WBA says Quality of Service mechanisms breakthrough could underpin next wave of low-latency applications

The Wireless Broadband Alliance has reported what it describes as a significant improvement in Wi-Fi performance following a series of field trials showing how standardised Quality of Service mechanisms can lead to latency reductions of up to 70%. The industry…

Casambi, DANLERS, and Calumino launch privacy-safe thermal sensing for smart buildings

Casambi Technologies, DANLERS, and Calumino have announced the commercial rollout of a privacy-safe thermal-sensing system for smart buildings, marking the full integration of Calumino’s low-resolution thermal technology into the Casambi wireless lighting platform through DANLERS’ plug-and-play controllers. The launch comes…

Avalue targets hospital AI shift with launch of medical-grade Edge computing platform

Avalue Technology has launched a new line of medical-grade Edge computing systems designed to meet rising demand for real-time AI processing in hospitals, as healthcare providers accelerate digital transformation across imaging, surgery, and point-of-care services. The Taiwan-listed industrial computer maker…

Panaseer unveils AI-driven IQ Suite to sharpen cyber-risk decision-making

Panaseer has launched an AI-powered suite of tools that it claims will help corporate security teams prioritise and remediate cyber risks more effectively, as organisations face expanding attack surfaces and adversaries making greater use of automation. The New York-based company,…

DALI Alliance unveils new standards to link wired lighting controls with Bluetooth NLC, Zigbee

The DALI Alliance has introduced new test and certification specifications designed to link its wired lighting-control technology with leading wireless systems, in a move aimed at boosting interoperability across the smart-building sector. The specifications, announced today, set out how so-called…

Arctic football arena installs smart LEDs to cut energy use and improve visibility

An indoor football arena, in the Norwegian town of Fauske, perched above the Arctic Circle, has been fitted with a smart lighting system designed to eliminate dark spots on the pitch and cut energy use, in a project that reflects…

Fountech launches Anticip8 1.0 as predictive AI race intensifies

Fountech, the applied artificial intelligence research laboratory, has unveiled Anticip8 1.0, a predictive AI platform designed to forecast human actions rather than language, as competition intensifies in behavioural analytics technologies. The company says the system can anticipate human behaviour, emotional…

Avalue warns IoT shift to large-scale deployment demands stronger Edge and AI capability

Avalue Technology has said the global Internet of Things sector is shifting from early-stage trials to broad commercial deployment, as the number of connected devices rose 13% to 18.8bn units in 2024 and began generating far larger volumes of sensor…

Kongsberg and MacArtney agree MoU to create integrated underwater sensing offer

Kongsberg Discovery and MacArtney Underwater Technology have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding aimed at creating a combined turnkey offering in the fast-growing market for towed underwater sensing systems. The agreement, concluded on Monday at Kongsberg Discovery’s facility in Horten,…

Microsoft unveils zero-trust optical blueprint to power AI networks

Microsoft has collaborated with Ciena to put together a blueprint for a next-generation optical networks designed to keep AI traffic flowing, even when systems fail. In a whitepaper explaining the partnership, Microsoft and Ciena explain how their tiered, zero-trust architecture,…