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STMICROELECTRONICS has entered into an agreement with Entrust Datacard to participate in its Card Validation Program.

AUSTRALIA-listed electric scooter maker Vmoto has entered into an agreement with Canadian company Saturna Green Systems which will see 32,000 of its scooters fitted with Saturna’s technology platform.

SYDNEY-based LED startup enLighten Australia has launched its wireless smartsense controls system for industrial LEDs.

NASA used an Arduino and a few XBee boards to test its de-orbiting SOAREX-8 Exo-Brake technology.

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of California have developed a “reflective” microchip which could reduce the power needed to communicate wirelessly.

JUNIPER Research has published a new study which indicates wireless charging is set to boom in the coming years.

UNITED States military researchers say the next generation satellite-based communications will use satellites as sky-based cellphone “towers”, global voice and data communications from challenging areas.

QUALCOMM Technologies has engineered a solution that allows devices like phones to wirelessly recharge, even if they have metal exteriors.

THE NEW Zealand Transport Agency has installed traffic sensors that record journey and queue wait times at various sites.

THE EUROPEAN Commission is investigating Qualcomm for possible abusive behaviour in the field of baseband chipsets.

M2M Connectivity will be showcasing the new AirPrime HL7549 LTE embedded module from Sierra Wireless at CONNECT EXPO in Melbourne and CeBIT in Sydney.

This article explains how an LTE signal is structured and how information is retrieved from the signal.

ETHERSTACK has successfully supplied specialised wireless test equipment to the US National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST).

The Symposiums explore the latest trends and technologies for test, measurement and embedded control.

An invention from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, uses ionised gas in fluorescent light tubes to transmit Wi-fi signals.

APPLE could be outfitting its devices with wireless charging capabilities, if its US patent is anything to go by.

The main attraction offered by Internet of Things is its potential to change strategy and a plethora of a new products and service possibilities.

Built-in NFC technology makes pairing a phone with portable speakers really simple.

An Israeli defense contractor will make use of an Australian firm’s secure wireless technology in a project with the US Department of Homeland Security.

The threat of ‘peak data’ and what that could mean for the way we connect and access essential services in the future, is the focus of a report released by CSIRO.