Ambient intelligence

Greek composer and multi-instrumentalist Theodore will present his brand-new project at the Athens Conservatoire's (athensconservatoire.gr) New Stage. His albums "It Is But It's Not" and "Inner Dynamics" became internationally acclaimed, while NPR Music placed him among its "Favorite Discoveries and Memorable Moments" in 2018.

Global spending on Internet of Things products is forecast to reach $1.1 trillion next year

Kranj – Electricity meter maker Iskraemeco has signed a contract with Iceland’s largest power distributor Veitur on an advanced smart metering project that will allow Veitur to transform electricity, heat and water networks into a sustainable smart network, the Kranj-based company said on Tuesday.

Bulgaria is becoming the first country in the world with a system for monitoring the vital parameters of patients with COVID-19 at home

The Military Medical Academy now has its own system for monitoring patients at home. It is developed by the Bulgarian IoT company Allterco Robotics and is an innovative oximeter for monitoring vital parameters.

Rapid advances in information technologies and the increase in the use of internet has created a very complex system; i.e. the "internet of things" (IoT). It refers to the connectivity of devices like refrigerators through embedded network software, enabling them to interact with the external environment via internet.

Istanbul-based Turkish design sisters Ezra and Tuba Çetin, who own the brand Ezra+Tuba, have teamed up with Intel and created a dress equipped with 40 butterflies that can fly on and off. 

EasyJet is not just a pioneer in cheap travel options, but also fashion forward. It unveiled a world first by including LED messages with customers’ flight details into its cabin crew and engineers’ uniforms. The airline will try the new look at the start of 2016 with wearable technology aimed at improving communication and passenger safety procedures.

One of the hottest topics of the year is wearable technologies. Everybody was talking about cloud computing in the previous years, now it is all about machine to machine (M2M) communication and wearable technologies. One after the other, telecommunication companies and some major brands are entering one or both markets.