number of connected objects is estimated to reach 50 billion by 2020, and the potential added...

Guest post: ‘Rebuilding the Internet around you’ by Graham Hill

In this blog post Ctrl-Shift associate Graham Hill explains the vision behind the HAT project and what it is trying to do. We live in an increasingly connected world, where much of our lives is being captured digitally as data:...

Making the Internet of Things real

‘Smart cities’ are quickly becoming a reality in Europe—as explained in this video message from Neelie Kroes, EU Commissioner for the Digital Agenda. Using data to make cities ‘smart’ brings significant potential benefits to both organisations and citizens. One important...

Stride project announces Internet of Things developer contest

The Technology Strategy Board funded Smart Transport Internet of Things Data Ecosystem (Stride) project is opening up its new and ground breaking Internet of Things data set on BT’s Information Hub to developers from all walks of life – from students...

Internet of Things and business value

A new Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research report on the Internet of Things (IoT) finds that this rapidly growing market is “reaching a tipping point” in terms of global business interest. However, this optimism is not yet matched by investment. The...

Internet of Things ‘cluster’ for smart transport

Ctrl-Shift is working on a ground breaking Technology Strategy Board funded project called Stride which, over the last few months, has created, and aims to sustain, a thriving Internet of Things ‘cluster’ for smart transport. Initially focused on the East of...

Smart Transport Internet of Things Data Ecosystem website goes live

The website for the Stride project is now live. This is where you can go to find out about the latest developments in Stride and more information about how to get involved. Stride is the Smart Transport Internet of Things...

Smart Transport Internet of Things Ecosystem (Stride)

We have created a short, nifty video which explains the Stride (Smart Transport Internet of Things Data Ecosystem) project that Ctrl-Shift has started working on with Cambridge University, Dartt, Aimes Grid Services and project lead BT. The video covers Stride’s aims,...

Driving the value of the UK Internet of Things market

Ctrl-Shift is kicking off a groundbreaking year long project helping to shape and develop the UK Internet of Things market. It will be a voyage of discovery where we will apply our expertise in how to catalyse data led value...

The value in Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution is already underway and machines are ‘talking’ to each other. Buildings, transport infrastructure, cars, healthcare equipment, industrial resources, mobile devices and even consumer goods are able to communicate, sense, analyse and produce useful information...