New public safety software and services shown at Motorola Solutions’ London Innovation Centre
To celebrate Motorola Solutions’ 50th year in the UK, the company opened its London Innovation Centre on September 20 and demonstrated several concepts that embody its vision of “smart public safety for a digital society”.
Phil Jefferson, vice president for Western Europe and North Africa, and country manager UK and Ireland at Motorola Solutions; said that the company had spent $553 million on R&D in 2016 and in the same year had spent a further $1.5 billion on acquisitions associated with new technology.
Eduardo Conrado, Motorola Solutions’ EVP – chief strategy and innovation officer (pictured below), added that the company invests in roughly 10-15 start-ups each year and looks for research that could be applied to the world of public safety. He drew attention to the increasing use of voice to access the internet (as seen in the growing use of Alexa and Google Home).
He added that one of the company’s design goals is providing consistency across platforms, both in terms of interface and the data that can be accessed by the user. Conrado also noted that a typical police officer’s time is split as follows:
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