Peggy Smedley talks about energy harvesting technology in wireless sensor networks and how the technology developed by EnOcean can help enable significant savings and reduce our impact on the environment by replacing sensors that use batteries with new ones that can collect power from their surrounding environment. She also discussed a new ereading service, Skiff, which will launch next year and is focused on the delivery of content from magazines and newspapers.;

 

Kittur Nagesh, director of Service Provider Marketing, Cisco Systems, talks about some of the specific industry verticals where he is seeing the biggest impact from M2M technology as it pertains to improving business processes and increasing productivity. He also talks about some of the factors that have recently influenced more people to embrace M2M technology.;

 

Kittur Nagesh, director of Service Provider Marketing, Cisco Systems, discusses some of the major industry verticals Cisco is focusing on with M2M technology and some of the major companies Cisco is working with in the M2M space. He also talks about the M2M space as a whole headed for 2010.;

 

Peggy Smedley and Mike Carrozzo, chief editor, M2M magazine, wrap up the final installment of “Hot for the Holidays” this season with a look at some in-home energy management solutions. They discuss one device that actually lights up to let you know when the cheapest times are to use energy. They also talk about a device available in the U.K. that connects with your electricity meter and enables you to view information on your energy use through Google. The third product they discuss was named one of the best inventions of 2009 by Time magazine, a device that among other things, allows you to program your air conditioning to go on and off automatically.