Secure elements for LoRaWAN launched by Avnet Silica and Trusted Objects

Avnet Silica, an Avnet company, and Trusted Objects, a provider of secure firmware and security services, announced the availability of a new LoRaWAN™ family of secure elements.

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How to fund an IoT strategy

The Internet of Things (IoT) will improve business productivity to such a degree that, by 2025, companies who adopt the technology are projected to be 10% more profitable than those who do not.

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Installed base of active cargo tracking units to reach 8.1m by 2020, says Berg Insight

Berg Insight, has released a new market report covering the cargo tracking market. It indicates that the number of active tracking devices deployed for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, air cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets reached 2.9 million worldwide in 2015.

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Waning enthusiasm for full-touch smartwatches to be offset by smart analogue watches

CCS Insight’s latest global forecast for smart wearable devices confirms the continued momentum of wrist-worn technology.

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Internet-supported wireless battery health sensors released by Utah-based Monnit Corporation

(Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.) – Monnit Corporation has released a new wireless battery health sensor. This is a DC analogue voltage meter designed to measure battery voltage at specified intervals and to wirelessly send the voltage readings to iMonnit, the online sensor monitoring system.

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Saft lithium batteries to power Sensile Technologies’ smart telemetry devices for oil and gas storage

Paris, France – Saft, a designer and manufacturer of advanced batteries for industry, has agreed to supply Sensile Technologies, the Swiss machine-to-machine (M2M) equipment specialist, with over 20,000 primary lithium batteries to power smart remote GSM telemetry and level-monitoring systems for oil and gas storage tanks.

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Are wireless sensor networks and energy harvesting coming together?

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) could involve billions of sensors used in utility assets, buildings, pollution monitors, traffic control systems, and agriculture. To date, adoption has been hindered by conventional primary batteries, which cannot be fitted and forgotten for long periods. However, zero power wireless sensors are now available

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