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Next up: Smart homes

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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Now that you have a smartphone, it's time for a smart home

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ZigBee would allow remote use of home electronics

You probably have a mobile phone with a Bluetooth radio in it, and you may have a Wi-Fi network as well. Soon, you could be using a third wireless networking technology in your house.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ZigBee Specification Is Ratified

The ZigBee Alliance has ratified the first ZigBee™ specification making the development and deployment of extremely power efficient, cost effective, low data rate monitoring, control and sensing networks a reality. This o ...

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created Dec 17, 2004 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Freescale's ZigBee Enabled Platform Achieves Industry-Leading 378 Meter Range

Setting an industry record, Freescale Semiconductor’s ZigBee enabled platform scored high marks in L.S. Research’s evaluation tests by achieving over 378 meters (1240 feet) of range without the aid of external power amplifiers ...

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created Dec 16, 2004 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New record low-power multi-standard transceiver for sensor networks

Imec and Holst Centre announce a 2.3/2.4GHz transmitter for wireless sensor applications compliant with 4 wireless standards (IEEE802.15.6/4/4g and Bluetooth Low Energy). The transmitter has been fabricated ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LED lights point shoppers in the right direction

Looking for an item in a large department store or mall can be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but that could change thanks to a hybrid location-identification system that uses radio frequency transmitters and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tiny new tool to track heart rate in real time on a smartphone (w/ video)

Thanks to an invention from two EPFL laboratories, patients and their doctors can now immediately be made aware of heart rate anomalies and can thus quickly take any necessary medical measures. The device is very small, non-invasive ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smartphone battery life could dramatically improve with new invention

A new "subconscious mode" for smartphones and other WiFi-enabled mobile devices could extend battery life by as much as 54 percent for users on the busiest networks.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Wireless 'breadcrumbs' that won’t become toast when baked... or soggy when hosed

When Hansel and Gretel ventured into the forest, they left a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way home. In today's world, cellular phones, Global Positioning System (GPS), WiFi, and Bluetooth are the digital ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lastest graphene research could lead to improvements in bluetooth headsets and other devices

Researchers at the UC Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have built and successfully tested an amplifier made from graphene that could lead to more efficient circuits in electronic chips, such as those ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

NEC Develops 'Low-Power, Low-Noise All-Digital Phase Lock Loop' for Portable Wireless Terminals

NEC Corporation today announced a development of the "Low-Power Low-Noise All-Digital Phase Lock Loop (ADPLL)" LSI. The newly developed LSI is suitable for midget wireless equipment yielding a long operation ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Neighbourhood grids promise energy gains

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are creating technology that will treat neighbourhoods like a miniature power grid, sharing energy generated at each house according to need. Allied to a host of other ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Modern wireless technologies could save bushfire lives

Mobile technologies, including the global system for mobile communication (GSM) and the ZigBee short-range wireless data connection technology could be used to monitor and detect bushfires, according to two research papers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As the refrigerator said to the hi-fi...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Networked sensors and devices have huge potential but how can we ensure that they can all talk to each other? The answer, according to a European consortium, is to link them seamlessly through a common 'middleware'.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast