Teleconnect uses home gateway to isolate functions
At the recent IEEE 5G++ Summit in Dresden, German developer Teleconnect showed how a home gateway can be used to isolate various independent functions securely. The use of G.hn [...]
Real-estate firms turn to Vast for construction site safety
Kumar Properties and Nyati Group have selected a mobile-based safety platform from Indian company Valueadd Softtech (Vast) to deploy at more than 30 construction sites. Vast’s SafetyApp enables safety [...]
Ikea announces Matter-ready hub
Swedish flat-pack furniture giant Ikea has announced a Matter-ready hub and a smart-home app. The hub called Dirigera is due to be launched in October, about the same time [...]
IMC membership level targets IoT influencers
The IoT M2M Council (IMC) has established a new level of membership to attract individuals that wish to exert influence on the IoT technology sector. The IMC has long [...]
Johnson Controls opens Irish innovation centre
Buildings technology giant Johnson Controls is opening an OpenBlue innovation centre at its global headquarters in Cork, Ireland. The centre aims to create a future-ready built environment for both [...]
Pilot uses IoT to reduce Covid spread in buildings
Combining off-the-shelf IoT technologies and equipment with mathematical models that simulated the propagation of Covid-19, a pilot at the Kremlin-Bicêtre AP-HP university hospital in Paris has demonstrated how building [...]
WBA issues guidelines for wifi sensing
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has issued residential wifi sensing deployment guidelines for smart homes and in-home applications. The guidelines should help wifi service providers expand into home-based applications [...]
Tencent Cloud leads Broad Homes down smart building path
Chinese firm Tencent Cloud is helping local construction company Broad Homes develop opportunities in smart buildings. The partnership will use Broad Homes’ whole-process digital information system and globalised, large-scale, [...]
BGES helps building managers optimise estates
UK firm BGES Group has launched a range of technologies to help building managers optimise and decarbonise their estates. The Assure portfolio joins the company’s recently expanded projects and [...]
Indoor positioning start-up Oriient raises $11m
Israeli indoor positioning firm Oriient has announced an $11m series A funding round, bringing the total investment in the company to $16m. The funding should help scale implementation of [...]
House hunters seek smart home devices, says Parks
Almost two-thirds of prospective multi-dwelling unit (MDU) residents report that pre-installation of smart home devices is an important factor when selecting a new home, according to consultancy Parks Associate. [...]
Silicon Labs alpha trials show value of Matter
Texas semiconductor company Silicon Labs has revealed details of how some of its customers are preparing for the launch of the Matter standard using SoCs it launched earlier this [...]
