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TOTO announces a collaboration with Comcast’s MachineQ on smart restroom integration

Morrow, United States – TOTO, a manufacturer of plumbing products with more than [$5.45 billion (€5.08 billion)] in annual sales, has announced that it is collaborating with MachineQ, a Comcast Company, to increase its IoT smart restroom products’ installation opportunities in high-traffic public restrooms across the U.S. (more…)

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January 10, 2023

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Renesas announces its initial Wi-Fi development kit with support for Matter protocol

Tokyo, Japan – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced its initial development kit that includes support for the new Matter protocol. Renesas also announced that it will offer Matter support on all future Wi-Fi, Bluetooth low Energy (LE) and IEEE 802.15.4 (Thread) products, including products from recently acquired Dialog Semiconductor and Celeno Communications. (more…)

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Why 2023 is ‘the perfect year’ to hire global talent

The recruitment landscape has seen a seismic shift in recent years owing not insignificantly to a global pandemic. But what does the future hold for employers and recruiters? (more…)

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January 9, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

Agrology and partners secure around $5mn in USDA grants for climate-smart agriculture

Alexandria, United States – Agrology, a seed-stage climate technology start-up, has announced that the company is one of six partners awarded approximately $5M in funding from the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative. Together the partners will further develop the capacity for growers to quantify climate-smart practices. Agrology was chosen as the partner to quantify regenerative practices in real time due to their MRV platform, ground-truth measurements, and monitoring of greenhouse gasses and soil carbon respiration. (more…)

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Atmosic, Energous announce updated evaluation kit with AirFuel wireless power intelligent transfer standard

Atmosic Technologies, a developer in energy harvesting wireless platforms for the Internet of Things (IoT), and Energous Corporation, a developer of RF-based power for wireless networks, have announced a software update for their wirelessly powered sensor evaluation kit featuring Atmosic’s energy harvesting Bluetooth Low Energy system-on-chip (SoC) solutions and Energous’ FCC-certified 1W WattUp PowerBridge transmitter. The kit update now supports the recently announced AirFuel Alliance RF wireless power and charging standard to further enable the adoption and interoperability of radio frequency (RF) as a power source in addition to data communications. (more…)

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TDK to acquire Qeexo to enable complete smart edge platforms

San Jose, United States – TDK Corporation has agreed to acquire Qeexo, Co., a U.S.-based venture-backed company spun out of Carnegie Mellon University engaged in the automation of end-to-end machine learning for edge devices. As a result of the acquisition, Qeexo will become a wholly owned subsidiary of TDK, subject to customary closing conditions, including approval of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS). (more…)

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UBILITE hires Peter Gammel as a new CEO

UBILITE has announced that Peter L. Gammel has joined the company as its new CEO. Mr. Gammel most recently held the position of vice president and CTO of the Mobile and Wireless Infrastructure Business Unit at GlobalFoundries. Previously, he was the CTO of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. and also served as CTO and vice president of engineering at SiGe Semiconductor before its acquisition by Skyworks. Prior to SiGe Semiconductor, he was vice president of engineering at Renaissance Wireless and CTO at Advance Nanotech and for Agere Systems’ Analogue Products Business. He was also a distinguished member of technical staff at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. (more…)

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January 6, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

iNet hires Oyvind Folge as vice president in VSAT programme management

Infrastructure Networks, Inc. (iNet), a remote communications and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider to critical infrastructure industries, has reports that Oyvind Folge has joined iNet as vice president in VSAT Programme Management. (more…)

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Actelis selected by NI Railways to enable high-speed connectivity for safety critical project

Fremont, United States – Actelis Networks, Inc., a market provider in cyber-hardened, rapid deployment networking solutions for wide area IoT applications, has announced that it has been selected by Northern Ireland Railways (NI Railways) to enable high-speed connectivity for a large-scale safety critical project.

NI Railways, a division of Translink, is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. The agency operates and maintains rail tracks, bridges, level crossings and signals, transporting with more than 1.5 million passengers each week going to work, school, health services, and leisure activities.

With the addition of NI Railways as a new customer, Actelis continues to enable new applications for both passenger and freight railway systems around the globe. Next to NI Railways, Actelis’ solutions are utilised by smart railways in Canada, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the United States.

NI Railways’ latest project involving the Actelis hybrid fibre-copper solution requires carrying data from the agency’s main signaling centre out to their support offices. Actelis’ solution was chosen for its high speed, media flexibility and reliability. Actelis’ products are implemented both trackside and in equipment rooms, to enable applications such as:

    • Vital customer information services to train stations and remote stops across the agency’s network.
    • Viewing and remotely downloading feeds from CCTV cameras.

“The Actelis solution provides the reach, reliability, data security and speed we need to successfully support connectivity for some of our most critical network applications,” says Nigel Taylor, telecoms maintenance manager for Translink. “We look forward to adding new Actelis devices in 2023 at locations where we have fibre installed to further upgrade our network.”

Actelis is serving NI Railways together with its partner, The Kenton Group. The Kenton Group provides design, delivery, and support of network access needs internationally and throughout the United Kingdom.

“IoT and digital applications are necessary to support safe and efficient rail travel,” says Tuvia Barlev, chairman and CEO of Actelis. “We are extremely proud to extend high-speed connectivity throughout NI Railways’ network to enable the delivery of these services, meeting the needs of daily passengers across Northern Ireland.”

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Wireless Power Consortium brings Qi2 standard to enhance wireless charging for mobile devices, wearables

Las Vegas, United States – The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) will introduce a wireless charging standard to unify the industry under one global standard and provide enhanced convenience for mobile devices and wearables. (more…)

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Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar