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Life Tracking
For the BBC Horizon programme “The Secret Life of the Cat”, the Wildlife Tracking Collars developed by the Royal Veterinarian College were downsized to fit on domestic cats. About 50 tracking collars...
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Elder Monitoring Devices
Lively, which recently announced $4.8M in series A funding, has launched a dongle and two months of free service to monitor older folks at home. Their minimalist monitoring is not ‘big brother’...
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Bluetooth 4.0: Healthy Growth
The migration to Bluetooth Smart (aka Bluetooth Low Energy or Bluetooth 4.0) is accelerating for mobile health and fitness, says Mhealth. Bluetooth Smart certified products have increased 380% from...
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AllSeen Alliance formed for Internet of Things
The Internet of Things, where objects connect themselves to the internet, got a boost today from the AllSeen Alliance, a new open source consortium overseen by the Linux Foundation (FAQ). The All Seen...
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Senate Report on Data Brokers: Exploitative
A Senate committee released a report this week (pdf) that said data brokers, the companies that trade in consumer data, are taking advantage of credit-challenged people, using big data to craft...
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iBeacons Come to Grocery Stores
Bluetooth LE ibeacons will be installed at the entry of over 200 Safeway and Giant Eagle grocery stores in Seattle, San Francisco and Cleveland, and more after that. iBeacons are small round devices...
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NFC at MWC 2014
The NFC Experience, exhibited a new services and NFC-enabled devices at Mobile World Congress this week. Near Field Communications was featured in many new products including phones, readers and...
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Hotspot Does Active and Passive RFID
Barcoding and AeroScout have partnered to deliver a hybrid RFID solution that combines passive and active RFID. By merging the best features of both active and passive radio frequency identification,...
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Internet of Things: Divided or United?
Intel, Broadcom, Samsung, Dell, Atmel and others have joined forces to launch the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC), an organization that will set standards for connecting billions of household...
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Vehicle-to-Vehicle Network Proposed for United States
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking input about a possible federal standard for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, which would let cars automatically exchange...
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