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Trust, digital healthcare and Covid-19

Attitudes towards the use of digital technologies for helping to contain the Covid-19 pandemic are shaped in large part by the degree of trust that people have in the government. This is one of the findings of an online consultation organised by Pitch-In in June 2020 to explore people’s concerns around a particularly topical question: the use of Internet of Things-related technologies for tackling the pandemic in the UK.

Health and Wellbeing

Sheffield IoT Meetup focuses on IoT for Connected Care during Covid-19

Health and Wellbeing

Environment Making Challenge – Community Call to Action

Managing the Introduction of IoT

Student IoT internships available at the University of Sheffield

Calling undergraduate students at the University of Sheffield interested in technology and the Internet of Things! Paid summer internship opportunities available (working from home) - apply by 20th May 2020.

Newsletter #6: Join us online

We've just shared our April newsletter including the latest news, project updates and upcoming event opportunities.

Newcastle IoT Meetup provides platform for IoT and AI discussion

An overview of the latest Newcastle IoT Meetup which featured a talk from COSMONiO, a software development company designing AI-based systems focusing on computer vision and image processing.

Sheffield IoT Meetup moves online to explore IoT for Smart Manufacturing

Despite our fourth Sheffield IoT Meetup - Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing - coming at a time of great uncertainty across the globe, we were thrilled to see so many members join our new online platform to continue exploring the opportunities IoT presents for smart manufacturing.

Sheffield IoT Meetup #3: IoT for Cybersecurity

An overview and videos from the recent Sheffield IoT Meetup, focused on 'Cybersecurity for IoT' and hosted at Sheffield Hallam University.

Factories of the Future: Our visit to the Smart Factory Expo

Students from Sheffield Engineering Leadership Academy (SELA) share their recent experience at the Smart Factory Expo, improving their understanding of the current innovations in industry surrounding data and the Internet of Things to inform future SELA projects.

Sheffield IoT Meetup #2: Connected Cities and Smart Buildings

Sheffield IoT Meetup #2 focused on 'Connected Cities and Smart Buildings.' View videos of our speakers on night who covered topics such as; digital masterplanning, how smart Sheffield actually is, and how smart buildings can be flexible for the future.

The data dilemma: How much does my toaster know about me?

VOICE, an international network of patients, carers and the general public with a shared interest in helping shape the direction of research into healthy ageing, organised a workshop earlier this year, co-sponsored by Pitch-In, exploring IoT, data and health.

An IoT-based smart supply chain automation system

This article gives an overview of the Smart Supply Chain Automation System demonstrator that will be available to view at Advanced Engineering developed by the Manufacturing Analytics Group via a Pitch-In project.