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Make Ceilings Smarter with Sensors, Actuators

On 三月 31, 2020 in All, Lighting, Sensors by Charles Byers

Ceilings in smart buildings often include important IoT devices such as cameras, environmental sensors, lighting, and Wi-Fi access points. Learn how to interconnect and process the data that make buildings safer, more efficient, easier to configure, more convenient, and generally smarter.

Tagged With: buildings, ceilings, IoT, lighting, robotics, sensors, smart, suspended

Influence of Controlled Environment Horticulture through Technology

On 二月 5, 2020 in All, IoT, Sensors by Brandon Huber

Whether growing plants in a greenhouse or indoors, many technologies aid in the advancement of these growing systems. Explore how these technologies work together to provide the highest precision in environmental control and, as a result, maximize efficiency and yields in plant growth.

Why Nanotechnology Improves Sensors

On 十月 16, 2019 in All, Automation, IoT, Sensors by Liam Critchley

There is always a need to increase the capabilities of sensors. One effective way to do this is by employing nanomaterials as the ‘sensing surface’ or ‘sensing component’. Learn how the many beneficial surface, electronic, and structural properties of nanomaterials can make sensors more accurate.

The Future of IoT

On 七月 12, 2019 in All, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by M. Tim Jones

Bringing internet connectivity to devices has swung the pendulum back from centralized computing to decentralization. IoT and edge computing continue to evolve. Its momentum is changing the world around us. Explore some of the key ideas behind the future of IoT.

Tagged With: 5G, Edge computing, Internet of Things, IoT, Machine learning, Security, Sensors

Bluetooth® Heads in New Direction

On 六月 19, 2019 in All, IoT, RF, Security, Sensors, Wireless by Steven Keeping

An upgrade to the Bluetooth® Core Specification, Bluetooth 5.1, adds direction finding capabilities. The enhancement promises much for applications such as indoor navigation, but implementation is challenging even for the experienced RF engineer.

Autonomous Car Racing: DIT Students Prepare for 2019 NXP Cup

On 三月 7, 2019 in All, Automotive, STEAM by Flavio Stiffan

Applying their knowledge of electronics hardware and coding to autonomous vehicles, engineering students from the renowned DIT begin their quest for NXP Cup glory. The students put their racecar designs through a series of rigorous trials to see who would progress to the next stage of the competition.

The Underlying Chemistry of Piezo Materials

On 二月 6, 2019 in All, Energy Harvesting, Power, Sensors by Liam Critchley

The electrical properties of both piezoelectric and piezoresistive materials change when subjected to mechanical deformation. Here, we show how and why these electrical changes are due to changes within the crystal structure at the atomic level and the chemistry involved with these changes.

Where Nanotechnology, the IoT, and Industry 4.0 Meet

On 一月 3, 2019 in All, Industrial, IoT, Medical, Sensors, Wireless by Liam Critchley

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been developing and advancing for many years and has brought around the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, where many processes are now being automated. While it is not obvious, nanotechnology also has a role to play in this new industry.

Nanotechnology Helped Realize Flexible and Wearable Electronics

On 十二月 10, 2018 in All, Energy Harvesting, Industrial, IoT, Medical, Sensors by Liam Critchley

Flexible and wearable electronics are rapidly growing industries. The devices’ development and growth can be attributed to the benefits and specific properties of the nanomaterials commonly used within these devices. Here, we look at why nanomaterials are used in these devices.

Writing the Rules for Autonomous Vehicles

On 十一月 5, 2018 in All, Automotive, Computing, Sensors by Steven Keeping

Autonomous vehicles are coming. But adapting them to drive safely on roads dominated by conventional vehicles is proving tricky. A better solution would be to design the transport system from scratch. It could be a long wait.

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