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Evening Standard
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Rachelle Abbott

Tech Science Daily: We’re at the UK’s biggest IOT expo - TechEx 2021

Tech Expo 2021

(Picture: Nick Robinson)

Tech conference season is back.

Everyone’s flashed their vaccine passport, there’s plenty of elbow bumping and IRL eye contact’s returned here for Day 1 of the Intenet of Things Expo 2021, at London’s Business Design Centre.

We find out about shoebox-sized satellites are controlling IOT devices back on Earth using tiny amounts of power, and the challenges of hosting a Covid-era conference.

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