ZyXEL today announced the Smart Home Gateway, a pocket-sized, battery powered wireless router that enables real-time health monitoring through home networks.
One of its two USB ports can connect to IEEE11073 USB, Bluetooth and Zigbee-compliant medical sensors to send real-time data from heath monitoring devices or smart home sensors such as blood-sugar or heart rate readings to remote healthcare providers.
Health monitoring services are grouped into three main types – vital sign monitoring like blood pressure etc., disease management like diabetes and hypertension and aging independently that includes bed pressure and other emergency sensors.
In addition to its durability and form factor, the SHG offers robust, always-on Internet connectivity with support for both fixed (DSL/Cable) and mobile broadband (3G/4G), along with fail-over protection and battery for back-up in case of power outages. The SHG has two USB and Ethernet ports each and is 11n-compatible for Wi-Fi data rates up to 150 Mbps.
Meanwhile, Novatel Wireless and Cinterion Wireless, today announced a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) agreement to combine their core competencies to address the emerging M2M marketplace. Novatel will develop co-branded CDMA modules utilizing the market leading Cinterion form factor. The companies will jointly drive all aspects of sales, marketing and technical support for M2M solutions utilizing their respective sales channels.
M2M applications utilize cellular technology to automate business processes, improve productivity and reduce costs in a wide range of industries including transportation, utilities, manufacturing, enterprises, healthcare, entertainment, retail and mobile computing.
