Swedish company Yubico, which manufactures USB devices that provide two factor authentication FOR online accounts, has introduced what it says is the first such device to support both USB-C and Apple Lightning connectors. Tim Murphy, Yubico’s regional manager for Australia and New Zealand, said the new device, the YubiKey 5Ci would provide a much needed single […]
La Trobe launches first Australian IoT Masters course
La Trobe University says it will be the first Australian university to offer a course specialising in IoT when it launches a two-year Master of Internet of Things course at its Bendigo campus starting in March 2020. Head of the Technology Innovation Lab, Dr Simon Egerton, said the course had been developed to meet a […]
Graphene gets a role in IoT: sensing pressure, temperature and more
Australian graphene and data analytics company Imagine Intelligent Materials claims to have developed a graphene coating material that, combined with the company’s edge-based signal processing devices, can harvest pressure, moisture, stress and temperature data from anywhere on a surface at a fraction of the cost previously possible. It claims the new sensing technology is a […]
Cognian technologies launches wireless mesh to IoT-enable buildings
Australian company Cognian Technologies has launched a wireless mesh technology that it says can be easily installed in any building and make it a smart building by supporting a wide range of IoT devices and applications. It comprises a central hub and wireless units installed in the building’s smart lights. These interface to the lights […]
Fleet Space finds funding of $ 10.8m
Adelaide based Fleet Space Technologies—which is planning a network of nanosatellites for IoT applications—has raised $10.8 million from several global investors including Horizon Ventures, Momenta Ventures, Grok Ventures, existing investor Blackbird Ventures and the Kennard family, whose equipment hire company Kennards Hire, is a Fleet customer. Fleet provides IoT connectivity via its satellites and a […]
Aussie smart IoT cricket ball debuts at Lords
Queensland startup Jetson Industries has developed a smart cricket ball that will be manufactured and sold by Australian sports equipment maker Kookaburra and that Jetson hopes will be accepted for use in professional matches. It made its debut in a demonstration at Lords earlier this month. Jetson founder and CEO Ben Tattersfield told IoTAustralia that […]
D-Link debuts mydlink smart plug
D-Link has added a Wi-Fi enabled smart plug to its mydlink range ofsmart home products that can be controlled from a smartphone app. The DSP-W118 Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug can be set to remotely turn connected devices on and off on demand, or at scheduled times and can accept over-the-air firmware upgrades. The mydlink app […]
Optus IoT head decamps to Thinxtra
The former head of Optus’ IoT practice Anthony Stewart has joined Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong Sigfox network operator Thinxtra as general manager sales. Thinxtra described him as an industry pioneer who has worked extensively with Australian IoT early adopters since the early 2000s. He has been with Optus since 2010, initially as M2M […]
Goanna Ag teams with Myriota to manage farm water with IoT
Goanna Ag, a subsidiary of agricultural IoT company Discovery Ag, has partnered with satellite operator Myriota to develop a system to remotely manage and optimise water use on Australian farms. Goanna Ag says the system will use its sensors communicating over Myriota’s direct-to-orbit IoT satellite network to “unlock the power of remote monitoring at a price and […]
NetLinkz offers SDN for IoT
ASX listed SDN networking supplier NetLinkz (ASX: NET) has launched, at the AWS Summit in Beijing its Virtual Security Network (VSN) for IoT, billed as the inaugural customer collaboration product from IoT Lab in Beijing and Chinese company iSoftStone. VSN is billed as a cloud-based SD WAN for Android and IOS that offer fully meshed data […]
