Last month, Amazon was quietly granted a waiver by the FCC to use 60 GHz frequencies in devices to provide radar-like features in fixed devices. This follows a similar waiver for Google’s Project Soli in 2018 as well as several other approvals for … [Read more...]
Don’t wait up for 5G factory deployments
Every week, I get a new press release discussing a pilot project that's bringing 5G connectivity to manufacturing plants. Maybe it's Ericsson making its own gear, or Intel and several partners, or even Qualcomm and ASE. This cavalcade of … [Read more...]
What’s a good IoT sensor solution for small businesses and data centers?
On our most recent IoT Podcast, we got a question from Frank about monitoring the various data center locations he's responsible for. Specifically, Frank wants to monitor room temperatures and for water leaks. While this could be done with consumer … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week, Nov. 13, 2020
From COVID to a panopticon: This article's author does an amazing job of weaving together various corporate activities aimed at adopting wearables for social distancing into a coherent look at what happens to people-tracking in the office after … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Oct. 9, 2020
Here's a privacy-centric way to track employees in buildings: Density is launching a product called Open Area that uses radar sensing to track people moving inside buildings. Density may be familiar to y'all as a company I've covered due to its … [Read more...]