It’s been a while since we’ve talked about LiFi
But now there seems to be a WHOLE LOT more to say about it. For those of you new to LiFi, the term stands for Light Fidelity and is a method by which light is used to transmit data for two-way, high-speed wireless communication like WiFi (but via light waves instead of radio waves). Specialized […]
Leviton WiFi Training Workshop
Join Paramont EO and Leviton for a special WiFi Product training and Q & A session. In addition to knowledge there will also be freebies at this event so stop by if you can!
Built Worlds Summit
HOSTED AT THE WIT HOTEL, DOWNTOWN CHICAGO MAY 3RD – 5TH, 2017 THE BUILTWORLDS SUMMIT IS AN EXCLUSIVE 3-DAY GATHERING OF THE BUILT INDUSTRY’S LARGEST COMPANIES, LEADING STARTUPS, AND MOST INNOVATIVE CEOS AND STRATEGISTS. Disruptive technology, climate change, global urbanization, and the millennial workforce are redefining how we build. As a forward-thinking leader in the […]
LiFi- Coming to a Smart City Near You
The Paris Metro is now Li-Fi enabled thanks to Oledcomm, a Paris-based leader in Li-Fi implementations. Sixty-six stations have been retrofitted with LED and Li-Fi technology, allowing passengers to now enjoy data downloads that are “faster than a speeding bullet [train]”, while simultaneously affording the Metro officials the ability to push traffic and safety messages […]
Illinois Plans to use IoT to “Get Smart”
The City of Chicago Technology Plan outlines a roadmap in which leaders in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors work together to build stronger companies and a smarter city, using big data, civic engagement, and technology start-up incubation (Letter from Mayor Rahm Emanuel). The past 18 months have shown significant strides towards realizing this vision. […]
Market for Data Centers in Chicago is “Bull”ish
Sometimes it’s good to be in the middle…in the case of data center locations, the midwest, and Chicagoland in particular, seems to be a sweet spot. For Cloud Services providers, Chicago’s suburbs offer the space and infrastructure to support colocation facilities for increasingly popular hybrid cloud strategies, as well as act as a latency-reducing bridge […]
Power to the People, Places, and Things
When we first started talking about how the IoT and electrical supply industry would intersect, it was with a general awareness that on some level the very way we supply power would likely have to evolve. A recent article published in the September 2016 issue of electroindustry, which is in turn based on a new […]
Get Retrofit!
Retrofitting is a term often used when converting older, outdated lighting technologies such as incandescent and fluorescent, to newer, more energy-efficient technologies, such as LED. As some people might look at the initial increased prices and shake their head, it’s important to get all the facts about LED before completely pushing it out of your […]
How will the IoT Transform Lighting?
As I type this post, a webinar is streaming from the CES show in Las Vegas on the topic of how IOT will transform the way we use lighting. The session is being led by Simon Coombes, Gooee’s Chief Technology Officer, and includes fellow panellists Francois Girodolle of Google’s Nest Labs, Jeff Shaw of Arup, […]