Ulefone AI-driven rugged smartphones at MWC 2025

Ulefone has announced its return to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025, taking place from March 3rd to March 6th in Barcelona, Spain. Under the theme ‘AI, Equip Your Armor’, Ulefone will showcase its next-generation rugged smartphones, combining robust designs…

Synaptics extends Edge AI MCUs

Synaptics has extended its Synaptics Astra AI-Native platform with the SR-Series high-performance adaptive microcontroller units (MCUs) for scalable, context-aware Edge AI. The series features three tiers of operation: performance (100 GOPS), efficiency, and ultra-low-power (ULP) always-on (AON) to deliver intelligence…

Rental housing company successfully deploys Watergate’s technology

Rental housing company Greystar has achieved a 68% reduction in water usage and identified £111,000 in annual savings after implementing Watergate’s smart water management system in its London student accommodation portfolio. Following on from a successful pilot, Greystar deployed Watergate’s…

SoC family for embedded Edge AI IoT

Synaptics Incorporated has extended its Veros Triple Combo connectivity portfolio with the SYN461x family of ultra-low-power (ULP) Wi-Fi 2.4/5/6GHz, Bluetooth 6.0 and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee/Thread) systems on chip (SoCs). Designed for the embedded Edge AI…

Oxion 2.0 AI-driven RF design tool arrives with more features

Ignion has released Oxion 2.0, the AI-driven RF and antenna design tool that puts antennas first, simplifies integration, and removes the usual roadblocks.  Now featuring Automatic PCB Gerber Review, Oxion 2.0 processes and analyses PCB Gerber files in detail and…

Insight SIP launches RF module with high performance IoT node

Insight SIP is launching the ISP2554-HM module. This module represents a dynamic IoT node, with support for Bluetooth Low Energy, Thread, and Zigbee radios and high-performance computing including an ability to run AI at the Edge. It can thus form…

Axelera AI and Kudelski IoT partner

Kudelski IoT, a division of the Kudelski Group, and Axelera AI, a specialist in high-performance, energy-efficient AI solutions, announced a strategic partnership focused on addressing the growing need for robust security in AI deployments. The collaboration brings together Axelera AI’s…

DigiKey partners with SparkFun for XRP robotics kits

DigiKey has announced a collaboration with SparkFun to bring Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP) kits to the next generation of engineers, developers and innovators. DigiKey and SparkFun’s partnership provides XRP robotics kits to aspiring engineers eager to gain hands-on STEM experience.…

Soracom and Suzuki launch micro e-mobility platform concept

Soracom and Suzuki have launched a proof-of-concept (PoC) using IoT to commercialise Suzuki’s “Versatile micro e-Mobility Platform concept,” which applies electric wheelchair technology to provide mobility solutions for various robots. The Versatile micro e-Mobility Platform concept has been developed by…

Blecon launches Bluetooth Cloud-connected modules

Blecon has announced Blecon-enabled modules in collaboration with leading Bluetooth module manufacturers. These modules provide Cloud connectivity over Bluetooth Low Energy, featuring secure identity, geolocation, global time synchronisation and over-the-air (OTA) updates, combined with pre-certified hardware and Zephyr-based application development,…