Panasonic has developed a tiny, low-power chip for sensor networks and Internet-connected appliances, which it says is the first to support a broad range of frequency bands.
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Panasonic Develops a Multi-band Wireless Communication Technology that Supports All Frequency Bands in Wireless Sensor Networks
Devices equipped with this technology will be able to support all the frequency bands of wireless sensor networks and realize energy savings of 30% of the power of conventional single band wireless blocks.
Growing fruit and vegetables at home by Panasonic
Probably the first cloud-based device for growing fruit and vegetables at home out there.
Holst Centre and imec announce a 2.3/2.4GHz transmitter for wireless sensor applications compliant with 4 wireless standards
The transmitter has been fabricated in a 90nm CMOS process, and consumes only 5.4mW from a 1.2V supply (2.7nJ/bit) at 0dBm output.