Press Releases

Amazon Echo & Google Home to reside in over 50% of US households by 2022, as multi-assistant devices take off

A new study from Juniper Research has found that smart speakers such as Amazon Echo, Google Home, and the Sonos One will be installed in over 70 million US households by 2022, reaching 55% of all homes. Total installed devices will exceed 175 million. (more…)

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November 9, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Orange launches three connected objects

After the launch of its VR2 headset and its drone in October, Orange launches Live Cam to complete the range of connected objects under the operator’s brand. Orange has long been involved in the distribution of connected objects and support for start-ups. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Heelight: A smart bulb that can hear the environment

Heelight is the most intelligent light bulb in the world, listening to the environment with digital sound control. You can change the color and brightness of the lamp by using no Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or ZigBee gateway sound. It has 16 million RGB colours and can be used and adjusted to your liking. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Multiprotocol Wireless Software from Silicon Labs advances IoT connectivity for next-generation applications

Silicon Labs has released new dynamic multiprotocol software for its Wireless Gecko system-on-chip (SoC) and module portfolio, enabling simultaneous operation of Zigbee®and Bluetooth® low energy (LE) on a single SoC and bringing together the key application benefits of both protocols. (more…)

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November 8, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

eleven-X and University of British Columbia announce Smart Campus waste bin monitoring pilot project

eleven-X Inc. announced its second Smart Campus initiative with the University of British Columbia aimed at real-time tracking of fill-levels of on-campus outdoor waste disposal and re-cycling bins associated with the campus parking facilities. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Silver Spring Networks completes IoT network canopy rollout for DEWA

At WETEX, Silver Spring Networks, Inc. announced the initial successful completion of the deployment of its multi-application IPv6 network canopy for Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). DEWA’s network canopy extends across the Emirate of Dubai and is based on Silver Spring’s Gen5 technology, (more…)

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November 7, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Building cross-boundary collaborative solutions for next-gen IoT-enabled operations

Over the past few decades, IIoT technologies have crept into virtually every aspect of industrial automation and operations. Seamless connectivity, technology-agnostic interoperability and data-uniformity have enabled operators to easily monitor, manage and leverage data from any number of proprietary assets and processes in ways that, before, were simply cost prohibitive. (more…)

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November 3, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Bell and Howell selects ThingWorx platform to enable smart, connected service

PTC announced that Bell and Howell has selected the ThingWorx® industrial innovation platform to transform its service organisation by enabling remote monitoring and service of its connected industrial mechatronic machines. (more…)

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November 2, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Farnell element14 launches maker to market services to support start-ups on the road to success

Farnell element14, the Development Distributor, announces the launch of “Maker to Market: a range of capabilities that offer start-ups the support, expertise and resources to take their products to market. (more…)

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October 31, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Everysight and Qualcomm announce reshaping of the cycling experience with Raptor AR Smartglasses

Everysight, the makers of the soon-to-be released Raptor AR Smartglasses (Raptor), selected the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410E embedded platform, a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., to power its flagship product. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde