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CES Innovation Zones

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 13th, 2012

At the Consumer Electronics Show, early startups had their own Eureka Park. A first for CES, Eureka Park is designed to give early stage companies and entrepreneurs exposure to potential investors, business partners and journalists. The exhibitors included: AcceleGlove. Equipped with accelerometers that track the exact movements of a person’s hand. Cubelets from Modular Robotics. [...]

Genachowski Lobbies for Unlicensed White Spaces

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 12th, 2012

The topic of spectrum came up in several different venues at the Consumer Electronics Show, notes Fierce Wireless. In a keynote address yesterday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski sounded a warning for mobile broadband users: “If you shut off the Internet, virtually nothing on the CES floor would work,” observed Genachowski. The Chairman gave a speech [...]

HomePlug 2.0: Goes to 1 Gbps

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 10th, 2012

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has released the HomePlug AV2 specification, enabling significant performance and coverage for broadband networking over powerline wires while remaining fully interoperable with existing HomePlug AV/IEEE 1901 compliant products. HomePlug AV2 supports gigabit speeds, making it well suited for Internet video, multi-room IPTV, online gaming, HD audio and other high demand networking [...]

Automotive Telematics Goes 4G

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 27th, 2011

PC World reviews car infomatics systems. Broadband concept cars such as the NG Connect Toyota Prius and the Verizon OnStar 4G Buick LaCrosse are moving from concept to production. The 4G-connected car will perform a whole new set of tricks. Audi Connect. Audi recently partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to show off an LTE version of their [...]

Mobile Health: Alive and Well

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 6th, 2011

The mHealth Summit taking place in Washington DC this week, brings together leaders in government, the wireless industry industry, health and academia, to advance collaboration in the use of wireless technology to improve health outcomes in the United States and abroad. Among the annoucements this week: Two new social platforms were introduced this week, addressing [...]

Bills to Kill Unlicensed White Space?

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 1st, 2011

The Wireless Innovation Alliance (WIA) warns that Congress is currently considering proposals that would trade short-term revenue by auctioning television spectrum, creating an inflexible “licensed-only” environment for White Space radio. The Wireless Innovation Alliance is a white space advocate group whose members include Google, Microsoft, Dell, Spectrum Bridge, Carlson Wireless and others. They believe “unlicensed” [...]