Norton by Symantec introduced Norton Core, a high-performance Wi-Fi router to secure home networks and IoT devices. Today’s home networks, bursting with connected devices, thermostats, smart televisions and refrigerators, need exceptional security to protect against malware, viruses, and suspicious activity. Norton is extending their digital safety platform – to now include a wireless home router […]

Velux announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas his partnership with Netatmo, a company specializing in connected objects. This collaboration led to an innovative solution, namely Velux Active, designed to enhance the interior of each house. The first Velux Active products will come on the Belgian market in 2018. These new products can […]

Qorvo, a leading provider of innovative RF solutions, has introduced a complete system on chip (SoC) for smart home devices that delivers multi-protocol support. The SoC integrates multiple communication protocols, including IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee 3.0, Thread and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for sensors and actuators throughout the home. The new Qorvo SoC advances the state […]

The Zigbee alliance announced on CES 2017 “dotdot”, the universal language for the IoT, making it possible for smart objects to work together on any network. Most IoT devices don’t speak the same language even if they use the same wireless technology. The result is an Internet of Things that is often a patchwork of […]

LG’s Hub Robot takes the concept of the smart home to the next level. By connecting to other smart appliances in the home, the Hub Robot uses Amazon Alexa’s voice recognition technology to complete household tasks such as turning on the air conditioner or changing a dryer cycle with simple verbal commands. The Hub Robot […]

Silicon Labs has launched two new wireless occupancy sensor and smart designs for the home automation market, providing IoT connected device solutions. The pre-certified reference designs include all of the hardware, firmware and software tools to create connected home products based on Silicon Labs’ ZigBee “Golden Unit” home automation software stack and multiprotocol Wireless Gecko […]

Google has launched Android Things, an IoT platform that lets you build connected devices while leveraging Android APIs and the company’s cloud-based services for delivering updates and enabling voice commands. Google released a Developer Preview of Android Things, a comprehensive way to build IoT products with Android, one of the most supported operating systems. Any […]

The Z-Wave Alliance is adding a security requirement to its interoperability certification. This is an important addition to its certification program that will require manufacturers to adopt the strongest levels of IoT security. The Z-Wave Alliance will make the implementation of the new Security 2 (S2) framework mandatory for all products that are Z-Wave certified […]

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) officially adopted Bluetooth 5 as the latest version of the Bluetooth specification. Key feature updates include four times range, two times speed, and eight times broadcast message capacity, as well as improved interoperability and coexistence with other wireless technologies. Longer range powers whole home and building coverage, for more […]

Pozyx Labs is a Belgian startup that developed a system for indoor positioning with an unprecedented accuracy. This system makes it possible to determine the position to an accuracy of 10 centimeters by making use of the wireless ultra-wideband technology and state-of-the-art algorithms. Current technologies such as GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth can only determine position […]