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With this month’s issue, we hit August, the middle of the summer and
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editor@hightechaid.com. Technology News Briefs RFID Standards Following the Plenary in June, the work of SC 31 has been mostly in the background. There are 15 ballots open at this time for various documents in the SC 31 stable including two New Work Item proposals. If you want more information on ISO standardization or on any issue of RFID standardization, then email steve@hightechaid.com. For a look at RFID standards work, you can visit http://www.UnderstandRFIDstandards.com. internet of things Internet of ThingsPart II http://goo.gl/X3ZHbk Combining Quantified Self with IoT For effective motivation http://goo.gl/OtlldS 8th Summer School on Applications of IoT and Wireless Sensor Networks http://goo.gl/4V4Pi5 100,000 Smart Meters Safely Installed in Southeast Texas http://goo.gl/x1j39B Further Progress in M2M Requires a Focus on Security Risks http://goo.gl/uNhQov Internet of Things: Same topic, new date http://goo.gl/VCZdiZ GM: New Generation Vehicles To Be More ‘Connected http://goo.gl/8IlmXW NOTES from IOTCHINA 2013, Xin Che Jian, SCC Wuxi, IoT R&D Center Academy of Sciences http://goo.gl/7LuXlt Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s Connected Car Could Pose Some Issues to the Auto Industry http://goo.gl/Irri58 Every New Car Connected by 2025 http://goo.gl/yPWIrV How the Internet of Things Is Changing Our Lives : Infographic http://goo.gl/8fmTBI The Open Source Internet of Things Has some big aspirations http://goo.gl/wqhT0V We Need Intelligent Networks To Make Use of Internet of Things Data http://goo.gl/sOMDFh Belkin brings the Internet of things home (with bonus IFTTT) http://goo.gl/gZno65 Evaluation Kit spurs Internet of Things development http://goo.gl/J5m60i FILM I sent my virtual self To help open this year's Internet of Things Week in Helsinki http://goo.gl/aTTzUE Twine By Supermechanical http://goo.gl/vQu290 Global M2M Market 2012-2016 http://goo.gl/EEfcbo Networked Things? The Magic Starts http://goo.gl/L8FoFu The meaning of collaboration Is set to evolve with IoE. http://goo.gl/o9dPLj Exploiting the Internet of Things With investigative analytics http://goo.gl/HXA8iC Smart Grid Tech Market Expected To Maintain 'Robust Growth http://goo.gl/Lyel1n M2M Report: Global Sensor Outlook Report: 2013 http://goo.gl/fJPv11 Schneider Electric Takes a bottoms-up approach to smart cities http://goo.gl/aldSWy "Internet of Things" 10 reasons why you can't ignore it http://goo.gl/HbD7Bn The Internet of Things: Will M2M Transform Your Company or Kill It? http://goo.gl/G4cMhw Cisco Unveils First Internet of Everything Platform for Smart Cities http://goo.gl/cTgqsR The internet of things A market landscape http://goo.gl/y2PjUp EMC + Internet of Things Interview with Chuck Hollis http://goo.gl/QtUFVh 5 Ways M2M Technology Can Improve American Roadways http://goo.gl/NvfpSM How SAP hopes to win From the Internet of Things http://goo.gl/QLBd1Z IoT will be next silver screen Says media exec http://goo.gl/4ntX7F The ivee Sleek To Manage Your “Internet Of Things!” http://goo.gl/IPh8Sr Smart meters: Hacking fear ahead of nationwide roll-out http://goo.gl/trxdRC Cyber Security In the Internet of Things http://goo.gl/nHxOD9 Meet Marie Kenerson: Another Person for a Smarter Planet http://goo.gl/DY5Jm2 ‘Internet of things’ to generate US$613bn worth of global profits this year http://goo.gl/B1m2u9 http://goo.gl/SrM9FH Plant Link Lets you watch your plants http://www.myplantlink.com/ EU-China Cooperation on ICT research 2nd Thematic Workshop http://goo.gl/Mu9biY Laying the Foundation For the Internet of Things http://goo.gl/05uaQ9 Energy harvesting and the internet of things Chicken and egg? http://goo.gl/Y4I3Kl TI Targets Internet-of-Things Set-Up http://goo.gl/yRyC51 Securing The Internet of Things http://goo.gl/7u2Quy GE Expands Its Internet Of Things http://goo.gl/lp97Kw Connected Smart Gadgets Follow Our Every Move http://goo.gl/YDg3Ns Smart Grid sensors market To double by 2014 http://goo.gl/tbpU65 AT&T adds Two internet of things innovation centers http://goo.gl/jwzD1U Smart grid sector Set for meteoric growth http://goo.gl/7a544b Internet of Things Or just M2M on steroids? http://goo.gl/kvbeIY Podcast: What the next few years hold for the internet of things http://goo.gl/79dhUj How can operators prepare for The global phenomenon of M2M? http://goo.gl/RmDAF2 Letting machines Do the talking http://goo.gl/u3xV9p Protect the Planet With M2M http://goo.gl/fVlrLQ Seeing M2M In a New Light http://goo.gl/TrThZ8 Vodafone launches its first All-in-one M2M remote monitoring package http://goo.gl/OPHVwI Developing a Smarter Internet of Things http://goo.gl/JRJ2px Wipro puts in $5M to pick up minority stake in Machine-to-machine applications firm Axeda http://goo.gl/UfvJIQ The world’s smallest And smartest GPS tracker http://goo.gl/4O9lDa Great slides on Designing for the Internet of Things http://goo.gl/kZw7Mw Cisco forms Internet of Things group http://goo.gl/jliQXx Why the internet of things has to be Not too smart and not too dumb, but just right http://goo.gl/Tqzqvt IoT has arrived In industry http://goo.gl/UG9oTJ Driving Down the Smart Car Superhighway http://goo.gl/vqzuUQ Java and The Internet of Things http://goo.gl/wQvbLg $500B in Internet of Everything Opportunities Going Down The Drain This Year http://goo.gl/VW8e7Q A Smarter Approach to Verifying Scientific Claims Could Save Money and Help Patients http://goo.gl/g4b7Zg Autonomous Data Machines Announced by Knightscope http://goo.gl/g5ZpZI M2M, Internet of Things: 10 key points http://goo.gl/9mal9b Exciting times For M2M? http://goo.gl/br6ebs M2M Helps In the Kitchen http://goo.gl/yWio7a How Shodan Searches for Holes in The Internet of Things http://goo.gl/Wj4Gn0 The M2M Adoption Barometer 2013 http://goo.gl/RME89d Internet of things Will reshape CIO agendas http://goo.gl/kqAQWl The Internet of Things And the future of manufacturing http://goo.gl/o7WFqq M2M Technology Convergence Making Smart Buildings Even Smarter http://goo.gl/ENS2Gw Intel® Intelligent Systems Empowering Embedded Innovation http://goo.gl/db1Wmc New types of partners For the Internet of Things http://goo.gl/2akmg1 The Commercialization of Analytics A Vital Thread in the Internet of Things Movement http://goo.gl/VH4jeI How To Intelligently Build An Internet Of Things http://goo.gl/8BT4Oa How the Rest of Us Can Build the Internet of Things http://goo.gl/jjN9oC Connected cars: What's in store http://goo.gl/eYBj9I Mobile M2M market Grew 25 per cent in 2012 http://goo.gl/0o7BCn Connect my house! A first look at the SmartThings hub and sensor platform http://goo.gl/UH4T2d The internet of you: How wireless medical implants will change medicine http://goo.gl/76zgNR M2M Empowers Patients http://goo.gl/7RtyE4 Connecting Tthe classroom of the future http://goo.gl/1odfZX British Airways, Dreamworks Design smartphone-based luggage tags http://goo.gl/rtqqQ0 Cisco Internet Of Things Business Unit Unveiled http://goo.gl/vZ7VC0 Laure Quintin & Günter Külzhammer: The presentations of IoT Week are online http://goo.gl/DOi0eJ What Is The Internet Of Things & How Will It Affect Our Future http://goo.gl/CXm0sQ The 'Internet of Things' pits George Jetson vs. George Orwell http://goo.gl/tXk8IC Microsoft Updates Windows Embedded For Internet of Things http://goo.gl/OYVkhc Your Invite to Our IoT Party http://goo.gl/ejZayA Industry experts gather in Cambridge To focus on Internet of Things http://goo.gl/FRzvk6 The Next $100 Billion Technology Market? http://goo.gl/Js3Rzw What CEOs Need To Know About M2M http://goo.gl/0fXr0a ZigBee: THE standard for Smart Home applications? http://goo.gl/8UErJD Smart Communities are The Heart of the Smart City Machine http://goo.gl/4f7PoJ Internet of things makes strange bedfellows of Oracle and Salesforce http://goo.gl/hdZYcx What’s the Real Cost of Smart Meters in Maine? http://goo.gl/hdZYcx Cisco's internet of things vision Is about services and gear http://goo.gl/Gne4UE 1st Industrial Park of Internet of Things Established http://goo.gl/kuu5mY Safe Driving on Fourth of July With M2M http://goo.gl/ySktWS $10m grants to boost Smart grid innovation http://goo.gl/gKsIaK Internet of Things: Impact on the Data Center + Big Data? http://goo.gl/dJ0bfb Why Bosch Chose the University of St. Gallen For Its IoT Lab http://goo.gl/Krxpr6 Which Tablet Will Take the Lead in M2M? http://goo.gl/GLcXnK Internet Of Things In Danger Of Fragmentation http://goo.gl/ict7DR Neul Sharpens Focus On Internet of Things Market http://goo.gl/Wo2zTu M2M Creates Digital Wood Carving http://goo.gl/744OlY Connected home startup Control4 Files for an IPO for up to $60M http://goo.gl/XDs8cq Smart meters' Smartness queried http://goo.gl/XNd1SE The Internet of Things: Embedded Engineers, Are You Ready? http://goo.gl/TrZm6R High-Tech Sensors Help Old Port City Leap Into Smart Future http://goo.gl/cgsJds M2M: The Future Is Here http://goo.gl/XfBjtS GE just invented The first "internet of things" device you'll actually want to own http://goo.gl/yPLnr6 Technology improves, But 'smart' cities still a hard sell http://goo.gl/6dr8lG Sentrollers and The Internet of Things http://goo.gl/M7D0rn Big-Data Meets The Internet of Things http://goo.gl/3w1cBZ Carmakers are M2M pioneers Despite disappointing ROI http://goo.gl/FZXMCK The Internet of Things is Driving Collaborative Consumption http://goo.gl/I9sOGS New York Adds Smart Grid Initiatives http://goo.gl/7ziDcy Clearview Traffic Enters The Smart Parking Market http://goo.gl/6fQ5yq M2M set to be Differentiator for car makers http://goo.gl/3qSNK7 Key to IoT is collaboration Says ARM CEO http://goo.gl/Fh69ef Your favourite car may soon sport State-of-art telematics http://goo.gl/Shol6D AT&T and Wipro Expand relationship http://goo.gl/x5EGhM Smart thinking (From Hereford Times) http://goo.gl/QgXJ8a The world according to GM's guru of connectivity, Mary Chan http://goo.gl/88f5F8 Apple Inc. (AAPL) Brings iOS To The Dashboard In “Connected Cars” http://goo.gl/PJVmwo Instead of a Watson in every home We should start with a smarter coffee pot http://goo.gl/fg3zBC Troubleshooting The Smart City http://goo.gl/QcPM8w New Zealand Smart Meter Smart Grid Policy under Fire http://goo.gl/PLAVbV From Idea to M2M Application http://goo.gl/XCicfx Ambient backscatter: Free energy harvesting from TV signals, to power a ubiquitous internet of things http://goo.gl/5fTwbV The explosive impact of Machine-to-machine technology http://goo.gl/KvPbbk
Books Here is a selection to review:
Bhuptani, Manish, and Shahram Moradpour. RFID Field Guide: Deploying Radio
Frequency Identification Systems. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Sun
Microsystems/Prentice Hall PTR, 2005. Print. Click Here
NFC NFC equipped library http://goo.gl/Eky8pr Google runs NFC campaign In Australian airports http://goo.gl/zEtmHa Lycamobile adopts NFC For international workforce management http://goo.gl/dBZDW8 |
Sponsored By: Press Releases
A regular feature of HighTechAIDCourier will be a
review of interesting press releases from around the world. Please send
your press releases to
editor@hightechaid.com, but do not forget to include a URL to the full
release on your web site. Here are this month's selections:
VTI Brings Internet of Things (IOT) and Cloud Computing to Test and Measurement RVINE, Calif., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- VTI Instruments is pleased to announce the release of the EMX-2500 Gigabit Ethernet interface for the SentinelEX PXI Express family. http://goo.gl/7QP5gk Frost & Sullivan: Further Progress in M2M towards Internet of Things Requires a Focus on Security Risks Strong focus on security necessary to drive continued M2M deployment in enterprises http://goo.gl/UUw2G3 Internet of Everything Expected to Generate $613 Billion in Profits in 2013 Business Leaders in Global Study Believe Job Market, Wages and Information Security Will Improve With IoE http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/-1803462.htm New GigaOM Research Report Examines Market Potential for the Internet of Things Report includes review of trends, use cases and potential challenges to adoption. http://goo.gl/tYnMH2 Connected Car Market Report by Telefonica Digital LONDON, June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Telefónica Digital today published the Connected Car Industry 2013 report, featuring contributions from eight of the world’s largest car manufacturers and Machina Research. http://goo.gl/lcCiUU Mobile M2M module segment of the M2M market hits $1.5 billion Campbell, CALIFORNIA, June 19, 2013—Infonetics Research released excerpts from its latest Mobile M2M Modules report, which provides market size, analysis, and forecasts for mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) modules by technology, vertical, and region. http://goo.gl/QC7ddJ North America Machine-to-Machine Communication in Intelligent Buildings Market Growth 2012-2016 : MarketResearchReports.Biz MarketResearchReports.Biz announces addition of new report “Machine-to-Machine Communication in Intelligent Buildings Market in North America 2012-2016” to its database http://goo.gl/9HfpVX GSMA: 1.5 BILLION NEW MOBILE CONNECTIONS IN ASIA BY 2017 WILL POWER GROWTH AND DRIVE IMPACT OF THE CONNECTED LIFE New PwC-GSMA Research Underscores the Effect that the Growth of Connected Devices in Asia Will Have on Key Industry Sectors http://goo.gl/As976r Semtech’s New Long-Range RFIC Platform Will Drive Internet of Things (IOT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Deployments With a Range of up to 15km, the SX1272 RFIC Enables Metering, Control and Sensor Applications; Ideal Solution for Internet of Things and Machine-to-Machine Applications http://goo.gl/0b5zcw New Project Aims to Make New York’s Lake George the “Smartest Lake” in the World Planned World-Class Environmental Laboratory with Monitoring and Prediction System to Be Cornerstone of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, IBM, and the FUND for Lake George Collaboration http://goo.gl/be4hMC Internet of Things: Fargo - Creating Solutions for Convenience through Web Control Fargo is an innovative electrical device that allows a remote user to control local relays over the web. Virtually almost any device with an on/off switch or a sensor can be controlled using Fargo. http://goo.gl/1rmMVT The Final Comment
We always try to find something to keep away those boring evenings while
you wait to get back to work. This month is no exception, try these:
Flying on water: Not your father's sailing race http://goo.gl/FAmZes The World's Shortest Train Fake or not, I literally LOL-ed when I first saw it http://goo.gl/RXo5Nr The Statue of Liberty Before she was green http://goo.gl/PcbgFn Sensational Rock formations http://goo.gl/QRKZhR Comparing Apples and oranges http://goo.gl/wMHfSj NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Photographs of the lunar rover, which Apollo 17 left behind, as well as the astronauts' footprints http://goo.gl/mcixD7 Stunning wingsuit flying footage of Jeb Corlis Flying in the Swiss Alps http://goo.gl/HJSVSI The Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra Surprises travelers at Copenhagen Central Station with ‘Bolero’ by Ravel http://goo.gl/37zbCk One of the best helicopter flying shows ever. Performed at the 1990 "Royal Easter Show" in Sydney, Australia http://goo.gl/6zNruD Please tell us what extra you want from the newsletter and don't forget to tell your friends to subscribe. You can forward your ideas to steve@hightechaid.com. No part of the newsletter may be reproduced without written permission. No liability is accepted for any action arising from the contents of the newsletter; readers are advised to seek professional opinion on the use of any products described. Opinions expressed in any article by an outside contributor are not necessarily endorsed by the publishers of the newsletter. Unsubscribe: See the link at the bottom of the page. |