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Google ATAP has a blueprint for ambient computing

August 22, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

This story was first published in the Aug. 19 issue of my weekly newsletter.  If you live in a smart home, how do you interact with it? Chances are you do so in one of two ways: Either you speak to a voice assistant or you tap around on a mobile … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Ambient Computing, google, Intent, location, presence, Project Soli, RF, smart home, ultra wideband, UWB

Project Soli: a fading Ripple in the IoT waters?

January 12, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

Project Soli and Pixel 4

Google’s Project Soli, the use of small radar sensors in devices, officially launched in 2015. And in six years, we’ve seen few products that actually use it. Now, Google has helped create an open-source API effort for the Soli technology called … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: APIs, gestures, google, Motion Sense, Nest Hub, open source, Pixel 4, Project Soli, Radar

Even the FCC agrees: 60 GHz radar is big for the Internet of Things

July 14, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: AirTags, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Apple, CarKey, google, IIoT, industrial internet of things, Nest Hub, Project Soli, ultra wideband, UWB

Are you ready for the coming UWB revolution?

October 7, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

You may not have noticed, but there’s a new chip that’s been quietly included in new mobile devices over the last year or so. And there are more devices that will have it, including ones for the smart home. It’s called an Ultra Wideband, or UWB, chip … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: 60 GHz, Apple, bluetooth, Car Key, Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, google, Pixel 4, Project Soli, samsung, smart home, smart lights, ultra wideband, UWB, Wi-Fi

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