As self-driving cars are being tested, legislation on autonomous driving is starting to change. But, much remains to be done before driverless cars can become mainstream.
It was only a matter of time before Uber brought self-driving cars onto the streets. On Thursday, the ride-hailing company...
As the “Internet of Things” grows, mobile phones are becoming personal controllers that connect consumers through Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee and other personal area networks to home control – cameras, smart watches, glasses, fitness trackers and even smart clothing. Because of that connection, the volume...
Long before the Internet and Wi-Fi were mainstream, prestigious hotels provided complimentary Wi-Fi service in public areas, such as the hotel lobby, and wired Internet connections in guest rooms. As the Internet and Wi-Fi became part of everyday life, existing solutions – which required...
"Internet of Things" is one of the hottest topics around today. The projected figures for the number of things to be connected and the revenue potential are huge. Gartner is predicting a 30-fold increase in IoT by 2020. In 2009 there were .9 billion...
In the 1980s, the proliferation of the personal computer was a disruptive technology that changed the way we live, work and play. In the 1990s the Internet made its debut, impacting the lives of people all over the world.
For companies deploying wireless communications technology, there are many decisions they are faced with when determining the type of products to purchase and deploy. The same is also true for consumers.
In some situations using a non-standard solution may have governmental, technical, process based, financial or other commercial competitive advantages. This route works great if you have the time, money, and resources to develop, maintain, and support a ‘home-grown’ innovation. Certainly an organization can maximize...
Many building owners today are dealing with higher utility bills, old equipment systems and disparate controls that have been pieced together. One solution is the use of wireless networks to cost-effectively upgrade and replace antiquated controls.
Ember Corporation, provider of low-power, wireless mesh networking technology, and Visonic Ltd., developer and manufacturer of wireless home security and safety systems and components, announced a partnership to integrate ZigBee communication protocols with Visonic security peripherals. Following joint development efforts by the two companies,...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here.The digitally connected home will use a variety of technologies to...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here.Every year we sit back and marvel at the advances made...
HERSHEY, Pa.—There may be disputes about what the connected home will look like, or how utilities will use wireless technologies to better manage their networks, but most everyone agrees that both the connected home and the smart grid will redefine how people manage their...
QuickPlay Media Inc.’s premium mobile TV service PrimeTime2Go is now available on Motorola Inc. Android-powered smart phones, said the company. The service allows customers to watch TV shows from major networks and cable providers on their phone. The service costs $10 per...
CNNMoney.com launched a Blackberry application that allows users to access content by mobile phone, text or via the company's mobile Web site. Features of the app include the ability to customize news alerts, delivery of updates to e-mail accounts, articles formatted to a reader-friendly...
This month, NEC Electronics merged with Renesas Technology, giving birth to a brand new semiconductor manufacturer, Renesas Electronics. Showing off its wares at ESC in California, Renesas had a smart home demo set up.
The demo shows how smart energy technologies and eco-friendly devices can...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Now that's bitchin!Airborne Entertainment introduced anew mobile video series to its Videoticchannel called Bitchin' Kitchen. Each clipruns between 60 and 90 seconds and features host Nadia G taking viewers on a tour of her unconventional kitchen and odd edible treats. The series is a...
LOS ANGELES--The M2M module market is growing as enterprises grasp the technology's promise of efficiency in gathering data from many points and wirelessly transmitting it to a single cellular connection for those who need it. Applications range from fleet management to telematics, from home...
DENVER-Although monitoring and control-enhancing technology hasn't garnered many headlines in the past, ZigBee-enabled products are likely to burst into prime-time later this year with both consumer and commercial applications, predicted Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance, during last week's IEEE standards meeting in...
At this year's 3GSM World Congress, the world's handset makers will have an important line to toe. On one side, vendors must keep pace with the market's technological advancements. HSDPA, MP3, DVB-H, Bluetooth, wireless e-mail-the list of new technologies seems never-ending.On the other side,...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. plans to purchase ZigBee chip designer Chipcon, which creates chips used in short-range, low-power wireless radio frequency devices such as wireless keyboards. TI said it plans to pay $200 million for Chipcon, which is based in Oslo, Norway. The deal is...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. plans to purchase ZigBee chip designer Chipcon, which creates chips used in short-range, low-power wireless radio frequency devices such as wireless keyboards. TI said it plans to pay $200 million for Chipcon, which is based in Oslo, Norway. The deal is...
The race to bring the much-hyped wireless home to market continued to heat up last week as two major wireless mesh-networking chipmakers gained traction in the nascent market. Zensys A/S, a Denmark-based company, added two new backers for its proprietary Z-Wave technology. Monster Cable...
BOSTON-A new report finds that ZigBee technology players are squaring off against Zen Systems, which has established a strong position in the residential control market with its proprietary Z-Wave solution.Strategy Analytics, a global research and consulting company, predicted that by 2008, the market for...
