This column would also like to congratulate Evigia (3810 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor) on getting the top honor in wireless sensor products. The Frost and Sullivan announcement came out today on mLive.com PRNewswire and on the Evigia web page. The wireless sensor product field is expanding and expected to reach $8 billion in market revenues in a few years. The revenues are small now but this is important technology supported by gadgets. Not to mention the DASH7 wireless network alliance.
This award is meaningful as it is based on customer driven ratings. Back to DASH7 - this wireless network sensing alliance is comparable to the standardization of WiFi with 802.11. (Will the hashtag #wisense catch on?) The global standard to cover DASH7 and the network is ISO 18000-7. The networks will perform at a standard frequency of 433 MHz.
The product/s line is gadget-based on wireless sensing and is the other reason Evigia has captured the award. One of their top products is their handheld Passive/Active reader. For more on their product line link here. They also provide tags (for the networks), software and sensing solutions. These are marketed to supply-chain sensing. Of course, patents have been applied for (link to US Patent 8,056,413 B2).
The DASH7 and wireless sensor gadgets and tech gets more interesting. It has military applications (DOD, NATO and other militaries), commercial aerospace/aviation, agriculture, pharma, energy and consumer electronics. Researching this information presented an interesting application at the Helsinki Airport - a major hub for flight transfers around the globe. For an interesting (though sometimes mistranslated) summary please see the PPT link.
A wireless device was live-tested by customers/travelers at the Helsinki Airport. It got a largely positive response. To get an idea of what wireless networks can do, see page 24 of the Agaidi PPT presentation. This columnist was blogging about wireless low cost RFID back in 2006/2008. Oh well, guess those folks didn't see the posting/s. Like the DASH7 video says - this technology may be incorporated into future mobile devices.
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