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I saw this sign few days ago at Särkänniemi park at Tampere Finland. →

Is 5G completely safe and secure? Is 5G radiation more or less dangerous than currently used 2G/3G/4G? Just read this article and advice also other people to read (including two earler articles referenced). It tries to cover both the sides that say 5G is safe and 5G could potentially dangerous. But does it succeed in →

Scandinavia’s first 5G phone was sold to a Finnish customer today in Helsinki. Telecom operator Elisa CEO gave the ZTE Axon 10 Pro 5G smartphone to the customer. Source: Yle news https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10860384 →

Last week when I visited Arrow IoT summit I saw Bluetooth location services in use.  Two booth on the even showed Bluetooth positioning in two compartments. Quuppa Oy showed their own Bluetooth-based indoor positioning technology, which is used in many applications. With its unique Angle-of-Arrival (AoA) method and positioning algorithms, the system enables real-time tracking of →

It seems that USA-China trade war has really started now: America was the land of free trade … precisely until it is not anymore. https://www.androidauthority.com/intel-qualcomm-huawei-988011/ Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Xilinx have reportedly moved to stop supplying Huawei. Google has also suspended business with Huawei in the wake of the ban. https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/20/several-chip-companies-including-qualcomm-and-intel-have-reportedly-stopped-supplying-huawei-after-blacklist/ According to Bloomberg, semiconductor →

Here is few years old SilverCrest USB power pack with solar charger that stopper charging a smart phone. Because changing the charging cable did not help and the charging connector felt a little loose, it seems that the power pack is to blame here. Ithad served several years well as portable power pack that had →

Intel’s 5G bubble seems to have bursted! Intel is quitting the 5G smartphone modem business: ‘There is no clear path to profitability and positive returns’ https://nordic.businessinsider.com/intel-quits-the-5g-smartphone-modem-business-2019-4?r=US&IR=T Intel to quit 5G modem effort after Apple reaches deal with Qualcomm https://www.axios.com/intel-to-quit-5g-modem-effo-after-apple-reaches-deal-with-qualcomm-1555457849-ea43a1c3-0d7f-4722-90d0-ae37e010d1b9.html How does this decision affect the future bussiness expectations of 5G technology for other companies? →

https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4461754/Does-5G-pose-health-risks—part-1- There has been some talk about 5G and health risks that range from hardly anything to frying your brain and controlling the population. This interesting article series is exploring the health risks posed by mmWave radiation onto humans. Millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies extend from 30 GHz to 300 GHz. From the literature, there can →

https://blog.hackster.io/new-tech-secures-medical-devices-by-using-your-body-as-a-conduit-for-communication-8ca7b8128f67 The article says: “Virtually all wearable devices today communicate wirelessly through either Bluetooth, WiFi, or simple RF (Radio Frequency) signals. While we could try to make those more secure, there is always the possibility that they could be intercepted or spoofed. This new technology avoids the problem altogether by allowing devices to communicate across →

https://www.bluetooth.com/news/pressreleases/2019/01/bluetooth-enhances-support-for-location-services-with-new-direction-finding-feature “Location services is one of the fastest growing solution areas for Bluetooth technology, and is forecasted to reach over 400 million products per year by 2022,” said Mark Powell, Bluetooth SIG Executive Director. Today Bluetooth location services solutions generally fall into two categories; proximity solutions and positioning systems. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) →