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Audio: Hearables. Not just Music, but Sound & the Environment
March 10th, 2020Webinar: Hearables. Not just Music, but Sound & the Environment
February 25th, 2020
Putting Human-Centric Lighting in the Hands of Designers for the First Time
“Human-centric lighting (HCL) is an inevitable reality for the future of lighting,” states our recent report on the emerging HCL market. “It may take some time but as the cost of tunable lighting comes down, the lure of health and productivity benefits will make HCL a standard feature in lighting for all kinds of buildings. […]
Low-Power Connectivity Essential to Bringing the Next Generation of Secure IoT Devices to Life
Buildings consume 70% of total electricity production in the US and account for 39% of CO2 emissions, according to the US Green Building Council, the figures are similar in other developed nations. While the most recent Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS), highlights that 17% of all electricity consumed in US commercial buildings is for […]
Could Bluetooth’s New Mesh Networking Trigger A New Wave Of IoT adoption In Smart Buildings?
What’s blue, meshed and could trigger a new wave of smart building technology adoption? This is no joke! Last week, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that Bluetooth technology, the global standard for simple, secure wireless connectivity, now supports mesh networking. This seemingly simple development has the capacity to disrupt connectivity within the smart […]
Samsung launches first Wi-Fi, BLE and ZigBee Access Point & Smallest Outdoor Mesh AP
Samsung is positioning itself at the core of enterprise network solution, unveiling two new IoT access points (APs), claiming industry firsts for the smallest outdoor mesh AP (ZigBee and BLE) and the first AP that combines WiFi, BLE and ZigBee. Emerging from trials in shopping malls, Samsung has opted to branch outdoors with network hardware […]
Wireless Technologies Battle for Internet of Things Supremacy
Today’s industrial revolution is the Internet of Things. If a company’s new electronic product isn’t connected and their business model doesn’t include a services component then they are losing relevancy and mindshare of their customers and falling behind their competition. By 2017, Gartner anticipates that 50% of IoT solutions will come from start-up companies less […]
Google Nest Launches New Product Lines and Updates
Nest, the Google subsidiary devoted to home automation, announced a refresh to its product line Wednesday, which includes a second-generation smoke detector, a unified Nest app, and the rebranded Dropcam, now called “Nest Cam”. Almost a year ago today, four months after being acquired by Google, Nest bought Dropcam for $555 million. Over the past […]
What Does Apple’s NFC-Enabled iPhone 6 Really Mean for Access Control & Identity Management?
Not very much it would seem, as the NFC chip inside the new iPhone 6 smartphones is for now restricted to ApplePay only. Both the new Apple Watch and iPhone 6 will have NFC capability and enable payments. However the documentation for iOS 8 seems to confirm that there is no open access for developers […]