News Apple to utilize RapidSOS to deliver 911 caller-location information to PSAPs 20th June 2018 Apple announces that its devices will utilize RapidSOS technology to share location data with public safety when emergency calls are made using iOS 12, an upgrade to the Apple operating-system platform that is scheduled to be released later this year.
News Zetron announces improved 911 location results from RapidSOS pilot project in Tennessee 20th June 2018 Zetron announces results from a pilot project using integrated location information from partner RapidSOS to deliver significantly better caller-location data quickly to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) receiving emergency calls
Video Univ. of Oxford: Pedro Gusmao demos navigation system designed to help locate firefighters 18th June 2018 Pedro Gusmao, a researcher at the University of Oxford in England, explains how his team is developing a algorithm that can leverage dead-reckoning technology and inertial sensors to estimate the location of a firefighter or other first responder, even when network infrastructure is not available.
Video TRX Systems: Carol Politi highlights company’s partnerships, deployment successes 15th June 2018 TRX Systems President and CEO Carol Politi explains how partnerships are helping the company realize widespread deployments and notes recent developments in its location technology.
News IoT initiatives need good business cases, solution providers to ensure adoption, Avnet exec says 11th June 2018 Enterprises seeking to leverage Internet of Things (IoT) technology need clear business cases and vendors that provide end-to-end solutions with long-term support before they will be willing to adopt IoT, according to an executive from Avnet, a leading IoT company.
Video Carnegie Mellon University: Anthony Rowe showcases firefighter-location technology 11th June 2018 Anthony Rowe, associate professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University, demonstrates how an incident commander could leverage ultrawideband (UWB) beacon technology to track the location of firefighters, even when there is no traditional network infrastructure available.
Video Comtech: Brian Salisbury highlights benefits of leveraging location data in IoT solutions 28th May 2018 Brian Salisbury, Comtech’s vice president of product management, explains how his company is delivering secure low-power solutions to provide location information for Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives
Video Bittium: Jani Lyrintzis discusses IoT engineering work, teases new public-safety device 27th May 2018 Jani Lyrintzis, vice president and general manager at Bittium, highlights the wireless-engineering services that his company brings to the Internet of Things (IoT) space, including work as a partner for Verizon’s ThingSpace. Lyrintzis also talks about development of a next-generation public-safety device that could be announced later this year.
Video Swarm Technology: Alfonso Iniguez demos ‘intent-based autonomy’ technology for coordinating drones 20th May 2018 Alfonso Iniguez, founder and CEO of Swarm Technology, demonstrates how the startup company’s patented technology lets connected drones and robots respond as a coordinated group to mission-focused commands as efficiently as possible, rather than having each object controlled individually. Based on concepts developed after years of observing ants, this “solidarity cell architure” provides the distributed artificial intelligence needed to coordinate the robots or drones.
Video Avnet: Peter Fenn talks about AT&T partnership, company’s IoT solutions portfolio 18th May 2018 Peter Fenn, Avnet’s global technical marketing manager for microcontrollers and wireless connectivity, showcases components that are available to developers through its partnership with AT&T and highlights Avnet’s versatility in the Internet of Things (IoT) space.
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