WiTricity Corporation, IHI Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation are collaborating in research to develop electric vehicle (EV) wireless charging systems compatible with electric grids. The partnership structure of three major players in the wireless charging, electric infrastructure, and EV areas coming together will accelerate the popularization of wireless charging systems for EVs by developing systems Continue reading →
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Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced four new system solutions for Smart Grid and metering applications, enabling designers to further accelerate time to market for PLC-based and low-power wireless products. Advancing complete solutions for power line communications (PLC), TI introduced the new PLC Development Kit (TMDSPLCKIT-V3) that recently received PRIME certification. Coupling the Continue reading →
Wireless connectivity with Wi-Fi®, has become pervasive across many applications, from wireless devices, to medical devices, and smart grid. The advent of innovative implementations in Wi-Fi over the years, coupled with an all-IP nature of communication, has enabled it to be a default wireless interface for the emerging ‘The Internet of Things’ market. Wi-Fi was Continue reading →
Most cities are just big laboratories. But people, quite frankly, can get in the way of turning crumbling, city infrastructure into a smart one. A Washington D.C.-based tech company wants to create a ghost town in New Mexico, to give companies and organizations a place to check the limits of renewable energy systems, smart grid Continue reading →
OKI Electric Industry, a Japanese telecommunications manufacturer, announces it has developed a wireless communication system designed for use in smart communities, smart houses and smart meters. The system is designed to use the 920-megahertz (MHz) communication band that’s scheduled to open in Japan in July 2012. via OKI Develops 920MHz Multi-hop by Wireless Watch Japan.
OKI Electric Industry, a Japanese telecommunications manufacturer, has developed a wireless communication system designed for use in smart communities, smart houses and smart meters. via New wireless system could enable smarter cities in Japan | Energy.
Operating in the 2.4 GHz frequency that can be used almost anywhere, the ZigBee wireless protocol provides a low-cost, low-power mesh network ideal for green and global embedded applications such as smart energy and smart home initiatives. Øyvind shares an overview of ZigBee specifications and implementation requirements for ensuring device interoperability. via Smart energy apps Continue reading →
For Engineering Professor Rajit Gadh, knowledge is power. In particular, that’s electric power and finding new ways to harness, store and deliver it as growing numbers of American drivers give up their gas-guzzlers for electric vehicles. While the benefits of clean-energy, petroleum-free electric vehicles (EVs) like the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt are clear to Continue reading →
Last year, Benita Schluschen, a middle-aged woman from Qualicum Beach, B.C., wrote a letter to The Canadian Charger, thanking the web-based publication for publicizing the views of Barrie Trower, a retired British physicist who claims that wireless (Wi-Fi) computer networks and other low-level sources of electro-magnetic radiation produce adverse health effects. via Spreading wireless panic.
OnStar and General Motors plan to launch the first real-world pilot program of smart grid solutions for electric vehicles this year. The pilot program will pave the way for utilities to increase energy efficiency and offer lower charging costs to customers. Hundreds of regional utility employees will be driving leased Chevrolet Volts as their everyday Continue reading →
OnStar and General Motors plan to launch the first real-world pilot program of smart grid solutions for electric vehicles this year. The pilot program will pave the way for utilities to increase energy efficiency and offer lower charging costs to customers. Hundreds of regional utility employees will be driving leased Chevrolet Volts as their everyday Continue reading →
The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of organizations creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, residential, commercial and consumer applications, today announced that an update to ZigBee Smart Energy™ version 1, the first and only widely available Advanced Metering Infrastructure standard, is now available for product development and public download. via New ZigBee Smart Continue reading →
Naperville has started installing new electric meters on 200 homes and businesses as it tests equipment for its smart grid initiative that will allow the city to calculate bills without sending out meter-readers. via Naperville testing wireless meters – chicagotribune.com.
Now that smart-grid network leader Silver Spring Networks has filed for an IPO, some of the economics of selling a wireless network and connected devices to utilities becomes a little more clear. No joke, folks, it’s a difficult business to be in. But at the same time, when a company like Silver Spring starts scoring Continue reading →
Some things go up and some things go down. Force sizes are definitely going down, as we know only too well. Demand for sensor coverage is going up, in all theatres the need to have a ubiquitous and persistent network on which to overlay communications and sensor feeds is growing at an alarming rate. Despite Continue reading →
A wireless smart grid networking technology that is supposed to be able to reach many miles with less infrastructure and at a lower price point than competitors, is ramping up funding. That would be startup On-Ramp Wireless, which according to a filing has raised $11.5 million of a planned almost $15 million round. via On-Ramp Continue reading →
If your home Wi-Fi router wasn’t cooped up indoors, it could send a signal about a 20th of a mile before the signal became too weak and distorted for a computer to receive it. Technology developed by San Diego startup On-Ramp Wireless uses the same frequency, but less power, to send data signals 45 miles, Continue reading →
While there are about 17.7 million WiMAX subscribers around the world, and the WiMAX Forum estimates there will be 45 million by 2013, the future of the technology is looking bleak. Declan Byrne, director of marketing at the WiMAX Forum, admits that when it comes to mobile broadband, Long Term Evolution technology has won, which Continue reading →
Using the same frequency as Wi-Fi but with much less power, On-Ramp Wireless has developed technology capable of sending data signals 45 miles – and plans to offer it for smart grid applications. via Smart Grid: Smart grid communications breakthrough: On-Ramp’s remarkable 45-mile range.
GainSpan® Corporation, a leading developer of ultra low power embedded Wi-Fi solutions, announced today that its ultra low power embedded Wi-Fi GS1011 chips are being used by Keisoku Giken Co., Ltd., for its recently released WattChecker-tweet, a power monitor that twitters your energy usage. via Keisoku Giken Adopts GainSpan Embedded Wi-Fi Chips for “WattChecker-Tweet”.
