The new Open Data Tourism Hack at home initiative, part of the Open Cities project, aims to create apps to help cities manage the challenges of tourism. Prizes include €3000 in cash! It brings together two important themes of the smart city – open data and sensor networks – and uses them to help European [...]
FirstNet wants to build a dedicated nationwide LTE network for first responders. First Net is a stand alone LTE network that largely uses commercial cellular components. It supplements the push-to-talk voice network for cops and firefighters and is expected to cost taxpayers upwards of $25 Billion. AT&T and Verizon invested about $30 billion each in [...]
According to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), Google has committed to updating Android with support for Bluetooth Smart (also known as Bluetooth Low Energy) “in the coming months.” That means future smartphones and tablets running the OS will be able to take advantage of the low power consumption in devices like the Fitbit Flex [...]
M2M (machine-to-machine) communications, connecting smart meters, medical devices and vehicles, is going to be with Sprint for some time, reports Network World. Sprint says its CDMA 2G M2M network is here for the long term. On Monday, Sprint said it was expanding its collaboration with Swiss component maker U-blox to help extend the lives of [...]
Monnit Corporation today released a new line of Wi-Fi sensors, known as MoWi. These sensors use an integrated, 2.4GHz – 802.11b/g, FCC/CE certified radio transmitter that allows them to work with Wi-Fi networks globally. MoWi sensors are available in 12 of the most popular sensing types including; temperature, humidity, door and window (open/close), motion, water, [...]
The Mayor of San José (pdf), on March 14, 2013, cut the faux Ethernet cable to mark the availability of the free, Wickedly Fast Wi-Fi Network in Downtown San José. Ruckus Wireless and SmartWAVE Technologies partnered with the city’s IT department to make it accessible in the downtown core. Selina Lo, president and CEO of [...]
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