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the broadband revolution will not be televised

published on 2012/02/06 by Stewart Baines

TV white space technology is an innovative way of interlacing wireless data communications alongside TV broadcast. Proposed by the IEEE and the Wireless Innovation Alliance, it can deliver very high data rates over extremely long distances with low latency and at low cost. ...

the broadband revolution will not be televised

five ways NFC may change your life

published on 2011/10/31 by Stewart Baines

It has taken a while to mature, but now In-Stat estimates global annual shipments of NFC chips will reach 1.2 billion by 2015. The ambitious prediction is based on the giants of the mobile handset industry incorporate NFC in their smartphones. A wave of NFC-enabled Windows and Android handsets are expected in the coming months and Apple is expected to kick-start the business when it introduces an NFC iPhone next year. ...

Internet of Things to be powered by Things

published on 2011/10/03 by Stewart Baines

Kinetic energy harvesting relies heavily on piezoelectric power, in which particular ceramic compounds create tiny amounts of energy when compressed. When you press a button that directly creates a spark to ignite your gas oven, or when you press a firelight and hear that familiar snapping sound before the flame appears, you are using piezoelectrics. ...

Internet of Things to be powered by Things

e-Health Innovations for Telecommunications #live11

published on 2011/09/05 by Kate Bourdet

It was over dinner that I asked veteran telecommunications journalists and analysts: what’s hot? The unified response, “industries.” The proverbial it’s not about telco, it’s what different sectors are doing with it . . . So I made it my mission to dig deeper for concrete examples.Healthcare touches us all, and it’s a sector that’s undergoing profound change. So I banked my research on the e-Health breakout session.Consider this regarding Healthcare:The costs and health risks for people taking in-hospital treatments are huge.Medical exam results are increasingly digitalized.Insurance companies have begun requiring more guarantees that their healthcare reimbursements are necessary.In the......

e-Health Innovations for Telecommunications #live11

Expecting the unexpected: chaos, tigers and kids in the workspace

published on 2011/06/17 by Stewart Baines

It's been a year of uncertainty: civil unrest and revolution in the Middle East and North Africa, floods, earthquakes and bombs in Asia. Consequently its vital to plan for the worst: it might not just be your communications that is impacted, it can be your supply chain too. ...

Expecting the unexpected: chaos, tigers and kids in the workspace