Press Releases

Thingsquare announces IoT starter kit combining wireless IPv6 meshing with Bluetooth beacons

Thingsquare has announce the availability of an IoT Sensortag starter kit, in collaboration with Texas Instruments and Weptech. This, says Jarle Boe, development kit manager at Texas Instruments and founder of the Sensortag platform, is the world’s first Internet of Things (IoT) system that combines remote connectivity through IPv6 meshing with proximity detection via Bluetooth beacons. (more…)

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January 5, 2017

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Samsung Introduces the POWERbot™VR7000 robot vacuum at CES 2017

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the latest in its innovative and popular line of POWERbotTM vacuum cleaners, the VR7000. (more…)

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December 29, 2016

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Expectations for IoT in 2017: Key developments in LPWA tech, connected cars and smart cities

2016 has been a busy year for telecoms operators in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, most notably in low-power, wide-area (LPWA) technologies as narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M (long-term evolution to 4G, machine to machine) approach full commercial deployment. (more…)

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December 28, 2016

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Developments in LPWA technologies, connected cars and smart cities among Analysys Mason’s IoT predictions for 2017

2016 has been a busy year for telecoms operators in the IoT market, most notably in low-power, wide-area (LPWA) technologies as NB-IoT and LTE-M approach full commercial deployment. (more…)

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December 21, 2016

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BMW to locate research team at IBM’s Munich Watson IoT HQ to explore talk interfaces in i8 hybrid sports cars

IBM has announced a new collaboration with the BMW Group, through which the companies will work together to explore the role of Watson cognitive computing in personalising the driving experience and creating more intuitive driver support systems for cars of the future. (more…)

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December 19, 2016

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BodyCap’s wearable health monitoring devices now used aboard the International Space Station

BodyCap, a company specialised in miniaturised wireless monitoring devices, announced that two of its wearable health monitoring devices are currently being used by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard the International Space Station (ISS), (more…)

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December 15, 2016

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Stream’s IoT-X platform selected to deploy LoRaWAN low power wide area network technology

In partnership with Sensor City, Stream Technologies will be bringing Liverpool to the Internet of Things with the deployment of the LoRaWAN™ low power wide area network technology. (more…)

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eleven-x lights up Canada’s first carrier-grade low power wide area network for IoT

To serve the growing Canadian demand for next generation connectivity, Waterloo-based eleven-x launched Canada’s first carrier-grade low power wide area network for Internet of Things (IoT). (more…)

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Smart parking project completed in Czech Republic following collaboration by SPEL and Paradox Engineering

Czech engineering company, SPEL Inc. and Swiss technology company, Paradox Engineering SA are collaborating to design and implement next-generation solutions for smart mobility and smart cities, pooling respective competences and expertise in industrial and urban services automation. (more…)

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Alexa – Make my building run better!

One of this season’s best selling gifts is the Amazon Echo with Alexa. Plug it in and Echo / Alexa will run your house for you: turning on lights, locking / unlocking doors, catering to your family member’s unique climate comfort needs, and reducing your energy bill – all voice activated and without any hard-core programming. (more…)

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December 14, 2016

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