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Yesterday I’ve been invited to a debate organized by the Fundació UPC about “internet in your pocket”. During the debate, Albert Calvet from CV&A Consulting talked about e-learning and its applications to cellphones. Carles Grau from Microsoft talked about the upcoming technology that Microsoft is preparing for new mobile devices, he talked about his Media Center integrated in some versions of Windows Vista, but I became surprised because he did’t talked about Windows Mobile Edition, that has become a winner between Operative Systems for mobile devices, maybe because the concept “PDA” is almost dead? Josep Fígols from Sun was really direct and concise; he said that Java is more alive than ever (making special attention to JME), he introduced the SunSPOT and said that any mobile device oriented applications needs a solid and strong backend (and of course, Java is the right technology to implement it). He also made a reference to the acquisition of MySQL by Sun (while Carles Grau noticed in an interview that Opensource has no sustainable Business Model behind). Xavier Kirchner from Telefonica I+D talked about more generalistic data and showed us why existing internet access from cellphones became a complete failure. I really liked his thought that we must look at cellphones as an interface to interact with social networking applications. I made a fast reference to most new devices (Iphone, Blackberry and Asus Eee PC) that make possible to take advantage from ubiquitous connectivity, but also to new devices that forge the anacronysm of typical input/output interfaces like keyboard/screen. Finally I talked about new network providers like Fon or future MVNO’s. A final reference was to Android and RSS as a upcoming platforms and standards needed to speed-up new applications development.

During the rest of the debate, we discussed about Opensource, about the inexistent initiative from the Y generation (while I was criticizing the University for not stimulating students creativity). Also there was a reference about the need of add semantic information to this huge amount of data that Internet is becoming. It was a really interesting debate that could have been running for hours because of topic’s interest and possibilities. Here you have my slides. I would like also to thank to the Fundació UPC the invite to a high level debate.

The 2008 M2M 100 is a list of the most important and influential machine-to-machine technology providers as determined by the editors of M2M magazine and its editorial advisory board. It is designed to provide a snapshot of the market as it exists today and the companies with the greatest impact on its direction. The M2M 100 is published annually.

7 Layers Inc. Irvine, California Engineering/Deployment Services
Accenture Ltd. Hamilton, Bermuda (U.K.) Application Platform/Middleware
Advantech Cincinnati, Ohio Embedded Hardware
Aeris Communications San Jose, California Network Connectivity/Services
Airbiquity Seattle, Washington Application Platform/Middleware
Arcom Control Systems Inc. Overland Park, Kansas Embedded Hardware
AT&T Inc. San Antonio, Texas Network Connectivity/Services
Augusta Systems Inc. Morgantown, West Virginia RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking (Radio Frequency Indendification)
AVIDWireless Irving, Texas External Hardware
Axeda Corp. Foxboro, Massachusetts Application Software
BlueTree Wireless Data Inc. Montreal, Quebec External Hardware
BOX Telematics West Midlands, United Kingdom External Hardware
CalAmp Corp. Oxnard, California Embedded Hardware
CETECOM Inc. Milpitas, California Machine-to-Machine
Comtech Holdings Ltd. Bolton, England (U.K.) Application Platform/Middleware
Comtrol Corporation Maple Grove, Minnesota External Hardware
Connect One Ltd. Phoenix, Arizona Embedded Hardware
Coronis Systems Inc. Montpellier, France RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
CriticalWireless Corp. Austin, Texas Application Platform/Middleware
Crossbow Technology Inc. San Jose, California RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
CrossBridge Solutions Lincolnshire, Illinois Network/Application Services
DataOnline LLC Berkeley Heights, New Jersey External Hardware
DataRemote Inc. Ventura, California External Hardware
Digi International Minnetonka, Minnesota External Hardware
DPAC Technologies Corp. Garden Grove, California Embedded Hardware
Dust Networks Inc. Hayward, California RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
Echelon Corp. San Jose, California Application Platform/Middleware
ei3 Montvale, New Jersey Application Platform/Middleware
Eka Systems Inc. Germantown, Maryland RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking (Radio Frequency Indendification)
Ember Corp. Boston, Massachusetts RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
EMRT Pittsford, New York Engineering/Deployment Services
Enfora LP Plano, Texas Embedded Hardware
Esprida Corp. Mississauga, Ontario Application Platform/Middleware
Ezurio Ltd. High Wycombe, United Kingdom External Hardware
General Electric Co. Fairfield, Connecticut Application Platform/Middleware
Hetrogenous Inc. DBA FalcomUSA Northridge, California Embedded Hardware
Honeywell Intl. Inc. Morristown, New Jersey External Hardware
IBM Armonk, New York Application Platform/Middleware
Integ Process Group Inc. Wexford, Pennsylvania External Hardware
Iridium Satellite LLC Bethesda, Maryland Network Connectivity/Services
Isochron Inc. Austin, Texas Application Platform/Middleware
Janus Remote Communications Aurora, Illinois Embedded Hardware
Jasper Wireless Inc. Sunnyvale, California Network Connectivity/Services
Kore Telematics Herndon, Virginia Network Connectivity/Services
Kyocera Wireless Corp. San Diego, California Embedded Hardware
M2M Data Corp. Englewood, Colorado Application Platform/Middleware
MeshNetics Phoenix, Arizona RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking (Radio Frequency Indendification)
Millennial Net Burlington, Massachusetts RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
Mobile Electron LLC Lutz, Florida Deployment Services
Moblize Houston, Texas Application Platform/Middleware
Morey Corp. Woodridge, Illinois External Hardware
Motorola Shaumburg, Illinois Embedded Hardware
MOXA Technologies Brea, California External Hardware
Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. Mounds View, Minnesota Embedded Hardware
MWA Intelligence Scottsdale, Arizona Asset Tracking
NexAira Inc. San Diego, California Engineering/Deployment Services
Numerex Atlanta, Georgia Network Connectivity/Services
Omnilink Systems Alpharetta, Georgia Application Platform/Middleware
Opto22 Temecula, California External Hardware
Orange SA London, England (U.K.) Network Connectivity/Services
ORBCOMM Dulles, Virginia Network Connectivity/Services
Pedigree Technologies Fargo, North Dakota RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking (Radio Frequency Indendification)
Perle Systems Inc. Nashville, Tennessee External Hardware
Precidia Technologies Inc. Ottawa, Ontario Application Platform/Middleware
QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions San Diego, California Network Connectivity/Services
Questra Corp. Redwood City, California Application Platform/Middleware
Raco Wireless Cincinnati, Ohio Network Connectivity/Services
RF Monolithics Inc. Dallas, Texas RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
Rogers Business Solutions Toronto, Ontario Network Connectivity/Services
SAP AG Waldorf, Germany Application Platform/Middleware
Savi Technology Inc. Mountain View, California RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
Sena Technologies Inc. San Jose, California Embedded Hardware
Sensicast Systems Inc. Needham, Massachusetts RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
SensorLogic Inc. Addison, Texas Application Platform/Middleware
Shanghai SimCom Ltd. Shanghai, China Embedded Hardware
Siemens AG Munich, Germany Embedded Hardware
Sierra Wireless Richmond, British Columbia Embedded Hardware
Simple Com Tools Tampa, Florida External Hardware
SmartSignal Corp. Lisle, Illinois Application Platform/Middleware
Sprint Nextel Corp. Overland Park, Kansas Network Connectivity/Services
T-Mobile USA Inc. Bellevue, Washington Network Connectivity/Services
Telit Morrisville, North Carolina Embedded Hardware
Telus Mobility Edmonton, Alberta Network Connectivity/Services
Tendril Networks Inc. Boulder, Colorado RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
Texas Instruments Inc. Dallas, Texas RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking
Tridium Richmond, Virginia Application Platform/Middleware
V2 Telecom Sao Paulo, Brazil Deployment Services
Velocita Wireless Woodbridge, New Jersey Network Connectivity/Services
Verizon Wireless Bedminster, New Jersey Network Connectivity/Services
Vianet Ltd Dunfermline, England (U.K.) Application Platform/Middleware
Vodafone Group PLC Newbury, England (U.K.) Network Connectivity/Services
Wavecom Cedex, France Embedded Hardware
WebTech Wireless Inc. Burnaby, British Columbia Deployment Services
Wind River Systems Inc. Alameda, California Engineering/Deployment Services
WinSystems Inc. Arlington, Texas Embedded Hardware
Wyless PLC Uxbridge, England (U.K.) Network Connectivity/Services
Your Voice SpA Milano, Italy Application Platform/Middleware
Ziphany LLC North Tonawanda, New York Application Platform/Middleware

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Source: http://www.specialtypub.com/m2m/m2m100/listing.asp

A good way to know about the usage of the development frameworks is to look at the job positions offered asking for knowledge on it. Indeed.com allows you to look through the history of job offers by keyword so you can have an idea of the evolution of the job demand.

The guys from the Spring Team have compared the evolution of positions asking for “java and spring” vs “java and ejb”. The growth of Spring positions is amazing, and gives an idea of how well the IT industry is adquiring this open source framework. EJB have not decreased, however I think it’s a matter of time, because the flexibility of the Spring framework and the large set of plugins to connect to other frameworks is a pro that is convincing even the more old-school project managers.

[Via the Spring Source Team Blog]

These days have been very busy, we’re still in SIMO (Madrid, Spain). Visit us whenever you want!
Remember: stand 1A146.

from IDTechEx

Active RFID, where a battery drives the tag, is responsible for an increasing percentage of the money spent in the RFID market. It will rise from 12.7% of the total RFID market this year to 26.3% in 2017, meaning a huge $7.07 billion market. If we include the market for cell phone RFID modules (another form of active RFID), the market is an additional $0.44 billion in 2007 and $1.2 billion in 2017.

Analysis of 75 case studies

In the analysis of 75 active RFID case studies from 18 countries, the largest number of projects has been in Logistics with around double the number for each of the nearest contenders - Air Industry, Automotive/Transportation and Healthcare. Added to those as important sectors will be such things as safety of constructions and people monitoring. Meanwhile, RTLS is being put in about 50 hospitals yearly, for staff, patients and assets. In the case studies, the items that are tagged were mainly containers, followed by vehicles, conveyances and people.

Applications of Active RFID by market vertical 2007-201

Dexma Sensors has classified for the semifinals of the Eurecan European Venture Contest 2007 Award. The semifinals will be held in Brussels, Turin, Copenhaguen, Paris and Pamplona, we’ve chosen Pamplona as it’s closer from Barcelona and from Madrid. Why mention Madrid in this post? You’ll find the answer in the previous post. We will be presenting our project in the Eurecan the Nov 5th, and the SIMO starts Nov 6th, so we’ll go directly from Pamplona to Madrid.

The Eurecan is a European Contest and as it’s said in the contest website, its purpose is “to encourage the creation of companies based on innovation and which, thereby, contribute to national and international economic development.”

The final of this contest will be held in Barcelona in December, and for sure we will do our best to be there.

Keep watching this blog to know more about the competition and our progress in it.

More information here

The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) is proud to host four annual international conferences for entrepreneurship educators. These conferences are called Roundtables on Entrepreneurship Education (REE). They are designed to stimulate communication and collaboration between business, science, and engineering faculty who teach high-technology entrepreneurship in universities around the world. This year REE Europe is co-hosted by the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain.

Program Schedule

Friday, 21 September

09:30 - 10:45 Examples of spin-off ventures
Moderator: Xavier Estaran, Programa Innova-UPC
- DEXMA SENSORS (UPC)
- ALEASOFT (UPC)
- TRAMONTANA (UdG)

+ info: http://ree.stanford.edu/europe/

Leemos en el artículo Is M2M dead? de la M2M Magazine datos interesantes como:

1. Juniper Research Ltd., www.juniperresearch.com, Hampshire, U.K., which says the market for wireless-enabled M2M applications is now entering a new growth phase with revenues set to climb from $20 billion last year to more than $44 billion by 2009 and $74 billion by 2011.

2. It has been reported that currently there are more than 50 billion machines in the world, and as a result, the market will soar to an almost unbelievable 32% in annual growth and $290 billion in total revenue by 2011. So the networking of these physical assets will require the communication of other assets to enable data to be transmitted 24/7 impacting both our personal and professional lives.

3. The editors of M2M believe the “Six Pillars” of machine-to-machine technology represent market segments that all involve networking physical assets and integrating machine data into today’s business systems. The Six Pillars of M2M are 1) remote monitoring, 2) RFID, 3) sensor networking, 4) smart services, 5) telematics, and 6) telemetry. Together, they represent just about every way there is to apply M2M technology in both our business and personal environments.

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A number of fields of application of IEEE 802.15.4 are described below.
• Home Automation and Security: A wireless PAN provides a low-cost solution for electronic control within the home; e.g. HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning), lighting, curtains/blinds, doors, locks, home entertainment systems. Another important application within the home is security – both intruder and fire detection.
• Consumer products: Wireless PANs can be built into consumer electronics products. The most obvious example is to provide a common remote control for the various components of a home entertainment system (that may be distributed throughout the home). Other examples are computer systems and toys, in which a wireless radio link may be used to replace a point-to-point cable link (such as between a mouse and a PC).
• Healthcare: This field employs sensors and diagnostic devices that can be networked by means of a wireless PAN. Applications include monitoring during healthcare programmes such as fitness training, in addition to medical applications.
• Vehicle Monitoring: Vehicles usually contain many sensors and diagnostic devices, and provide ideal applications for wireless PANs. A prime example is the use of pressure sensors in tyres, which cannot be connected by cables.
• Agriculture: Wireless PANs can help farmers monitor land and environmental conditions in order to optimise their crop yields. Such networks can operate at very low data rates and latencies, but require wide geographical coverage – the latter issue is addressed by using network topologies that allow the relaying of messages across the network.