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Me too! ZigBee low-power spec also gets nod from health alliance

Turns out that Bluetooth isn't the only low-power network specification to be approved by the Continua Health Alliance. The group has also approved ZigBee Health Care for use as a low-power LAN standard. The technology will be used for sensor and control applications in homes, recreation centers and across healthcare...

Tags: Alliance, ZigBee, Specification, Health Care, Bluetooth, Healthcare, Wireless And Mobility, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Could ZigBee enable the truly universal remote control device?

Could ZigBee enable the truly universal remote control device?The problem with Zigbee is that it requires a coordinator node, and there ccan be only one. They should let all router nodes act as distributed coordinators, so that if at least one is working the network can function. Maybe they will...

Tags: DVD, ZigBee, remote control device

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Could ZigBee enable the truly universal remote control device?

In case anyone wondered which of the various wireless controls and sensor standards is likely to gain more traction in coming years, consider that the ZigBee Alliance just scored some pretty major support from several of the biggest names in consumer electronics. ZigBee is a green tech...

Tags: ZigBee, ZigBee RF4CE Specification, BIG Breakthrough, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-03-17

If you've got the money to "get smart" at home, Greenbox offers support for multiple sorts of smart thermostats

Let's be real here: There aren't that many people that can boast of excess disposable income right now. So, when I hear about new energy management technology focused on the residential home owner, I despair of much adoption progress being made even though there is a whole lot of new...

Tags: ZigBee, Technology, Greenbox Technology, Home Networking, Web Site Development, Networking, Personal Technology, Internet, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Ecobee programs energy savings with Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat

A Canadian company has just announced a new thermostat with built-in Wi-Fi, with the hopes that more homeowners will program their thermostats and reduce energy costs. Ecobee says it created its Smart Thermostat because too many homeowners can't figure out how to properly use their programmable...

Tags: built-In, ZigBee, Homeowner, Ecobee, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-19

Always-on gets regulatory fast track

A system based on what I call Always-On technology, using a wireless network as an application platform, is on its way to fast-track government approval. (Picture from Jennic, a Zigbee system maker.) The system is called Oxy-Alert, and it's an adjunct to the OxyView, an in-line oxygen...

Tags: Oxygen, Monitor, Patient, ZigBee, Always-on, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Wireless Sensor Technologies for Automated Tracking and Monitoring of Construction Materials Utilizing Zigbee Networks

This paper introduces Automated Material TRACking AMTRACK system architecture. To overcome the limitations in previous RFID- and GPS-based technologies observed in current construction practices, a new ZigBee-based localization technique with two different types of query and response pulses is presented for more accurate tracking performance. Feasibility study shows that accuracy...

Tags: ZigBee, Construction Material, Monitoring, Wireless

White papers 2007-05-08

Emerging Wireless Standards - WiFi, ZigBee and WiMAX

The world of wireless telecommunications is rapidly evolving. Technologies under research and development promise to deliver more services to more users in less time. This paper will cover the applications and characteristics of emerging wireless technologies: Wireless Local Area Networks (WiFi-802.11n), Wireless Personal Area Networks ZigBee and Wireless Metropolitan Area...

Tags: ZigBee, WLAN, Standards, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wireless And Mobility, WiMAX, Networking

White papers 2007-01-01

ZigBee Gateways

ZigBee is a published specification set of high level communication protocols designed to use small low power digital radios based on the IEEE 804.15.4 standard for Wireless Personal Area Networks WPANs. IEEE 804.15.4 is part of object-oriented architecture IEEE 1451. IEEE 1451 consists of the family standards for a networked...

Tags: ZigBee, IEEE, IEEE 804.15.4, IEEE 1451, ZigBee Architecture

White papers 2006-04-28

580 mln ZigBee units by 2010

Over 580 mln ZigBee units will be deployed by 2010, according to Northern Sky Research. The first ZigBee-enabled products will be out in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific in the first quarter with initial deployments in home automation and industrial applications.

Tags: ZigBee

Blog posts 2005-11-07

From 2004 to 2009 ZigBee node shipments to grow at 200% a year

The market for 802.15.4, a wireless Personal Area Networking technology, or PAN, and the ZigBee specification network layer, is poised for skyrocketing growth, reports In-Stat. On an aggressive basis, 802.15.4 nodes/chipsets could grow by a Compound Annual Growth Rate CAGR of 200% from 2004 to 2009, the high-tech market research...

Tags: Bluetooth, ZigBee

Blog posts 2005-06-23

85.9 mln wireless sensors by 2010, 85% of them ZigBee

In its June 2004 Industrial Wireless Sensor Networking report, research firm On World projected that deployed industrial wireless sensor network nodes will increase from 330,000 in 2004 to 85.9 mln in 2010, representing end-user revenues of $2.9 bln. In 2010, ZigBee nodes are projected to comprise 85% of the total,...

Tags: ZigBee, wireless

Blog posts 2005-03-04

85.9 mln wireless sensors by 2010, 85% of them ZigBee

In its June 2004 Industrial Wireless Sensor Networking report, research firm On World projected that deployed industrial wireless sensor network nodes will increase from 330,000 in 2004 to 85.9 mln in 2010, representing end-user revenues of $2.9 bln. In 2010, ZigBee nodes are projected to comprise 85% of the total,...

Tags: ZigBee, wireless

Blog posts 2005-03-04

Wireless world abuzz over arrival of ZigBee standard

The ZigBee Alliance announced late on Tuesday that the first ZigBee specification had been ratified. ZigBee is meant to offer short distance low-speed transmissions at very low power consumption which could be used to give network connections to almost any electronic device. That means countless possibilities for simple control and...

Tags: ZigBee, Kbps

Blog posts 2004-12-15

Wireless world abuzz over arrival of ZigBee standard

The ZigBee Alliance announced late yesterday that the first ZigBee specification had been ratified.  ZigBee is meant to offer short distance low-speed transmissions at very low power consumption which could be used to give network connections to almost any electronic device. That means countless possibilities for simple control and monitoring applications,...

Tags: Kbps, ZigBee

Blog posts 2004-12-15

100-150 ZigBee chips in every house by 2007

Fuelled by a rapid rise in home networking, ZigBee IEEE 802.15.4 revenues will rocket by 3400% in the next four years, according to Frost & Sullivan. ZigBee chipset sales reached $18.8 mln in 2004. Revenues are projected to reach $700 mln in 2008. Within the next two to three years,...

Tags: ZigBee

Blog posts 2004-11-11

19 mln ZigBee units to ship in 2006, 123 mln in 2009

West Technology Research Solutions has downgraded its predictions for ZigBee chip shipments and now expects gradual growth from 19 mln in 2006 to 123 mln units in 2009. This would put ZigBee at under 20% of the total market, with proprietary variants controlling the rest.

Tags: ZigBee

Blog posts 2004-10-16

1 mln Zigbee devices will be shipped in 2005, 80 mln in 2006

About one million devices with ZigBee will be shipped worldwide in 2005, according to ABI Research. This total is likely to zoom to 80 million units by the end of the following year.

Tags: ZigBee

Blog posts 2004-08-11

Additional Resources

Cisco's accelerating smart grid momentum

Cisco has been at the center of several developments related to the smart grid this week, including a request for federal funds related to a project being spearheaded by the city of San Jose and local utility company PG&E. Like IBM, which earlier this week announced a...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Pioneer's Project ET networked entertainment concept phones home (theaters)

After bailing out of the plasma HDTV market, Pioneer seemed destined to selling Blu-ray players and A/V receivers, but it has a bigger idea in mind with its Entertainment Tap or Project ET networked concept player. At its heart, it's a streaming media box that plays files from your networked...

Tags: Home Theater, Phone, built-In, Blu-ray, Entertainment, Home Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Tv & Home Theater, Web Site Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Internet, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-12