British Government Announces 10 Million GBP Internet of Things Competition

[jos]

The British government has launched a £10 million competition, as part of its Internet of Things (IoT) investment plan, to encourage institutions and organizations explore benefits associated with connected devices in the country.

 

The British government, through this competition, wants to encourage and support local authorities to think out of the box and collaborate with start-ups and tech firms to find innovative solutions for urban problems such as noise pollution, air quality degradation or transport congestion.

 

The "success of cities will depend on them working in new ways with new partners." 

 

During March pre-election budget, a £45 million pool was planned under IoT investment plan, and the winning project will receive up to £10 million grant from this pool.

 

Every participating project, which is expected to run for two years, will be required to involve multiple partners including at least one local authority, one local enterprise partnership and several businesses.

 

The last date for submission of applications is noon on September 30, 2015. Participants should have registered themselves at Innovate website's competition page by noon the week before.

 

 

 

I need proper standardisation for inter operability

 

Source: http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/13/u-k-govt-to-fund-iot-for-cities-project-with-up-to-15m/

Comptition Page: https://interact.innovateuk.org/guidance-for-applicants

 

[Beskamir]

Is it cynical that I imminently imagined an Internet of things with no encryption?

[Toddwjp]

The encryption ban isn't going to happen. This is all down to the fact that there is a country right next to the United Kingdom, with one of the four countries making up the union being on the landmass, that speaks the same language as we do and lives a very similar way of life. This country is called the Republic of Ireland and there are some very important things to mention. If the UK government decides to ban encryption, a lot of the bigger businesses are just going to move parts, if not all, of their business to the Republic of Ireland. The same thing could also happen across the board if we decide to leave the European Union and we don't maintain the EU as a trade bloc.

 

half the business (refereing to corporations and multi nationals not incliding small buisness) in the uk are already registered in Ireland because it has lower tax