The Internet of Things has seen a rise in the interconnectivity of devices, cars and buildings. Almost everything seems to have a ‘smart’ alternative now. ‘Smart’ devices consist of those which were already digital, such as speakers and TVs, as…
Automation, connectivity and intelligence evolve in smart homes
The global smart home device market accounted for $68.8 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $156.6 billion by 2028. That is a lot of money quickly being invested into some serious home improvement! Our homes are rapidly graduating…
Edge AI and privacy offering for smarter building automation
Lumentum Holdings, a designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, and Ambarella, an edge AI semiconductor and software company, announced a new joint reference design that uniquely combines Edge AI (artificial intelligence) with privacy, enabling new possibilities for…
Smart building deployments to exceed 115m globally in 2026
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of buildings globally deploying smart building technologies will reach 115 million in 2026, from 45 million in 2022. This growth of over 150% reflects increasing demand for energy efficiency…
Benefits for IoT device development
There is unprecedented interest in the Matter Standard, the new smart home interoperability standard being developed by Google, Apple, Amazon, Samsung, Comcast, GE and many other brands, to help devices work together in a single smart home ecosystem. With World…
Arlitech inductors in Mi USB lights and portable devices
Xiaomi is known to be more than a smartphone supplier. As far back as 2013, Xiaomi had launched the MIoT ecosystem to build up an IoT community that includes more than 400 companies until now. Later in 2014, the Mi…
Wi-Fi 6/6E IP expanded for Access Point Market
CEVA, a licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies and integrated IP solutions, announced the latest member of its widely adopted RivieraWaves Wi-Fi IP family, the RivieraWaves Wi-Fi 6 Access Point (AP) IP. Addressing the expansion of Wi-Fi 6…
Can IoT help businesses fight rising energy costs?
The issue of rising energy costs continues to dominate headlines in the UK, and with prices anticipated to increase significantly for everyone, businesses need to take the opportunity to explore new methods to optimise energy use. IoT sensor technology is…
Sun at home: LEDs that reproduce natural daylight
LEDVANCE launches new SUN@HOME smart lighting range that reproduces natural daylight for a better quality of life. The SUN@HOME range from LEDVANCE offers lamps and luminaires that use unique sun-like full-spectrum LEDs to increase well-being and performance in the home.…
Getting the solar energy harvesting right for your IoT solution
Solar energy harvesting for IoT is moving from hobbyists and makers to mainstream professional IoT applications. The driving factor is the sustainability of the business model. For growing applications in agricultural monitoring and asset tracking, the main reasons for using…
