Technology has a history of helping to track and treat viruses. With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, people are asking how new technologies such as the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and big data can slow down...
A single cloud-based software installation can monitor a 100-bed, multi-site ICU
GE Healthcare is collaborating with Microsoft to launch a cloud-based COVID-19 patient monitoring software for health systems, and hospitals will only need to pay the installation costs for the software until January 2021.
Pre-COVID-19, GE Healthcare’s Mural Virtual...
U.S. company Semtech said that several of its customers, including CIAAIoT, EasyLinkin, IOCA, RisingHF, and Winext Technology, have integrated Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol with cloud-based platforms developed by Chinese companies Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud, to deploy smarter Internet of Things...
Moving forward, education and healthcare will lean on wireless technology more heavily, says Cradlepoint CMO
One of the primary challenges of battling COVID-19 is delivering reliable connectivity to the millions of students now attending classes from home. While the virus is affecting every single one...
Sigfox is offering to waive connectivity costs for US-based IoT projects developed on its connectivity infrastructure that seek to address critical challenges related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The French firm’s US office has issued a called to the IoT community to “join forces” to...
5G officially arrived this year. In certain parts of the US, it’s already providing AT&T users with upload speeds as fast as 500 megabytes per second and significantly reduced latency. It reached South Korea in 2018, and was launched in China in October by...
5G officially arrived this year. In certain parts of the US, it’s already providing AT&T users with upload speeds as fast as 500 megabytes per second and significantly reduced latency. It reached South Korea in 2018, and was launched in China in October by...
Verizon and Emory Healthcare have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and test 5G use cases that could transform the healthcare industry, the U.S. carrier said in a release.
As part of the partnership, Verizon lit up the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) with...
Verizon has turned up its 5G service at a healthcare lab in Atlanta, partnering with Emory Healthcare in a move to develop and test 5G use cases in the medical field. The carrier is providing 5G coverage at Emory's Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH), which...
ZTE also working with China Mobile on hospital network in Wuhan
ZTE Corporation and China Telecom have realized what it claims to be China's first 5G remote diagnosis of the new coronavirus pneumonia backed up with the latest 5G technology, ZTE said in a release.
The...
Mobile connectivity will soon become frictionless and omnipresent, according to Cisco
According to Bob Everson, global director of mobility and 5G at Cisco, the debate about whether 5G is truly here will come to a close in 2020, and we will "actually experience what it...
Digital technologies present many exciting opportunities for improving patient outcomes. Remote monitoring with medical sensors, shared access to patient records, personalized care plans, remote robotic surgery — and, the list goes on.
However, something important is missing in many of these lists: rock-solid, secure (private)...
A doctor in Rome has performed “major surgery” on a patient in an operating theatre in the city of Terni, 100 kilometres away, using virtual reality glasses and a 5G connection. The operation was live-streamed to 30,000 specialists and surgeons across the world.
Actually,...
Package delivery company UPS has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate a fleet of aerial delivery drones. The certification puts no limits on the size or scope of operations, and enables drones to operate ‘beyond visual line of sight’ (BVLOS)....
John Stephens calls out 5G for hospitals, manufacturing
AT&T currently has its millimeter wave-based 5G service, dubbed 5G+, available in 21 cities with plans for 29 by year-end and nationwide coverage by mid-2020. As the build out continues, company Chief Financial Officer John Stephens highlighted...
VITAS also aims to use AT&T's 5G technology and Magic Leap headsets to help provide comfort for hospice patients
AT&T and end-of-life care provider VITAS Healthcare have jointly launched a study that intends to explore whether the use of 5G-based virtual reality and augmented reality...
Rush said it expects to use AT&T’s 5G network as well as MEC technology
AT&T and Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center and the Rush System for Health are working together to bring the first standards-based, 5G-enabled hospital to the U.S.
AT&T said that 5G technology will...
IDC said global IoT spending will reach $745 billion this year
Internet of things spending in the United States is expected to reach $194 billion this year, according to a recent study by IDC.
China will be the second-largest market for IoT, with annual spending of...
Even though it may seem like we are living in a completely connected world, we’re not. And, as the Internet of Things dramatically expands the number and scope of connected devices, the traditional communications connectivity model no longer delivers the kind of flexibility and...
Imagine a hospital in which wireless technology enables visitors, healthcare professionals and patients to roam anywhere throughout the facility, while providing continuous, accurate, and real-time monitoring. This vision can only become a reality through the integration of Wi-Fi technology as an integral part of...
At its ‘Business Summit’ in Dallas this week, AT&T put major focus on its LTE-M network. Use cases are multiplying, it said. “I hear about new possibilities every day. Use cases are taking off – from asset tracking to connected healthcare, vehicle solutions and more,”...
If you design IoT medical devices, you care about coexistence testing. EMI testing is essential, but it doesn’t guarantee your device will operate in the presence of competing signals.
Watch Keysight’s webinar to learn how coexistence testing can make the difference between your device’s success...
Local authorities said LoRaWAN technology will enable the implementation of use cases, including digital water metering and waste management
NNNCo, the Australian firm building a national narrowband network in Australia for the internet of things, has signed a contract with the city of Gold Coast...
USF dollars eyed for telehealth "Connected Care Pilot Program"
Last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission opted to go forward with an exploration of allocating $100 million of Universal Service Funds to pay for what the body calls a "Connected Care Pilot Program" designed to...
