BROWSING: Smart Lighting
Smart street lighting enabled by LoRaWAN network in Budapest test site
A LoRaWAN test town for Hungary
Szada is a small town on the outskirts of Budapest, Hungary, with a population of around 5,000. Its economy has relied on agriculture for centuries, with a recent trend towards vine growing. Thanks to its proximity to Budapest, Szada...
Philips Lighting targets smart lighting market in China
Philips will work with Xiaomi to develop smart lighting for the device-maker's smart home platform
Philips Lighting aims to expand its presence in the Chinese market through a joint venture agreement with Chinese mobile internet firm Xiaomi.
Under the terms of the smart home lighting JV,...
Schenectady, N.Y. sees potential in smart city IoT
Exploring smart city IoT technologies and deployments
Schenectady, N.Y. is one of many cities across the country seeking to improve its operations and efficiency through internet of things deployments. With a population of about 65,000 people, the city is exploring smart lighting, a wireless network, and various...
Internet of things alliance Hypercat focuses on smart cities
The alliance includes internet of things players, corporations and government
An alliance of internet of things (IoT) industry players, corporations and government, has officially launched Hypercat Australia as a technology standard to support the development of smart cities.
Hypercat is a U.K.-developed alliance and standard that...
Li-Fi trials hit 1 Gbps throughput
Li-Fi works like Wi-Fi, but relies on optical data transmission
Velmenni, an Estonia-based tech startup, is conducting trials of Li-Fi in commercial and industrial settings, and according to reports has achieved data throughput speeds of 1 gigabit per second.
Li-Fi transmits data using LED lights. University of...
Inside Brazil’s first smart city
A pilot project has been under development to transform the city of Águas de São Pedro, a small municipality with about 3,000 citizens located 187 kilometers from São Paulo, into a digital-driven smart city. The pilot is a partnership between the city government and...
EMEA: Telensa offers more options for IoT
Telensa, a Plextek company, focuses on "Internet of Things" connected via ultra narrowband technology. Eighteen years ago, this technology was developed to track stolen vehicles and used by companies such as LoJack in the United States and Tracker in the United Kingdom. UNB is a long-range,...