Bluetooth Low Energy Bluetooth Low Energy was born as part of the basic Bluetooth 4.0 specification. Initially designed by Nokia as Wibree, and then adopted by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), its initial goal was to provide a radio standard with the lowest possible power consumption, specifically optimized for communication between smart devices over...
The theme of corporate waste is now very much felt by companies, both small and medium-sized and large ones. The attention to reducing waste in the business environment began to have great importance especially starting from the 1950s with the introduction of the Toyota Production System. Toyota Production System is a system developed by the Japanese...
BlueUp Srl and ZETAQLAB SpA, young and dynamic Italian SMEs, announce the start of a collaboration aimed at developing solutions for asset tracking and indoor localization, integrated within lighting control systems. The need to trace goods and people in working contexts (factories, warehouses, offices, hospitals) is growing exponentially, driven by the implementation of new methodologies and new operational approaches inspired...
We have already talked in one of our previous articles about the numerous advantages of Smart Buildings in the field of energy efficiency and sustainability (Smart Buildings: sustainability and energy efficiency). Smart Building, however, is not only synonymous with energy efficiency and sustainability, but also with comfort and health for those who reside there. In...
Wirepas Mesh 2.4GHz is a powerful mesh network protocol that allows to deploy affordable, massive, and high-density short-range IoT applications with unprecedented performance. In a Wirepas Mesh network, gateway is a crucial component, as it bridges the mesh network to a central server either on-premise or in the cloud. Until today, Wirepas gateway drivers only run on top of...
Today more and more buildings are designed, built and renovated according to Smart Building principles, to obtain intelligent and automated spaces for residential, commercial and corporate use. For this type of intervention, the Internet of Things plays a decisive role. It is thanks to the possibility provided by the IoT to make all systems interconnected...
On average, people spend 90% of their time indoors: home, office, school, gym. Not only that, in recent years, homes have acquired even more importance than they already had, so much so that 68% of Italians, in 2022, said they spent more time at home than in 2019. These results emerge from CasaDoxa 2022, the fifth...
The application of IoT technologies in museums has many advantages, both for visitors and curators. How can a museum leverage technology to improve its offerings? Beacons transform museums and cultural spaces into multimedia and immersive environments Beacons make museums and cultural spaces interactive. Just install beacons by placing them near the paintings: when a visitor approaches any painting,...
The demand for beacon-based applications for the location and safety of workers in industrial environments is hugely increasing, thus, leading to the development of new BLE solutions, either based on standard or proprietary formats, to provide information on the location and status of the worker. Following this market demand, BlueUp has developed Safety advertising packet, supported by...
According to report Smart Beacon Market by Beacon Standard (iBeacon, Eddystone), Connectivity Type, Offering (Hardware, Software, Service), End Use (Retail, Transportation and Logistics, Public Gathering and Spaces), and Geography – Global Forecast to 2023, the smart beacon market is expected to be valued at USD 1,363.6 million in 2017 and is likely to reach USD 19,805.5...