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Home Surveillance & More via Radio Frequency Signatures #CES2017
A pair of devices that uses existing WiFi to detect movement in a house with no need for cameras is what Cognitive Systems promises with its Aura sensors. These sensors detect disturbances in the radio frequency signals emitted by home WiFi routers to determine motion, which makes it ideal for home surveillance, as well as…
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X-Ray Vision Via a Smart Phone Accessory #CES2017
Everyone can have super human eyes using Vayyar’s low-cost, 3D imaging sensors. Vayyar makes an integrated circuit that operates from 3.5 to 10 GHz with up to 24 antennas to give objects sight. From security (see what’s on the other side of the wall) to health (detect heart beat) to finding a stud or a…
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Smart Home Starts with a Wink
In the 60s era show Bewitched, Samantha, the young-looking witch, could do some amazing things with just a twitch of the nose. It is getting to the point where the magic powers she displayed, are almost reality. Now, with a Wink and maybe an Echo, a mere mortal can command their home to adjust to their…
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SaaS to Bridge Public Service Organizations
Communication between government agencies has been a challenge since before the advent of the modern telecommunications era. Telecommunications has sometime made intra-agency communications even more difficult as agencies often use proprietary radios. SilverStar Communications is one of the first to provide a bridge between proprietary radio solutions through a “Software as a Service” application that…
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Hybrid IP/RF Set-Top Boxes
New Local Content Workshops Are Forming This is a brief video interview recorded at NAB2007 with Jeff Vinson of NXP, the semiconductor company that was spun off from Philips. They make the guts of televisions and IP Set-tops. In this video, they show a set-top that is being used in Germany for streaming video over…
