Issue 06/2015 | IEC e-tech

Editorial

Smart, smarter, smartest

Issue 06/2015 Why it is essential for cities and energy to become smarter

To deliver services and maintain an acceptable quality of life for their citizens, cities need to get smarter and make more efficient use of resources. More...

Technology Focus

IoT to make buildings and cities "smarter"

As smart commercial buildings become incorporated into the wider energy control networks of smart cities and linked to other aspects such as transport, water and air quality, the increasing...

Technology Focus

Smart Cities require a holistic approach to infrastructure

With mass urbanization emerging as an unstoppable trend across the world, cities need to become sustainable on many levels. The solution is to design smart solutions at all levels to help meet...

Technology Focus

Common Data Dictionary helps drive business forwards

As business processes in electrical/electronic industries are increasingly being conducted electronically for both internal processes and interaction with external partners, the use of common concepts...

Technology Focus

Threats lurking on medical electronic data

Over the years the healthcare sector has become increasingly reliant on an IT infrastructure for the proper and safe operation of its equipment and to manage patients' medical records. Healthcare...

Technology Focus

Enhancing how you see the world

Have you experienced augmented reality (AR)? If you have ever had keyhole surgery, reached your destination by using a satellite navigation system or used an AR catalogue to see how furniture looks in...

Technology Focus

Medical biometrics improve patients' care

Most people are familiar with the use of biometric identification systems – from fingerprints to voice recognition to iris scans – as elements of sophisticated security systems. The field of...