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NEXT4’s container tracker meets the DCSA standards for interoperability

17 Sep 2020 | Non classé

Digital Container Shipping Association is a neutral, non-profit organization, constituted by representatives of shipping companies such as MSC, Maersk or CMA CGM, which promotes interoperability in the maritime transport sector through standardization. Its goal is to...

Machine learning in IoT : did the dream come true? – PART III

29 Jul 2020 | Non classé

As discussed in our previous articles, machine learning mechanisms can be adjusted to fit the constraints of ultra-limited embedded systems. However, some major obstacles still remain.. 5 - Machine learning true obstacles 5.1 Getting enough data for the learning...

Bolloré Transport & Logistics, Next4 and IMT Mines Albi sign a memorandum of understanding to develop artificial intelligence for container tracking

18 May 2020 | Non classé

Bolloré Transport & Logistics, the company Next4 and the IMT Mines Albi engineering school are announcing today the signature of a memorandum of understanding with a view to developing new traceability functions for goods flows based on the study of data gathered...

Machine learning in IoT : did the dream come true? – PART II

5 May 2020 | Technology

As we’ve seen in our previous article, most IoT products do not embed the same computing power and storage capacity than our computers or servers. However, with some caution, it seems possible to integrate more and more intelligence into those objects. Is it enough to...

Machine learning in IoT : did the dream come true? – PART I

2 Apr 2020 | Technology

Nowadays, “machine learning”, “deep learning” or “artificial intelligence” (aka “AI”) are becoming more and more popular. These concepts immediately bring to mind very complex algorithms which, based on a large amount of past data, would be capable of detecting events...

What happens if your container waits at the port for longer than expected ?

7 Jan 2020 | Market

The companies in the world today run with a goal to satisfy their customers by all means at the same time as being sustainable. With more and more companies adopting the Just-In-Time (JIT) technique in order to reduce the response time between the suppliers and their customers, it is indeed necessary for their partners in the expedition to be in time as well.

What is container rain ?

5 Dec 2019 | Market

There are many problems encountered in the transport of goods by container. Much of the attention is often focused on theft or shocks, but a major danger to goods can also be moisture and water inside containers. According to the freight insurance company Trade Risk...

How does NEXT4 guarantee you more than a year of battery life on its shipping container tracker ?

20 May 2019 | Technology

As we have seen in a previous article (How to estimate the battery life of an IOT product before developing it ?), it is possible, from the very beginning of the project, to estimate the targeted battery life of the final product. However, as soon as the project is...

NEXT4 participates in Viva Technology

10 May 2019 | Non classé

Viva Technology is THE trade show for innovative startups and technological advances. It is the annual global event that brings together more than 100,000 participants …

IOT Satellite : LPWAN Killers ?

20 Apr 2019 | Networks

Under this enticing title, it is obvious that the answer is not "yes" or "no". Knowing that the fight has been raging for several years between the Lora, Sigfox and other NB-IOT or LTE-M but that the mass IOT market is not really up to the estimates. We also feel that...

International tracking of goods : which technologies ?

16 Apr 2019 | Technology

In the field of IoT, international tracking implies two things : being able to record the location of an object in a more or less precise manner and then, whatever this location, to transmit it to the application server in order to be able to value it from a business point of view.