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A Tour of Sprint’s M2M Collaboration Center

By Rachel King June 28, 2011, 11:40 PM PDT

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A Tour of Sprint’s M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

ntSprint opened up its laboratories last autumn, and the labs are open to companies that want to develop solutions in this space. Sprint technicians are also on hand to help write up tests and plans in a scientific fashion.

A Tour of Sprint’s M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

ntThis screenshot on Ecotality’s charging station reflects the average stats produced by a Nissan Leaf electric car. Users can get real-time information on this display without a smarpthone involved, and they can analyze their utility rates, peak charging times and more.

A Tour of Sprint’s M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

ntSmart meters are becoming of the more well-known and basic M2M solutions available to residences today. Like this SmartSynch meter than runs on Sprint’s 2G network, home owners can check real-time info on their meters without needing an electrician to visit the house. The goal is simple: save time and money.

A Tour of Sprint’s M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

ntPharmacies are also businesses that could benefit from M2M solutions as these projects are not supposed to tap into the local infrastructure. All of the M2M device’s data and workload remains on Sprint’s network, so that should appease most IT departments.

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ntThe project seen in this photo is a QR code scanner, which does the obvious: scans codes on prescription bottles and then displays information about the drug in the language of the user.

A Tour of Sprint’s M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

ntMost of us have seen the commerical where a person falls in the bathroom, can’t get up and pushes a button to call for help. Well, what if the person is unable to reach that button or unconscious altogether?

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ntThis M2M-enabled wrist band built by Reflection Solutions has a built-in accelerometer that can detect when the person wearing the device has fallen and can automatically send to caretakers, family members or anyone else designated to receive the alert using technology developed by Zigby Communications on Sprint’s 2G network.

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