Technologists have never had trouble coming up with potential applications for wireless sensors. In a home security system, for example, wireless sensors would be much easier to install than sensors ...

Imagine a golf course that can sense rainfall, and adjust the automatic sprinkler system to delay a scheduled watering session or focus on parts of the course that didn’t get as much rain as others.

OSLO, Norway —Chipcon AS announced the availability of the CC2431, a system-on-chip IEEE 802.15.4 low-power wireless sensor networking product that also supports ZigBee. The device integrates ...

Alliance reaches milestone as it approves a standard specification for the ZigBee wireless network. The ZigBee Alliance has ratified the first ZigBee specification, making a reality the development ...

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. Today the group that develops Bluetooth technology said it would join with rival short-range wireless technology from Nokia known as Wibree to develop all manner of ...

That's where Zigbee comes in to literally save the day. When shopping around for smart home products, you'll likely see a sea ...

The IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee wireless standards provide a way to build inexpensive wireless sensor and control networks using available chip sets and modules. But building the gateway that lets these ...

As a recent Network World article noted, wired sensor networks have been around for decades, with an array of gauges measuring temperature, fluid levels, humidity and other attributes on pipelines, ...

Now, two new wireless networking technologies are vying to take the place of Ethernet cabling for at least some applications in the digital home—specifically, the transport of sensor feedback ...

Ushering in a new technology or standard to the market always seems to take longer than expected. In fact, the time between concept and actual adoption often can be measured with a stack of calendars.