TM for the short range connectivity INCISOR environment Video enabled Issue 164 The Nearly Christmas Issue SATELLITE FOR ALL? THIS ISSUE TRAC: ZIGBEE – ANOTHER YEAR OF SUCCESS MECAPP PRO – THE ACCIDENTAL BLUETOOTH TOOL INCISOR.TV FILMS ULP ROUNDTABLE AT CES 2012 www.incisor.tv 2 www.incisor.tv have you got the incisor.tv x-factor? ‘Ever wished for your 15 minutes of fame? Or, if you can’t see an opportunity to be the next Lady Gaga, how about a bit of Radio Gaga? What the heck is Holton talking about? Well, as we have for many years now, Incisor.TV is shipping folk, cameras, computers and lots of bits and pieces out to Las Vegas next month for the Consumer Electronics Show. Once again, we are filming with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group – look out for our coverage of the Bluetooth SIG Best of CES competition. But this year we are doing something different. We will be filming the Incisor.TV Ultra Low Power Wireless Roundtable event. There’s another ‘ultra’ phrase trending in the ULP market at the moment and that is ultra- competitive. With so many technologies vying for success in this market, it’s difficult for technology specifiers to know which path to choose. Incisor.TV is providing the opportunity for leading players to make their case, in open, roundtable format. Crucially, our web TV channel means that sitting in on this fascinating event will be possibile for people from all over the world, and not just the tiny fraction of the ecosystem that can make it to Las Vegas. Three of the leading wireless industry organisations have already confirmed their places on the roundtable. We want this event to be as good as it can be, so see page 6 for more details, and contact me to discuss how you can participate. We can make you a star...... Vince Holton Publisher & editor-in-chief, Incisor / IncisorTV INCISOR.TV FOCUS THIS MONTH CONTENTS EDITORIAL CONTACTS INCISOR IS PRODUCED/DISTRIBUTED BY: SATELLITE FOR ALL? 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Click here © Copyright Click I.T. Ltd 2011 Click here 3 www.incisor.tv news a heart rate monitoring system integrated into The winners for each category and the overall Bluetooth SIG headphones that enable athletes to measure winner of Bluetooth Innovator of the Year 2011 announces Innovation the heart rate without wearing an will be announced at an awards ceremony on uncomfortable chest belt. Jan. 30, 2012, at ISPO trade show in Munich, World Cup 2011 Germany. finalists Healthcare The finalists include: Wireless connectivity The identities of the nine finalists of the 3rd • Guilherme de Paula (Pancreum LLC) created Annual Bluetooth Innovation World Cup (IWC) the CoreMD, a wireless communication and ICs to surpass $8 billion have been made public, one of whom will be power infrastructure for low-cost named Bluetooth Innovator of the Year. replaceable/disposable wearable medical in 2011 Submissions came from developers and devices for patients with diabetes and other entrepreneurs with market ready products and chronic diseases that can sense body The total market for standards-based wireless concepts for applications and devices using conditions (temperature, heart rate, blood connectivity ICs is expected to exceed 3.5 the low energy feature of Bluetooth v4.0. pressure, interstitial glucose, etc) and/or billion units per annum in 2011, according to ABI deliver subcutaneous drugs (insulin, glucagon, Research. Peter Cooney, practice director, The 2011 Bluetooth Innovation World Cup vasopressors, etc). semiconductors, told Incisor, “Broadcom leads focuses on three categories: sports & fitness, • Arturas Vaitaitis and Jung Bae Kim submitted a the market with Qualcomm, CSR, and Texas healthcare, and the all-encompassing concept for an ID wristband and health Instruments all snapping at its heels. The market automotive, entertainment & more. The nine monitor for newborn infants that monitors the will total more than $11 billion per annum by finalists were selected from over 330 baby’s activity and prevents sudden infant 2014.” international submissions, and ranged from death syndrome by sending data via Bluetooth barbells that wirelessly monitor and correct the technology to a smartphone/computer. Wireless connectivity technology is well form of the user, to a wireless health monitor • Dan Corkum took advantage of the advantages established in many electronic device markets. for newborn infants, which could reduce of Bluetooth low energy to develop a Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS are becoming incidents of sudden infant death syndrome. connected medicine packaging and treatment ubiquitous in certain devices, such as adherence aid system that transmits data on smartphones, with attach rates approaching Three finalists for each of the categories were whether the patient is taking his medicine 100% in some cases. Rapid growth is forecast presented at the MEDICA trade fair, which took correctly to physicians or support personnel. for newer technologies such as NFC, Bluetooth place in Dusseldorf during November, where v4.0, Wi-Fi Direct, and 802.11n. the Bluetooth SIG was participating in the Automotive, entertainment & more Wearable Technologies Show. “Wireless connectivity has developed into a The three finalists were: strong revenue stream for many leading global Sports & fitness • Ade Olunaike (Teleaf) developed a self- semiconductor suppliers,” added Cooney. weighing platform in the back of a suitcase “Those that have focused on expanding their The selected finalists in the sports & fitness that allows the user to pre-set a luggage product portfolio and transitioning their category were: weight limit on iOS devices and monitor the businesses toward providing combo ICs have • Recon Instruments, which created a actual luggage content weight while packing. seen the most growth in market share.” Bluetooth low energy enabled remote control • Robby Stribley (“Forget-Me-Not”) created a for its MOD technology; a head-mounted smartphone application which connects with a As the wireless connectivity industry has micro optics displays for goggles that give Forget-Me-Not sensor, which is a Bluetooth matured and the market has grown to a multi- the user real-time access to performance low energy technology module that can be billion dollar business, Cooney observed that and communications information direct-to- incorporated into any device that the owner many suppliers have sought to diversify their eye in fast paced environments. wants to avoid losing. product ranges and expand into other markets. • Eric and Meaghan Zorij (Diesel Dogs LLC) • Michael Setton (Sensaris) submitted the idea This has been achieved in large part by mergers submitted a concept for Bluetooth Barbells for Senspods – cheap, easy-to-use and and acquisitions. Broadcom, Qualcomm that monitor the form being used for various independent Bluetooth enabled geolocated Atheros, CSR, TI, STMicroelectronics, Marvell, free weight exercises, log the form observed sensors – which allow citizens to use mobile MediaTek, and Intel (Infineon) now all supply a and offer suggestions on form improvement. communications to collect humidity and other wide range of wireless connectivity • Vlad Savchenko (SoundOfMotion) developed environmental data. technologies. 4 www.incisor.tv news Smartphone health apps SD Association and 95% of handsets to exceed $400 GlobalPlatform enable announced in Sept 11 Million/pa by 2016 new apps on SD featured Bluetooth ABI Research has suggested to Incisor that the memory cards Here at Incisor we haven’t heard from market sports and health mobile application market will research company Strategy Analytics for a grow to over $400 million in 2016 - up from just The SD Association has announced a new while, but now the company has been in $120 million in 2010. Much of that growth will collaboration with GlobalPlatform to include touch to say that its recent research reveals be spurred by the ability of mobile handsets to smart-chip technology in SD standards to that 95% of handsets that entered the market easily connect to wearable devices that in turn enable mobile phones and other portable CE during September featured Bluetooth, setting can deliver new functionality, accuracy, and devices to provide authentication services with a new record for any one month.