Friday Harbor, WA- January 16, 2012 - Drew Gislason, president of San Juan Software will speak at a local meeting of IEEE on ZigBee Wireless Networking. The ZigBee Seminar will be held on February 2nd , 2012 from 6PM to 8PM in the Bellevue, WA City Hall, 450 110th Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA. The event is free and you must preregister . Drew has written a book called ZigBee Wireless Networking and has been involved in the ZigBee Alliance and creating the specifications since 2003.

Technically known as a “wear and forget physiological sensing system,” thinking undergarments may be the next-generation drawers for the modern warfighter.Gel-free sensors form an electronic network in the fabric to monitor respiration and heart rate, activity, body posture and skin temperature -- relaying that data through the warfighters’ layers of clothing to a central system. The technology could provide an unprecedented capability not just to monitor warfighters during combat and identify critical casualties but also to train and select for missions.Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/19/thinking-underwear-for-warriors/#ixzz1kaHmK1Lf

Las Vegas, NV - January 14, 2012 -  The 2012 International CES was the largest in the event's 44 year history, with a record number of more than 3,100 exhibitors across the largest show floor in CES history – 1.861 million net square feet of exhibit space – and drawing a record of more than 153,000 attendees, including more than 34,000 international attendees. More than 20,000 new products were launched at the 2012 CES, which also featured top executives participating in keynote sessions, including those from Qualcomm, Mercedes, Wal-Mart, Intel, Ford, Verizon, Unilver, Ford, eBay, GE, Google and Facebook.
San Juan Software was able to meet many new and existing ZigBee customers both in the booth at the ZigBee pavillion as well as at locations throughout the show. Smart Energy devices continue to dominate the ZigBee world followed closely by Home Automation products and Consumer Electronics such as televisions, set top boxes and media players. There are now more than 400 ZigBee certified products and the number is growing quickly. Among the ZigBee products on display were "Hopper" from Dish Networks, which uses ZigBee RF4CE for a set top box that allows consumers to move from room to room and resume programs and movies where they left off. LG announced their Home Energy Management System (HeMS) called ThinQ at the show which also uses ZigBee technology.
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San Ramon, Calif. – Jan. 4, 2012 – The ZigBee® Alliance announced it is developing a new open standard designed for LED lighting control – ZigBee Light LinkTM. This forthcoming standard will help manufacturers develop a variety of lighting and control products, giving resellers and consumers a wide selection of interoperable wirelessly controlled lighting products for the home.

The Alliance is creating a standard that will be as easy to use as a common dimmer switch. Light bulbs, LED fixtures, sensors, timers, remotes and switches built using ZigBee Light Link will not require special devices to coordinate in a home’s network. Consumers will be able to easily install and add extra devices to their home lighting network. Like all devices in the ZigBee portfolio, ZigBee Light Link devices can be controlled over the Internet through connected computers, tablets and smart phones. Development of this standard is being steered by industry-leading lighting experts such as GE, Greenwave Reality, OSRAM Sylvania and Philips. More on ZigBee News