The sudden and seemingly endless increase in the urbanization process currently taking the world by storm is raising problems and concerns about the perceived quality of life in urban environments. Smart and effective solutions must be conceived and deployed in order to tackle the many issues related to public and private safety, healthcare, supplying of … Read more
Energy Management… Everyone at some point in their lives have heard of this term, especially in recent years, where saving energy is becoming paramount to the future of organizations worldwide and planet Earth itself. Much of the importance in saving energy stems from a global need to save energy which affects global energy prices, emission … Read more
Street Lights. They are a part of our everyday life, so much so, that we don’t even notice or acknowledge them sometimes. The only two things most people know about street lights is that during the night they light our sidewalks and roads and during the day they are shut off and unused. We may … Read more
The new era of IoT is being enabled by the proliferation of various devices like RF IDs, sensors, and actuators. Smart devices are now embedded in our surrounding environments to monitor and collect ambient information. In a city environment this leads to what is called a Smart City framework where intelligent services can be offered … Read more
Did you know that every hour on the Earth’s surface falls enough solar energy to meet the world’s energy needs for an entire year? This is a mind-blowing fact which needs to be exploited if we are to find a more sustainable way to use energy. The modern world, has rapidly begun to study renewable … Read more
Did you know that the internet itself is a mesh? Unlike traditional networks governed by internet service providers, mesh networks do not have a single point of failure. As long as you have a single wired router within the coverage range of other nodes, the network will continue to operate and will not go offline … Read more
Did you know that wireless communication technologies’ range can vary drastically from a 20 cm maximum range with the Near-Field Communications (ex: secure payments using contactless communication) to a staggering 700km range reported for 868 MHz LPRF radio transmitted from a high-altitude weather balloon? (Fun record but not useful other than in a research article) … Read more
Did you know that by 2020 it is estimated that the number of IoT devices being used will reach up to 50 billion? That is correct, the Internet of Things (IoT) industry is still very young and growing rapidly. Technically, the human civilization is experiencing a new wave of internet connectivity where smart IoT devices … Read more
Do you remember the fun old days? When regulating the temperature in your home was more of a guessing game than anything else because you would receive no feedback from your heating devices. It was always too hot or too cold and you could never seem to get that perfect temperature correct. Those simple times … Read more
Range, when you have a good line of sight is one thing, but, how efficient is a technology when you have several obstacles such as building walls in the way? Many RF technologies today are unable to work efficiently in dense urban areas. This is a problem that has been present in the radio world … Read more