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ICYMI: Developments Happening in the IoT Space

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We’re a few days off July, folks. In some areas, the heat dome much of the U.S. experienced this month is beginning to fade; just in time for those participating in firework celebrations for the Fourth, no less.

However, though we may be about halfway through 2024, never will we run dry of cool Internet of Things stories to share. After all, IoT is legitimately transformative; no longer relegated to buzzword status, IoT connects consumer electronics, real-time sensors and health monitoring wearables, software-defined vehicles, smart city projects and much more.

Here’s a quick handful of recent ones, in case you missed them:

  • Silicon Valley-based robotics company Skyfront – its teams specializing in long-endurance hybrid drones and related technologies used in both commercial and defense applications – has now made available its Skyfront MagniPhy next-gen drone magnetometer solution. This enclosure is a universal attachment mechanism for drones that markedly improves efficiency and safety; to boot, it works with third-party magnetometer sensors and a wide variety of drones to significantly improve in-flight data capabilities, it’s aerodynamic and foldable for transport, and it will serve defense and geophysical service use cases well, Skyfront has stated. (Read here for the full story, plus for a photo of a drone with MagniPhy in action.)
  • Vecna Robotics closed a whopping $100 million Series C funding round, the funds from which will be used to make possible new workflow-specific innovations that enable the company to deliver rapid ROI to cost-conscious warehouse operators served by the $165 billion pallet-moving autonomy market.
  • Teledatics and Newracom – the former being a provider of distributed wireless access capabilities for sensors and control systems, and the latter a fabless semiconductor and Wi-Fi development company – are collaborating; specifically, on Teledatics’ launched-and-certified TD-HALOM ultra-low power, long-range Wi-Fi HaLow module that utilizes Newracom’s NRC7394 SoC. Designed to operate at the maximum limits set by the FCC, this module enables communication with, as the official collab announcement describes, “the farthest range and best signal penetration achievable with Wi-Fi HaLow.”
  • CareBand, a provider of low-powered, location-based health and safety wearables (tried-and-true IoT, at its core), recently announced that it secured its latest patent; a resounding win for both healthcare and for the LPWAN market, as well. Adam Russek-Sobol, CEO of CareBand, stated how “This patent reflects our commitment to innovation and our focus on enhancing connectivity and computing within low power networks. It paves the way for deploying sophisticated IoT solutions that ensure people are safe and healthy, while facilitating real-time decision-making and operational efficiency across various industries.”

For more news outside the realm of IoT, we encourage visiting our other sites like GenAI News, Future of Work News and Smart City Sentinel.

Again, TGIF readers. Stay hydrated and safe as the Fourth approaches, and take good care, as always.


Edited by Greg Tavarez
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