HaiLa Technologies, a company specialising in ultra-low-power radio technologies for IoT, has announced a licence agreement with the University of Washington (UW) to develop and commercialise an innovative backscatter technology aimed at reducing power consumption in wireless communications. Under this…
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NFC charging emerging as a transformative technology
Near-field communication (NFC) charging is offering a solution to one of the most persistent challenges in IoT; power autonomy. NFC as a technology can transmit power as well as data. As IoT devices grow across different sectors from consumer wearables…
Protolabs and Mindsett create asset monitoring device
Protolabs, a provider of rapid manufacturing for low-volume 3D printed, CNC-machined, sheet metal, and injection-moulded custom parts for prototyping, has announced a collaboration with the UK’s rapidly growing facilities management company, Mindsett, to create PRISM, an intelligent asset monitoring device.…
What is Zigbee? Investigating the wireless mesh network standard
The Zigbee protocol is a low-power, wireless mesh network that was introduced as a standard in the early noughties by the then Zigbee Alliance, now the Connectivity Standard Alliance (CSA). The protocol has had a significant impact in the IoT…
Kontron and Amarisoft to provide “off the shelf private 5G solutions
Kontron, a global provider of IoT and Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), has announced a partnership with Amarisoft, a 4G/5G software technology provider, to facilitate the deployment of private 5G solutions for the defence and security sectors. This collaboration integrates Kontron’s…