Internet of Things Summit London

Fhoss clothing uses electroluminescent technology with a power cell to provide 15 hours of continued light. “The products make it much easier to see how many people are working on a road or down a mine,” he said. “The tower at Gatwick Airport can now see workers on the runway", said CEO Andrew Kimitri.

The mission of ARC wearables is to help technology users "escape the screen". The ARC Pendant is a discreet, smart pendant that listens to the body and voice control, and responds by providing guidance using haptic feedback. A wearable, says company CEO Tom Shrive, that "helps streamline and simplify the way people live in the connected world".

Paul Clarke, Director of Technology at Ocado: "IoT is bout creating new efficiencies. It isn’t just about ‘things’ like meters and sensors. It’s about people, too. We’re working on robotics technology for automated product-picking but it’s people who will deal with exceptions and alerts."

With smart textiles we can "download new colours or patterns" to our clothes, said Francesca Rosella, Creative Director at CuteCircuit. "By embedding nanotechnology into fabrics, we can create "smart textiles" that are conductive, or even computational. Now through nanotechnology, some fabric can be coated with particles of silver or gold to become a conductive fabric.

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Mannequins are now digitally tracking UK shoppers. Three major UK stores have become the first to trial mannequins embedded with beacon technology, designed to give nearby customers relevant information. Hear more from the company founder, Jonathan Berlin at the summit.

“Silicon Valley has this misconception that if the technical feature is well-built enough, consumers will lap it up, no matter what it looks like. This is not the case,” adds Kate Unsworth, founder and CEO of Kovert Designs, a London-based startup that’s launching sleek, smart jewelery.

Xavier Vilajosana's main research interests are the development of low power protocols, with the emphasis on standardisation. Within the framework of the OpenWSN project, he has implemented the 6LowPan, RPL, RSVP and GMPLS standards.

Air pollution affects each and every one of us; the health impacts are considerable, and have become a well-understood and widely publicised issue. Change London have created AirSensa, a UK-wide network of urban air quality monitors, starting in Greater London, to monitor and visualise air quality right down to individual street level.

A startup called Ultrahaptics aims to make gesture control and virtual reality more engaging by using ultrasound waves to let you feel like you’re touching virtual objects and surfaces with your bare hands. Applications could include improving navigation for the visually impaired by projecting the sensation of Braille letters onto finger.

Fitness trackers such as FuelBand, Jawbone, and Fitbit have led the way in familiarising consumers with wearable technology. Watchie, a device created with Concirrus, is designed to help alzheimer sufferers, it allows a wearer’s whereabouts to be located reliably, both indoors and outdoors, helping careers and comforting families.