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Lutron Electronics Launches Vive Wireless Lighting Control for Commercial Buildings

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, sixty percent of U.S. commercial buildings were constructed before 1980, representing a tremendous need for retrofit products. This staggering number, combined with the ongoing contractor labor shortage, means that demand is high for time and labor-saving products and solutions.

27 Apr 2016

MagnaChip Begins Shipping of Hall Effect Magnetic Direction Sensor MXG2320 in China

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip"), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, today announced that it is now shipping its e-Compass sensor (MXG2320) in China to a major smartphone manufacturer that is targeting mobile markets in China and India.

26 Apr 2016

Freudenberg’s Sensor-Integrated Smart Seals to Incorporate Functions Beyond Pure Self-Monitoring

Equipped with magnetic properties or electric conductivity, seals in the future will be expected to monitor their own wear, measure forces and perform other functions. Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is investigating smart materials that can take seals beyond their actual task of preventing material transfer.

26 Apr 2016

Otis, AT&T Collaboration to Enhance Connectivity Using IoT Products

Today AT&T and Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp., announced they are collaborating on opportunities to enhance connectivity through the use of Internet of Things (IoT) products - services and technologies that employ digital technologies to better connect with customers and with elevator, escalator and moving walkway equipment.

26 Apr 2016

Cisco, Rockwell Automation Collaborate to Develop DPI Technology for Use in Industrial IoT Appliances

As the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) continues to deliver value from connecting plant-floor devices to the enterprise, security remains an ongoing challenge. Today, IT systems leverage firewalls to monitor security risks on the IT network.

26 Apr 2016

The PR2 Profile Probe – New Version with SDI-12 Interface

Delta-T Devices has launched a new digital version of their well-established analogue PR2 Profile Probe. Named the PR2 SDI-12, it shares the many strengths of the analogue version (which remains in production), but with the addition of SDI-12 compatibility - allowing integration into new and existing SDI-12 systems.

From Delta-T Devices Ltd 25 Apr 2016

Energate, WattTime Collaborate to Distribute Smart Thermostats in Chicago

Energate Inc., a leader in interactive energy management solutions, announced today that it is piloting the use of innovative secure smart grid technology that will make its thermostats capable of prioritizing use of electricity from environmentally-friendly power plants.

25 Apr 2016

Current Announces Acquisition of Daintree Networks

Today Current, powered by GE, announced the acquisition of Daintree Networks, an Industrial Internet provider of building controls solutions for commercial facilities. This acquisition will enable Current to expand its building automation platform and its energy-as-a-service offering to small- and medium-size facilities through the deployment of Daintree's open, standards-based wireless control systems.

22 Apr 2016

Vishay Intertechnology Launches New High-Accuracy Digital Ambient Light Sensor for Industrial Applications

The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today introduced a new high-accuracy digital ambient light sensor for consumer and industrial applications.

22 Apr 2016

Queens University HML Launches Advanced Technologies by Integrating Flexpoint Bend Sensor Technology

Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. (FLXT) today announced Kingston, Ontario, Canada based Queens University and its Human Media Lab (HML), one of Canada's premier media laboratories under the direction of Dr. Roel Vertegaal, have developed a number of exciting, future-forward technologies featuring Flexpoint Bend Sensor® technology.

From Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. 21 Apr 2016

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