Smart homes can start from the planning stage of a new build or they can be renovations of existing homes. Add a few controls, use a voice app, and Bingo, you have a basic Smart Home. But true integration and interoperability of IoT (Internet of Things) components requires more thought and planning than many realize. […]
The Air Is Filled with the Sound of –IoT?
Smart cities, smart houses, smart facilities, smart everything depend on the strength of the available communications networks. The IoT (Internet of Things) requires direct and indirect communications, device to device, device to central hub, device to monitoring equipment. The increasing deployment of cellular IoT modules in smart city infrastructure and building automation verticals is expected […]
Collaboration: Near, Far, and Future, Part I
Collaboration has many synonyms—association, combination, teamwork, alliance, joint effort, among others—but strangely, communications isn’t one of them. Strange because the main element of collaboration is indeed communication among individuals both near and far. Especially far, even in these dwindling days of COVID-19’s remote work and distancing, as remote work is giving way to hybrid work […]
Collaboration: Near, Far, and Future, Part I
Collaboration has many synonyms—association, combination, teamwork, alliance, joint effort, among others—but strangely, communications isn’t one of them. Strange because the main element of collaboration is indeed communication among individuals both near and far. Especially far, even in these dwindling days of COVID-19’s remote work and distancing, as remote work is giving way to hybrid work […]
Collaboration: Near, Far, and Future, Part I
Collaboration has many synonyms—association, combination, teamwork, alliance, joint effort, among others—but strangely, communications isn’t one of them. Strange because the main element of collaboration is indeed communication among individuals both near and far. Especially far, even in these dwindling days of COVID-19’s remote work and distancing, as remote work is giving way to hybrid work […]
Smart Homes/Unhappy Homes
Smart homes are a reality and a concern. A basic aspect of “smart homing” is that the house and its many smart appliances and functions are connected via the internet, either for diagnostics or remote monitoring or for automatic resupply—the talking refrigerator effect. And while the technology is available to meet most demands, the end […]
Smart Homes Lead the Way for Sustainability
Is the future of smart-home control local or centralized—or is there a third option? Residential homes will change more during the next couple of decades than they did during the hundreds of years preceding them. This is according to Jonathan Collins, research director at ABI Research, who explains further by saying that homes will expand […]
Smart Homes Lead the Way for Sustainability
Is the future of smart-home control local or centralized—or is there a third option? Residential homes will change more during the next couple of decades than they did during the hundreds of years preceding them. This is according to Jonathan Collins, research director at ABI Research, who explains further by saying that homes will expand […]
PTT On 5G
The World War II walkie talkie was a backpack-sized radio transceiver that became familiar to many civilians through its use in films about the war. A later, smaller unit, known as a handie walkie talkie, was a handheld two-way radio with a range of about mile, if you were on a flat desert location. It […]
Bridge to the Past
Bridges often make it into the movies. Some bridges are so familiar, they represent the city where it is located. See the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco comes to mind. See the Brooklyn Bridge and you’ll be transported to New York City. And even when you don’t know the name of the bridge, it […]