Category: Internet of Things
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Smart Cities
Smart Cities A Smart City is a blending of current and emerging technologies being employed to allow a city to better manage its assets and deliver value to its residents. It is an emerging concept and still very much in exploration. The 2 core technology areas being investigated as the primary value creators are ICT (Information and Communications Technology)…
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Antennas – The History
Introducing Andrew Walla This is a guest blog article from Andrew Walla who is an expert in Radio Frequency Engineering (RF), particularly focusing on small form factor Antennas. So the emphasis is on compact antennas which fits in with our recent emphasis on the Internet of Things (IoT). A couple of other caveats. Notable omissions…
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Cellular IoT Communications
LPWAN = Low Power Wide Area Network LPWAN is typically thought about as cellular data networks but that involves a contradiction since cellular and low power are inherently in conflict with each other. For instance, a standard 3G or 4G cellular modem will have a peak current draw of up to 2A during transmission and…
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Connect Expo 2017
Connect Expo The Connect Expo is on each year around late March in Melbourne at the Exhibition and Convention Centre. I had gone to previous events but this was our first time as an exhibitor. This was by far the best Connect Expo I have been to. The mix of software vendors, web platform vendors,…
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SEBN Business Breakfast 2016 – Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0 and Bosch Australia This is the first of a two part post covering the SEBN (South East Business Network) business breakfast just before Christmas 2016. The first speaker was Gavin Smith of Bosch Australia. His talk was title “Life After Auto” and here is my summary. In the 1960s you could make anything in…
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IoT Interoperability
IoT Interoperability There are several big issues with IoT. The primary two are Security and Interoperability. We have tackled IoT Security and so this post looks at how different devices and systems can work together. This is Interoperability. The first thing to understand, is that middle ware providers like IBM do not want you…
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Embracing the Digital Future
Digital Tomorrow is Today The most recent Casey Cardinia Business Group breakfast heard from Chris Riddell, futurist. This is a summary of what he said. The future is already here. The digital revolution has happened. So what about tomorrow? This is the question Chris posed to the room at the start of…