Sydney based WBS Technology is marketing an IoT system for commercial buildings based on networked, communications-enabled emergency lights. The lights communicate with each other and with sensors using 6LoWPAN and RPL protocols over LoRaWAN. These communicate with a cloud based platform via cellular and locally can be monitored and controlled from a smartphone via bluetooth. […]
South Australia Govt backs state-wide Sigfox rollout
The South Australian Government, through Investment Attraction South Australia is to accelerate and expand the rollout of Thinxtra’s Sigfox low-powered wide area network for IoT in the state. Thinxtra, Sigfox’s Australian licensee, aims to have a Sigfox network covering 85 percent of the Australian population by the end of 2018. Earlier this month it announced […]
Taiwanese chipmaker chief joins Xped board
ASX-listed IoT Technology company, Xped (ASX: XPE), has announced the appointment of Dr Wenjun Sheng, the chairman and CEO of Taiwanese chipmaker, Telink Semiconductor, to its board. Telink in January announced the TLSR8269, claiming it to be “the world’s first all-in-one system-on-chip (SoC) for the Internet of Things,” that “redefines the IoT landscape by combining […]
In search of fog computing
In search of fog computing If you happen to be at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in mid August instead of losing your shirt at the tables you could catch a three day conference dedicated to fog computing, one of the newest concepts in the world of IoT, and one that seems to be still […]
Look to dark data from IoT for business transformation, says SAP
Gartner defines dark data as “the information assets organisations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes (for example, analytics, business relationships and direct monetising).” The concept has been around for a few years now. This 2013 article in Forbes Magazine touted the potential of dark data. […]
