IRIS IoT Blog

Assistive Living
There are 15 million reasons why IoT is increasingly essential in the future wellbeing of the population of the UK. It is an undeniable fact that as a population we…

Baby it’s warm outside… and pretty oppressive indoors too!
Well summer’s visited with a vengeance this year, with temperatures soaring and humidity hitting peak levels, amplifying the usual moans and groans about the great British weather! But if it’s…

HMT-1 by Realwear – Wearable Tech
Hands Free, Eyes Forward Take Control & Empower Your Workforce & Industrial IoT The world’s first hands-free wearable rugged Android tablet for industrial workers. The HMT-1 by Realwear, is a…

Don’t count your chickens… unless you can rely upon the outcome!
IRIS IoT Solutions joins with the world’s leading IoT partner network. IRIS IoT Solutions Limited has just recently joined the Vodafone Global IoT Partner Network which includes the world’s leading operators, hardware…

Development partner PrognostiX wins Best Poultry Supply Chain Innovation at the British Poultry Awards
Well done to our development partner We worked hand in hand with PrognostiX on our Sense Hub and they have just received a great award PrognostiX Predict & Prevent Monitoring…

Long Term Evolution for Machines: LTE-M
LTE-M is the simplified industry term for the LTE-MTC low power wide area (LPWA) technology standard published by 3GPP in the Release 13 specification. It specifically refers to LTE CatM1,…

The Internet of Things
What the blummin’ heck is IoT ? Despite some experts calling the Internet of Things (IoT) the 4th Industrial Revolution, a mind blowing 87% of people have no idea what…

What is LoRa?
A Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) or Low-Power Wide-Area (LPWA) network or Long range (LoRa) or Low-Power Network (LPN) is a type of wireless telecommunication wide area network designed to allow…

What is Sigfox?
Sigfox is a French company founded in 2009 that builds wireless networks to connect low-energy objects such as electricity meters, smartwatches, and washing machines, which need to be continuously on…

What is NarrowBand IOT?
NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT) is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) radio technology standard developed to enable a wide range of devices and services to be connected using cellular telecommunications…