Honeywell acquires majority stake in Fiplex
Honeywell is buying a majority stake in Fiplex Communications, a Miami-based company that develops in-building communications systems. Fiplex technology includes bi-directional amplifiers that provide continuous and critical in-building radio [...]
Kerlink LoRaWan protects occupants from Covid-19
French IoT firm Kerlink is collaborating with Pennsylvania-based Microshare on LoRaWan building and asset management to protect occupants from Covid-19. The system uses information from building sensors and occupants [...]
EtherWan PoE switch suits building automation
Taiwan and California-based EtherWan Systems has introduced a 10Gbit, 90W PoE switch for urban infrastructure and building automation networks. The EX78900X switch is built to power a wide range [...]
Moscow launches smart construction site project
Authorities in Moscow have launched the practical stage of an experiment aimed at creating a smart construction site as a component of a smart city. The smart construction site [...]
Scottish project aims to smarten remote buildings
Schools, care homes, leisure centres and council offices are among those being transformed into smart buildings across the Scottish Highlands, as part of a £400,000 project between Highland Council [...]
Deako raises $12.5m to develop smart light switches
Seattle-based smart home start-up Deako Lighting has raised $12.5m in a series-B financing round. Deako plug-and-play light switches, contracted to be installed into one out of every eight new [...]
Smart building award for MiddleCap London office suite
Slovakian real-estate company MiddleCap has become the first in the UK to be awarded with the new Platinum Smart Building Certification. This was for its Southworks development in London, [...]
Microsoft joins IMC to accelerate IoT adoption
Microsoft has joined the IoT M2M Council (IMC), a trade group that fosters a community of 25,000 qualified IoT users. The Microsoft Azure IoT Engineering group will use the [...]
Turntide acquires Riptide to expand building automation
Turntide Technologies is acquiring fellow Californian company Riptide, a building automation firm whose software is driving the transition to smart, cloud-managed buildings. Turntide is known for its smart motor [...]
Infineon kit enables predictive maintenance for smart buildings
An evaluation kit from German electronics company Infineon Technologies provides quick and easy condition monitoring in smart buildings to enable predictive maintenance. The Xensiv kit was co-developed with IoT [...]
MachinesTalk uses LoRa to track construction workers
Saudi Arabian IoT service provider MachinesTalk is to provide smart badges for Red Sea Development construction workers building a massive tourism complex. The smart wearable technology and wireless tagging [...]
Vantiq and PrimusTech plan to transform buildings digitally
Californian firm Vantiq has announced a partnership with Singapore-based PrimusTech to develop and deploy real-time applications for the digital transformation of hospitals and commercial buildings. The collaboration will focus [...]
