Category: Mobile Communications
Fixing WiFi’s biggest weaknesses
So what is wrong with WiFi? WiFi has been a brilliant success story. CSIRO invention, near ubiquitous uptake for commercial and private use and a daily part of our lives. But it does have some drawbacks: high power consumption for battery based systems range, especially with walls or trees in the way increasing numbers of…
IoT Security Awareness
IoT Security Awareness Guide for Australia The IoT Alliance Australia, IoTAA for short, is working to bring standards and performance to IoT in Australia. We contribute to the Manufacturing Working Group and industry events they run. The Internet of Things Security Awareness Guide is one of the most significant steps forward for IoT in…
Environmental Solution of the Year
Environmental Solution of the Year We have been awarded the Environmental Solution of the Year at the annual Manufacturers Monthly Endeavour Awards. This is for the WaterLink SmartMESH pulse water meter reading IoT AMR system that uses Wirepas mesh networking to reduce monthly communications cost by allowing the water meter readers to form their own…
IoT Impact 2019 Update
IoT Impact is on next week in Sydney. We are exhibiting, I’m presenting and we are also finalists for the IoT Innovation Award for Australia in 2019.
Smart Homes
What is a Smart Home? This is another of those highly used terms that seems to mean different things to different people. I thought it would be useful to look at the history of the Smart Home and where it might be headed. The common elements of a Smart Home today are: Home Automation, especially…