Enterprises with thousands of locations, and hundreds of thousands of wireless charging spots can monitor usage patterns, assess the health of their wireless power network and administer support and upgrades remotely.
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He hopes to break even next year by doubling or tripling sales, helped by new products that monitor wireless data devices.
Cisco's software allows IT departments to monitor wireless use and ensure that unauthorized access points are not added to the network.
Very few, such as McCarran International in Las Vegas, monitor all wireless traffic for intruders. (The Vegas airport officials are quick to add that they don't censor for content.) Others, like San Francisco International, are laissez-faire.
The conference's wireless network consists of 25 network access points and eight listening devices, which allows the network to monitor and control all wireless access throughout the conference.
Through ECOtality's new partnership, Sprint will provide the wireless network that will allow ECOtality to monitor and manage the Blink Network, an infrastructure of electric vehicle chargers across the United States, for use by consumers as well as commercial hosts.
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His breathing was measured two ways: by the experimental wireless network, and by a carbon dioxide monitor connected to his nostrils by tubes.
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"Sprint is proud to provide advanced wireless network services that will allow ECOtality to monitor and manage their Blink Network, " said Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint.
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Cao Gadgets is attempting to fill that niche with its functionally named Wireless Sensor Tags -- small devices which monitor movement and temperature, notifying you if anything's amiss.
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Foreign governments can also monitor some data networks, cloud computing and wireless transmissions in efforts to steal sensitive information.
This new network topography is ideal for use in public places such coffee shops, airports and arenas, enabling venues to monitor, upgrade and set policies for each Wireless Charging Spot from a centralized cloud-based system.
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Sports car maker Ferrari SpA, for one, has filed a patent application that indicates the company is evaluating technology that would embed wireless electrodes in a car seat's headrest to monitor drivers' brain waves for stress as they pilot machines capable of roaring up to 200 miles per hour.
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Radcliffe, a diabetic who is connected to an insulin pump and glucose monitor at all times, demonstrated how a malicious third party could transmit wireless commands to remotely disable his insulin pump.
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