The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place beginning of 2016. CES focused again on smart homes and Internet of Things. The Wi-Fi Alliance has approved a new type of low-power, long-range wireless standard, WiFi Halow, for smart home devices. The Samsung Smart Control is a remote control that can recognize and control all kinds of […]
New Wi-Fi standard for smart homes!
The Wi-Fi Alliance has approved a new type of low-power, long-range wireless standard, WiFi Halow, for smart home devices. Most wireless standards operates on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency band whereas Wi-Fi HaLow dips into the 900MHz band. Smart home devices (Internet of Things) prefer to avoid WiFI to connect to the Internet because the […]
New European standard for smart appliances called SAREF has been launched!
The new European standard for smart appliances, called SAREF, has been launched end 2015. The standard, called SAREF (Smart Appliances REFerence ontology), creates a new reference language for energy-related data. This new language will be used by the devices in the home (from lamps and consumer electronics; etc.) and will allow them to exchange information with […]
Bosch launches his smart home subsidiary!
German appliance maker Bosch announced it will launch a smart home subsidiary called Robert Bosch Smart Home in January 2016. The company will create a single mobile application that can connect to and control the smart home appliances and sensors Bosch offers. It will also be able to connect to compatible devices from other smart […]
Belgian startup “AllThingsTalk” develops IoT platform
The Belgian IoT startup “AllThingsTalk” offers an open and scalable platform that connects devices and applications in the new digital world. The platform consists of end-to-end IoT solutions that enable technological developers to connect smart appliances that are able to communicate/work in synchronization and can take autonomously decisions. AllThingTalk has recently launched his “LoRa Rapid […]
Greenpeak and Sensara develop innovative smart home platform
Sensara has entered into a strategic alliance with Greenpeak for developing an intelligent Smart Home platform. The pairing of Sensara’s smart software platform together with GreenPeak’s innovative RF technology will enable the smooth roll-out of the self-learning technology behind ‘Senior Lifestyle Solution’ to the Smart Home market. This will make it possible to automatically manage […]
Building automation and control market to be worth over 26 billion dollars by 2019!
A recent British survey reveals that the global building and control systems market (BACS) is expected to be worth just over $26 billion by 2019. The total world BACS market is expected to grow by almost 4 per cent per annum to account for just over $ 26 billion in 2019. The BSRIA study reveals […]
How can home automation better support a doctor’s surgery?
A master dissertation on «How can home automation better support a doctor’s surgery?” has been published end of April 2015. This dissertation focuses on the development of home automation and other technologies in a doctor’s surgery. The dissertation concludes that home automation can have an impact on financial as well as comfort level in a doctor’s surgery. […]
Europe continues to focus on home automation in the health care industry!
Two new European research projects on home automation have been approved. HEREiAM and ENRICHME focus on technological solutions in order to improve the quality of health care. HEREiAM The European research project “HEREiAM” consists of different stakeholders (Belgium (Remedus), the Netherlands, Italy, Romania, etc.) working together on a service platform for a specific target group of […]
Sigfox connects intelligent objects to the Internet
The French company Sigfox is rolling out its mobile networks on the ultra-narrow band network (UNB technology) in Europe. Sigfox provides a cellular style network operator that provides a tailor-made solution for low-throughput Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. The market of IoT objects such as electricity meters, smart lamps, is in expansion and […]