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Hygiene Today & Automatic Health Monitoring Tomorrow #CES2021
Could the future of health monitoring start in one’s bathroom? The answer is yes if Toto’s plans for its toilets evolve as described by Toto USA’s Bill Strang. It is an evolutionary path that starts with today’s touchless toilet experience. Strang, President of Corporate Strategy, E-Commerce, and Customer Experience, discusses Toto’s latest toilet seat offerings,…
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The Blockchain Home Surveillance Camera #CES2020
At CES2020, IoTex built on its CES2019 debut with a home surveillance camera produced in partnership with Tenvis. IoTex’s open-source blockchain technology secures the privacy of the end-user so that Tenvis or IoTex can’t see their customers’ personal information and video streams. The camera specifications are especially impressive for a $49 device. According to this…
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A Holistic Power View of 5G
Could the billions and billions of devices IoT promised by the rollout of 5G have an unintended impact of destabilizing or even taking down the grid? That was a question that bothered Brian Zahnstecher last year. Zahnstecher, Principal at PowerRox is well-positioned to answer this question, as he and his firm consult on power electronics…
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Why Charge When Wireless Will Work? #CES2020
Using infrared optics that are invisible to the human eye, Wi-Charge demonstrated wireless power transfer of up to 2.25 Watts from a central hub to remote devices across a room. Using beam steering, they are able to dynamically direct the power and optimize efficiency, as evidenced by the moving train in their CES Unveiled booth.…
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Fiber, 5G and Beyond
“They are actually going to be providing the access technology that enables a lot of this 5G network,” explains Teresa McGaughey, Sr. Director, Product Marketing for Calix. Speaking at the 2019 NTCA Business and Technology conference, McGaughey provides an overview of her talk on what she terms the alphabet soup of acronyms that encompass emerging…
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Giving IoT a New Meaning – The Connected Restroom #CES2019
Bill Strang of Toto and Chris Johnson of Georgia Pacific discuss how the combination of internet-connected toilets and sink fixtures among other devices, combined with easy to use analytics and real-time notifications, can improve the customer experience in commercial restrooms. In addition to the benefits of a cleaner environment, real-time data helps improve operational efficiency…
