Categoría: Case studies

Apellix engineers safer work environments with Ubuntu powered aerial robotics

Sarah Dickinson Case studies, case study, Ciencia, Conocimientos Generales, Drones, Internet of Things, IoT, robotics, Ubuntu Server enero 9, 2019

In 2016, 16% of all workplace deaths in the US were attributed to falls. Apellix, a Florida-based start up, who specialise in aerial robotics aims to reduce this number by using their drones in place of workers to complete tasks in elevated or dangerous environments. In tandem, these same aerial robotics can also reduce the […]

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Unity8: a project that uses Mir

Alan Griffiths Case studies, Ciencia, Conocimientos Generales, mir, unity8 diciembre 19, 2018

Unity8 is a graphical shell targeting a range of devices and form factors including phones, tablets, laptops and desktops. Unity8 uses the facility to customize Mir’s default window management to give its “convergent” experience. In addition to the phones and tablets supported by Ubuntu Touch work is in progress to adapt Unity8 for use on […]

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How mir-kiosk enables a graphical IoT using Mir

Alan Griffiths Case studies, Ciencia, Conocimientos Generales, IoT, mir, mir-kiosk octubre 4, 2018

If you have a problem… if you just need support for one fullscreen application… and, if you can use snaps… maybe you can use… mir-kiosk. Many devices need to provide some sort of graphical output or display (with the options of keyboard, mouse and touchscreen input) to the user. Some examples include interactive kiosks, digital […]

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Fing snaps up 30,000 customers with a secure, future-proof IoT device

Sarah Dickinson Case studies, Ciencia, Conocimientos Generales, Cost savings, Developer, IoT, Security, Snap, snapcraft, Snappy Ubuntu Core, Snaps, Ubuntu Core junio 28, 2018

The number of IoT devices set to be in use worldwide is due to explode depending on the source over the next couple of years. According to Gartner, the figure is set to be as much as 20.4 bn devices by 2020 with consumer products representing 63% of this figure. Many of these will be low-cost […]