A Tour of Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center

A Tour of Sprint’s M2M Collaboration Center

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

Image
1
of 5

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

By Rachel King

Rachel King is a staff writer for ZDNet based in San Francisco.

Account Information

Contact Rachel King

Your message has been sent
|
See all of Rachel's content

Internet of Things devices serve a number of useful applications, such as environmental, asset or inventory monitoring/control, security functions, fitness devices and smartwatches. There is an array of IoT functions for both consumer and business purposes, but determining the total cost of ownership and the return on your enterprise investment in a widespread or large-scale ...

No matter where in the world an enterprise operates, politics is going to play a major role in the lives of its employees. Depending on the country and the current political situation, it’s possible for affiliations, candidates and political parties to become a driving passion in your workforce. While an actively engaged workforce taking interest ...

The importance of diversity and inclusion in any given organization cannot be overstated. It establishes a level playing field, brings together people with different backgrounds, perspectives, traditions and ideas and enriches company culture by ensuring fairness and tolerance. This helps build a more effective and collaborative workforce which enables the business to run in a ...