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SMART AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS STARTUPS WILL MEET KEY PLAYERS AT AUTOMATICA

4/12/2018

Post By Simon Montford on April 12, 2018

automatica is the leading exhibition for Smart Automation and Robotics. The trade fair will take place in Munich from 19 – 22 June 2018, and products on display will range from components, robots and systems to entire production facilities. Mobile World Capital Barcelona will be present and will bring a number of outstanding international startups as part of their delegation to support the continuous global transformation of robotics and smart automation.

THE EUROPAS CONFERENCE & AWARDS: TECH, STARTUPS, MUSIC & IOT

6/15/2016

Posted By Simon Montford on June 15, 2016

The Europas is an annual conference and awards ceremony for technology startups. The event was organised and hosted by technology journalist Mike Butcher MBE, and took place yesterday (June 14) in London, at The Grand Hall at Old Billingsgate. As tech conferences go, it was a reasonably relaxed affair, with no VIP lists or sectioned off areas in order, to facilitate networking and knowledge transfer between attendees.

EXPLORING THE IOT STARTUP SCENE IN BANGALORE

5/15/2016

Guest post By Raph Crouan on May 15, 2016

Back in March I launched the Startupbootcamp IoT | Connected Devices accelerator in London, and since then we’ve been working hard to find and meet the best IoT hardware startups across the world. This search has taken us to a number of cities already, including Stockholm, Taipei, Berlin, and most recently a visit to Bangalore.

THE WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY SHOW PHOTO JOURNAL - DAY 1

3/15/2016

Posted By Simon Montford on March 15, 2016

Today I attended day one of the Wearable Technology Show at ExCel, London. This is the third consecutive year I have been to the event, so it was interesting to see how the show has grown in stature over the past few years. Back in 2014, the show's debut took place at London Olympia, and was a far more modest affair. It was, however an exciting time, as back then the major players were conspicuously absent; it was almost exclusively attended by a passionate bunch of wearable tech pioneers, and a few plucky little startups. Since the arrival of major players such as Sony, Samsung et al the whole shebang has become a larger, more polished production.

MY MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS PHOTO JOURNAL & PRESENTATION

3/6/2016

Posted By Simon Montford on March 6, 2016

Mobile World Congress took place in Barcelona from the 22nd-25th February 2016. It is the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, and I was there to cover the show. Here's a selection of photos and videos taken during my week in Spain. As it was my first time attending the conference, I found it overwhelming! Due to the bus and metro strike, getting around the city was a major challenge, but getting to and from the conference centre was a breeze compared to the real challenge of finding my way around the vast series of halls that played host to thousands of the world's leading mobile technology companies, with the exception of Apple.

TUSI SMARTWATCH TEXT APP TAKES 2ND PLACE DURING MWC, BARCELONA

2/25/2016

Posted By Simon Montford on Feb 25, 2016

Scottish tech startup Nautilus Beam Ltd (based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom) came second last night in the prestigious TechCrunch Pitch-Off that took place during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Co-founders Dr Tim Willis and Simon Montford pitched their smartwatch text app Tusi to a crowded room of tech startup entrepreneurs, and a panel of investors. In addition to winning tickets to TechCrunchDisrupt New York in May, the founders also won a 4G-enabled Panasonic Nubo camera. Immediately after their successful pitch, the company released a public beta of Tusi for Google Wear devices, which is available to download for free from Google Play.

THIS DEVICE CAN CHARGE YOUR PHONE WIRELESSLY UP TO 10M

12/14/2015

Posted By Simon Montford on Dec 14, 2015

Experts have been talking about the potential of wireless charging for a while now, but so far not a single commercial product capable of wirelessly charging has entered production. I remember watching a TED talk by Eric Giler of MIT, in which he told the audience that within the near future, our wired lives would become untangled. He then went on to demo a prototype wireless charging technology called WiTricity, which back in 2009, when he did the talk, was supposed to be a "near-to-market" invention.

ONAGOFLY IS A SMART LITTLE DRONE

12/11/2015

Posted By Simon Montford on Dec 11, 2015

ONAGOfly is a micro-drone with an on-board camera so it can take stills and record video. It can be controlled via a smartphone and comes with infrared obstacle avoidance. Pledges start at $179 for the first 200 units, and $199 thereafter. The company's estimated shipping date is February 2016.

IOTEDINBURGH MEETUP: THE MAKER REVOLUTION (LIVEBLOG)

11/1/2015

Posted By Nicola Osborne on Oct 29 2015

18:15 - 18:20 Simon Montford (WEB3//IOT) @simonmontford

The theme tonight is the maker revolution – the opening up of industrial technologies to amateaur makers. Maker Culture contributes 30 billion to the global economy, so this is a big and growing thing, with Internet of Things at the centre (the recorded livestream can be viewed here).

HOW TO BREED UNICORNS

10/29/2015

Posted By Simon Montford on Oct 29 2015

One of my passion projects is organising and hosting IoT events such as meetups, hardware hackathons, and conferences in Edinburgh and London. As an entrepreneur I also start businesses. My most recent venture is a text input and word prediction technology called Tusi, that has been designed specifically for very small touchscreens; ideal for smartwatches, interactive domestic appliances, and in-car touchscreen interfaces.

WILL EERO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN EVER?

2/16/2015

Posted By Simon Montford on Feb 16, 2015

Within only three hours, Eero received $100,000 (£65,000) in pre-orders, and two days later they amassed over $1 million (£650,000)! Goes to show that if you can solve pain points that consumers immediately identify with, extracting money from their wallets can be as easy as pie! Of course I don't mean that in a bad way, because those that hand over their cash are more than happy to do so if the technology acquired makes their lives better.

WILL THE CANARY HOME MONITORING SYSTEM FLY WITH CONSUMERS?

1/26/2015

Posted By Simon Montford on Jan 26, 2015

Canary, the complete home security system, is about to go on sale in the States at a RRP of $250. The Canary received a great deal of attention when the company exceeded its funding goal of $100,000 on Indiegogo, back in July 2013. The Canary attracted an impressive two million dollars' worth of pre-orders, and also closed an additional $10 million round of funding led by Khosla Ventures.

UK STARTUPS TO GAIN FROM DEDICATED IOT ACCELERATORS

10/21/2014

Posted By Simon Montford on Oct 21, 2014

The number of hardware startups reaching and exceeding their campaign goals on crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo is increasing dramatically. This is an indication that hardware is so hot right now, and this flourish of activity has not gone unnoticed by the investment community, and corporates.

Emily Brooke

9/28/2014

Posted By Simon Montford on Nov 27, 2014

Emily Brooke is a British entrepreneur who created the BLAZE laserlight. Emily studied physics at Oxford University and product design at Brighton University.

She raised £55,000 project funding via Kickstarter in 2012 as well as funding from Index Ventures and approx £300,000 from other sources including Richard Branson's investment fund. You can purchase a BLAZE directly from her company's website.

STRATASYS ACQUIRES GRABCAD FOR $100M

9/18/2014

Posted By Simon Montford on Sept 18, 2014

GrabCAD is a bit like ‘Github for engineers.Teams working on CAD systems can sync local CAD files to cloud projects, track versions and lock files to prevent conflicts. They can also use it to exchanged CAD models. One of the greatest benefits is that there is no need to reinvent the wheel in the event that someone else is willing to provide an existing design. The GrabCAD boasts the world's largest collection of free CAD files.

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