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Connected city agreement for Bosch
BOSCH has signed a letter of intent with the Principality of Monaco, which will engage a partnership for the former to design and engineer a ‘connected city’. The concept relates to the
interconnection of IT and communication systems throughout buildings, institutions, and elements of infrastructure in Monaco. The project will aim to develop and implement solutions in areas such as mobility, energy, healthcare, and communications. With Monaco keen to
preserve high quality of life and promote sustainability, Prince Albert II of Monaco (centre of picture) visited the corporate headquarters of Robert Bosch, where he met with Dr Volkmar Denner
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(second from left), the chairman of the board of management, to discuss the project.
A letter of intent was subsequently signed, and Bosch will now carry out a feasibility study, which is set to take several months to complete. Further details of the project
New identity for AVSolution By James McGrath
UNIFIED communications integrator AVSolution UK has rebranded as avsnet. The new brand maintains its heritage (avs) while indicating its focus on collaborative unified communications (net). In addition to brand
changes, the company has welcomed on board non- executive chairman Mike Mason (pictured), who has experience working in global network providers. Mason told Installation: “If
you look at most IT departments they are being asked to do more and more with the same, or in many cases even fewer resources – therefore more corporates
are having to partner with specialist suppliers. “The reason we have seen
massive adoption of Cloud technologies is because most customers want the flexibility to buy services supporting their business in a utility-type model.” This, Mason says, gives customers flexibility of price points, while transferring the risk to the provider. “We will be developing managed services to complement our on- premise solutions, allowing our customers the choice of supply and financial model: opex versus capex. Avsnet managing director
Graham Fry concluded: “We quickly realised that if we stood solely as a specialist
are yet to be announced; however, Bosch has signalled that technologies, such as its work with connectivity, smart sensors and internet of things and services, along with the ability to control complex systems, are key components to the ‘connected city’ concept.
www.bosch.com
21ST CENTURY LIGHT SPACE MODULATOR AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE Havells-Sylvania has commissioned an inspiring new kinetic light installation from Jason Bruges Studio that is set to transform the walkway under Hungerford Bridge at London’s Southbank Centre.
PEE-CONTROLLED OLYMPIC-THEMED GAME TO CAPTURE THE HEARTS OF ‘EVENING ATHLETES’ Captive Media, developers of the world's first pee- controlled video game, has launched a new 'hands-free' game to celebrate the Olympic Games – the 100ml Dash.
video communications and AV company we would struggle to convince the market of our excellent capabilities in unified and network-centric communications. While we are still seeing exceptionally strong video integration levels within UC strategies, by using our own resources we’re able to deliver full UC and network rollouts to our customers.”
www.avsnet.co.uk
SMART-E AV EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AT LONDON SOUTHEND AIRPORT Display Manager has installed the passenger information system in the new terminal at London Southend Airport, using Smart-e equipment at its core.
ANOLIS LIGHTS UP SOFITEL GOLD COAST Anolis ArcPad Xtreme LED floods have been specified for a lighting installation illuminating the exterior of the Sofitel Hotel, Gold Coast Broadbeach, Australia.
EV OPTS FOR ARTHUR HOLM TO HARMONISE TECHNOLOGY WITH ARCHITECTURE French system integrator EV Corporate has completed a project involving state-of- the-art video and audio solutions from Arthur Holm and Braehler.
MK ELECTRIC AND PHILIPS PRODUCE ENERGY- EFFICIENT DIMMABLE LEDS MK’s Design Service has produced a dimmer that works with the Philips MASTER LED product range, specifically 7W MASTER LEDspot GU10 MV, 7W MASTER LEDspot GU10 MV DimTone, 12W MASTER LEDbulb and 8W MASTER LEDbulb DimTone.
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