As the need for surveillance and communications among troops increases, military- grade connectors woven into vest can fulfil that need, discovers Caroline Hayes
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Editors Blog – It’ll all come out in the wash
True smart textiles should be washed, laundered and still wearable but this is not the case – yet. R&D is honing in on this prerequisite, reports Caroline Hayes
Sensor node is key in Roki IoT platform
Collaboration between Rohm and Kionix has resulted in the RoKi sensor node, a key component in the new RoKi Internet of Things (IoT) platform.
Arrow Electronics adds Tiger board for multi-protocol wireless devices
Arrow Electronics has extended its SmartEverything family with the Tiger board. It has the NXP Semiconductor Kinetis KW41Z multi-protocol wireless microcontroller for low-power connected devices.
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