The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the group that oversees development of the widespread Bluetooth standard, has today unveiled the details about its new mesh networking standard. This ...

Smart lighting has been a topic of conversation for quite some time. There are a number of different strategies available today, but with choice comes confusion. Without a single standard or approach ...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group today announced that its Bluetooth technology has been updated with support for mesh networking, designed to create large-scale device networks by connecting ...

The Sena +Mesh Adaptor is designed to seamlessly and easily link riders into a group conversation without broken links. We sent rider Jim Hulme out to test the $259 unit on the road with his riding ...

You might associate Bluetooth with cutting the cable between your headphones and your phone, but Bluetooth Mesh aims to make it a ubiquitous backchannel for the Internet of Things. Launched today, ...

A year after unveiling Bluetooth 5, the short-range wireless networking technology's Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced support for mesh networking. This enables low-power, many-to-many device ...

When his parents denied him a Super NES, he got mad. When they traded a prize Sega Genesis for a 2400 baud modem, he got even. Years of Internet shareware, eBay'd possessions and video game testing ...

Virtually all of us use Bluetooth. Headphones, speakers, beacons, hands-free devices, mice, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and hundreds of other similarly empowered devices. Bluetooth (BT) is also ...

BLE Mesh expands Bluetooth into a wide range of new applications, but it involves design tradeoffs in both hardware and software. Bluetooth is a ubiquitous communications protocol with countless ...

The use of Bluetooth technology continues to grow beyond mobile into rapidly expanding IoT and automotive applications. Consumers have grown to expect hands-free calling via Bluetooth, however, as the ...

Yes, current Wi-Fi-based smart home technology can turn on the lights with your smartphone or voice. But do you call that home automation, really? Isn’t it just a slightly more convenient light switch ...