The year 2014 has just 10 days left. I would like to take the chance to say thanks to all people and companies, which has placed an order for the IoT M2M Cookbook or for IoT M2M consulting with me. I also would like to thank for any recommendation to business partners. The table of […]
Category: M2M industry news
How to reduce the costs of a M2M device by 20%?
If you are in GPS tracking business and have customers or plans to deliver to Russia, then it makes sense to have a look on a combined GPS/Glonass module.
IoT: Communication problems in your fridge!
“Does the smart fridge receive the milk carton chip’s message? If it does then how does fridge know what it is? There’s an Internet of Things protocol, of course, that the clever fridge and milk carton are compliant with. The home food shopper’s tablet or smartphone is also compliant with a domestic Internet of Things […]
Fridge with NFC tags during 2014 FIFA World Cup
NFC tags at fridge will make your life more comfortable Just stick some NFC tags to your fridge or on the back side of the remote control of your TV. With the NFC task launcher on your Android phone the apps of your favourite pizzeria or any other fast food restaurant will start. If they […]
iot.eclipse.org versus m2m.eclipse.org
Is M2M is not hype anymore? Eclipse changed the name and preferred IoT. In parallel it is interesting to follow the dialogs in several forums. Some people really try to split in M2M and IoT. My point of view between the difference of M2M and IoT is as below: M2M In M2M a machine is […]
Bluetooth End Product Listing EPL is not for free from 1th. Feb 2014 anymore
The BT SIG will charge Bluetooth SIG Adopter: $ 8,000 USD Bluetooth SIG Associate Member: $ 4,000 USD Companies with turnover <1 million USD per year: $ 2,500 USD (max 2 products) More details by email to harald.naumann (at) gsm-module.de If you have a product in development, then register it quickly. Anyone who is planning […]
Public Toilets 4.0 – Vending comes to the Bathroom
In the Netherlands, a new billing system for public toilets which is based on mobile wireless technology has been developed by “NeoNumus”. The costs incurred for provision of the facilities, cleaning and maintenance are paid quickly and simply by the customer by “mobile phone” via a cashless system. This system reduces the waiting time for […]
Apple and the iBeacon – another hype on iOS
If you read the article linked as below ,then you get the impression that Apple is the father and the mother of the Bluetooth Low Energy radio beacons. You also get the feeling that Android developers have no idea how to use such radio beacons and Windows 8 does not matter at all. Sorry, but […]
M2M is dead: long live IoT?
M2M is dead? I was using wireless in my projects 16 years ago. We tracked cars by GSM and GPS. We connected vending machines of Coca Cola in Berlin by GSM modem to a server. We had to use the CSD call because GPRS was not born. With a speed of 9600 bit per second […]
Remote control for TV and set-up box on Bluetooth Low Energy made easy
Reference design with multi-touch touch-pad, 6-axis motion sensing, and full QWERTY keyboard The hardware and software reference design includes a multi-touch touch-pad, 6-axis motion sensing, and full QWERTY keyboard. The reference design contains a multi-protocol nRF51822 System on Chip (SoC) to offer simultaneous single chip Bluetooth low energy and a 2.4GHz proprietary RF protocol support. […]