DOE: Smart Grid is M2M Technology
Department of Energy officially acknowledges Smart Grid is Machine-to-Machine Technology and is conducting workshop on $38 Billion in stimulus money during M2M’s Connected World event
CAROL STREAM, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It’s finally official: After years of M2M (machine-to-machine) companies walking the wilderness in search of mainstream validation, Brian J. Quirke, director of communications for the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) in the Midwest, stated that the smart grid is actually an M2M initiative. Quirke will be conducting a special seminar entitled "How to Benefit from Stimulus Dollars" during M2M’s Connected World (June 9-12, Chicago, IL) on guiding technology companies to take advantage of $38 billion in stimulus money earmarked for DOE projects.
Zigbee Adding IP Capabilities
World's leading low-power wireless networking standard adds new specification featuring seamless integration with global IT networks to portfolio
SAN RAMON, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating standardized wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced it will incorporate global IT standards from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) into its specification portfolio of low-power wireless networking standards. This move will expand the growing portfolio of successful ZigBee specifications and should further advance the rapid growth of Smart Grid applications that have widely adopted the proven ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile.
Nebula’s Technology
Wireless sensor network (WSN) is one of the most promising technologies in the new century which combines the state of the art technologies in the areas of wireless communication, network, sensor and automatic control. A wireless sensor network consists of spatially distributed autonomous devices. Each such device, namely a node in general, is equipped with a radio transceiver, one or more sensors, a small microcontroller and an energy source, usually a battery.
Wireless LPG Monitoring System Deployed
Austin, TX (Aug. 29, 2008) - Nebula Networks, a cutting edge low-power industrial wireless sensor networking(WSN) technology provider, announced it has successfully delivered the first real-time wireless networking technology based LPG monitoring system with SARS Corp. and DFSOFT Co. Ltd. in China.
