Construction Digital Magazine October 2021 | Page 44

News in brief

News in brief

• GSIL will supply a smart safety management platform to Korea Land and Housing Corporation ’ s construction sites .
• Irish smart scooter company Luna is partnering with US-based JUMPWatts with the aim of combining teleoperation and computer vision technology to improve scooters ’ safety and efficiency . The companies plan to work on a pilot project in the Smart DCU Campus in Dublin .
• The winners of the Smart City Startup Challenge 2021 , chosen from 150-plus startups , are Vacus Tech , which has US patented technology to make cities / data centres improve their sustainability ; and MinionLabs India , which is a hand-sized energy auditing device that can sense ‘ each and every appliance ’.
• Helsinki will be Guest City at the Beijing Design Week ( September 18-October 7 ). JKMM Architects , Marimekko and Wood for Finland will showcase smart solutions for learning and urban planning . and devices are all interconnected , which means we cannot focus on just any one part in an enterprise network . We need to protect all endpoints and continuously reassess trust to ensure the network is most secured .”
Savio Kwan , Former COO of Alibaba Group , said the old mindset of how things should be done needs to give way to a new way of thinking .
Quantela buys CIMCON Lighting Quantela recently bought CIMCON Lighting , which specialises in smart lighting and smart city technologies . This acquisition will provide Quantela with full coverage and access to the ubiquitous streetlight
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