A new £24m Internet of Things research hub in the UK has been announced, called the PETRAS IoT Hub, with the aim of making Britain the world's best place to develop and deploy new internet technologies. Nine UK universities, led by UCL, are part of the new consortium which has received £9.8m support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council as part of the UK Government's £800 millionm investment in IoT research; the additional £9.7m comes from businesses, NGO's and public bodies.
A new £24m Internet of Things research hub in the UK has been announced, called the PETRAS IoT Hub, with the aim of making Britain the world's best place to develop and deploy new internet technologies. Nine UK universities, led by UCL, are part of the new consortium which has received £9.8m support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council as part of the UK Government's £40m investment in IoT research; the additional £9.7m comes from businesses, NGO's and public bodies.