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Wireless World Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1 2 co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Cognitive Systems. "Our WiFi Motion software stack allows Stanley Black & Decker's Omni to provide motion detection coverage across an entire home or business, without cam- eras, so that users know their locations and loved ones are safe and secure." Cognitive Systems' Aura WiFi Motion technology uses unique radio fre- quency (RF) sensing technology that can "see" and interpret WiFi signals. On top of this RF sensing, Cognitive Systems uses predictive analytics for reliable and accurate detection and localization of motion. Cognitive's solution integrates with OpenSync, an open source embedded software that allows part- ners like Cognitive to launch applica- tions to a ready-made audience across millions of homes. OpenSync intelli- gently processes data collected by Omni in the Plume Cloud and enables new services to be deployed, managed and supported. "As the IoT landscape changes with more devices and use-cases, cus- tomers are increasingly looking for new service providers to enter the home and bring new solutions over- the-top," said Tyson Marian, Chief Commercial Officer at Plume. "Omni is a great example of how we enable partners to provide new WiFi applica- tions and monetize their services lever- aging our existing service portfolio to deliver performance and insightful data at scale." Omni by Stanley Black & Decker will be available for purchase in the summer of 2019. "Our goal is to pro- vide our customers with a security product that provides true peace of mind," said Spencer Maid, Vice President, Breakthrough Innovation at Stanley Black & Decker. "Cognitive Systems' Aura WiFi Motion technolo- gy, combined with Adaptive WiFi™ delivered through Plume's cognitive service curation platform, allows true interoperability between IoT devices to ensure motion is monitored and inter- preted effectively, enabling customers to not only protect their homes and businesses, but also keep their privacy intact." "As evidenced by the rapid prolif- eration of connected devices in the home over the last few years, con- sumers are on the precipice of a new era in smart home technology," said Gopi Sirineni, Vice President, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "We are excited to be working alongside Cognitive Systems, Plume and Stanley Black & Decker as they adopt emerging wire- Cognitive (Cont'd. from p. 1) less technologies like RF sensing and mesh networking to deliver these inno- vative new applications to established industries like home and business security." About Cognitive Systems Cognitive Systems Corp., is on a mis- sion to transform the way WiFi net- works are used. Its flagship technology, Aura WiFi Motion, uses wireless sig- nals to detect motion in the home. Aura WiFi Motion harnesses machine learn- ing and predictive analytics to reliably identify and localize motion for home monitoring, remote monitoring and energy management. This patented technology is layered onto existing WiFi networks, without adding any new hardware, to enhance security service provider and router manufac- turer offerings. About Stanley Black & Decker Stanley Black & Decker is a $13 billion revenue, $20-plus billion market capi- talization, purpose-driven industrial organization. Stanley Black & Decker has 58,000 employees in more than 60 countries and operates the world's largest tools and storage business, the world's second largest commercial electronic security company, a leading engineered fastening business as well as Oil & Gas and Infrastructure business- es. The company's iconic brands include BLACK+DECKER, Bostitch, CRAFTSMAN, DEWALT, FACOM, Irwin, Lenox, Porter Cable and Stanley. Stanley Black & Decker is a company for the makers and innovators, the craftsmen and the caregivers, and those doing the hard work to make the world a better place. Learn more at www .stanleyblackanddecker.com. About Plume Plume is the pioneer of Adaptive WiFi, the world's first self-optimizing WiFi delivering reliable and consistent Internet experience to every corner of the home, and the original designer and inventor of WiFi Pods and SuperPods. Plume is driven by the Plume Cloud, a powerful cloud-based control plane, enabling the most advanced, resilient home WiFi solution due to its ability to dynamically adapt and respond to changing network loads and interference. An open source com- mon software, OpenSync can be inte- grated into third party hardware for connection to the Plume Cloud. Plume's cognitive service curation platform enables a rich set of modern digital services for the home which can run-on third-party hardware platforms and be deployed at massive scale. Visit www.plume.com and www.platform.plume.com. Thirty-nine MNOs completed 5G core network trials in 2018, with close to 100 planned for 2019 and 2020. Many network functions like LBS fell back to 4G during these trials. Comtech has start- ed its 5G LBS implementation with plans to be a market leader. WW: What will be the biggest industry challenge in the year ahead? JW: LBS is largely standards driven. Completing the standards for 5G with enough time to develop the new technol- ogy while applying it to each organiza- tion's unique network environment across multinational geographies will be a challenge to every player in this mar- ket. With our rapidly growing global cus- tomer base, Comtech has proven compe- tence in meeting the challenge of solution capabilities and the wide variety of cus- tomer demands. Additionally, from an MNO per- spective, location instantiation has been traditionally confined to the core of the network. The advent of 5G will push location instantiation towards the edge largely due to network densification and latency. Our 5G roadmap addresses all these needs. WW: How are you able to meet each customer's unique needs? JW: There are three factors which affect this: product depth and breath, under- standing of our customer environment Comtech (Cont'd. from p. 1) and business needs and anticipation of emerging market needs. Comtech is gaining market share in LBS by capturing new greenfield opportunities and displacing competi- tors. Comtech's ability to customize platforms means we are meeting cus- tomers' needs in a way that our compe- tition cannot. Our platform presents a complete LBS offering to MNOs, as well as a reduced cost due to virtualiza- tion. In the past 12 months, Comtech has implemented unique routing and positioning services on its virtualized LBS platform for Canadian emergency services and Text-to-911, and similarly for U.S. operators. Both routing and positioning services for the Canadian MNOs are on a single in-network LBS deployment. WW: How has Comtech evolved with rapid change in technology? JW: As technologies have progressed from 2G, 3G and 4G to today's com- plex 5G world, Comtech has developed a comprehensive suite of unparalleled capabilities on its LBS platforms. Our feature-rich platform, advanced tech- nological implementations, combined with our highly reliable service levels, separate us from the competition. We stand ready to satisfy the dynamic and ever-growing need for 5G LBS systems and dynamics in the market it will facilitate. For more information, go to www.comtechenterprise.com, call 410.280.1242 or stop by booth #2838. from YouTube. The Melody app knows your phone is connected to a Singsation system and triggers the most popular karaoke version of your request. Now singers of any age can just say what they want to sing next, and it will play – no typing, browsing or delays in the fun. Ian Geise, President of Singsation, explains, "The Melody Karaoke App by Speak Music coupled with Singsation's second Voxx Accessories (Cont'd. from p. 1) to none feature set of design, voice FX, Sound FX and multiple light shows will make Singsation the choice for all that are looking for the best and most feature- rich karaoke machines. We wanted to make it easier for the customer to enjoy and most importantly not force the cus- tomer to have to purchase music and videos that they either own or can access for free." Learn more at www.singsationkaraoke.com. sacrificing comfort or convenience. Consumers can also monitor and con- trol their devices remotely and can connect with Amazon Alexa and Google Home to enable voice activat- ed control. Trinseo has been supplying its EMERGE™ Advanced Resins for the Currant product during the prototyping and now in production. Trinseo materials can be seen throughout the Currant Smart Outlet – the outer housing, the substrate for the reflective front face and several inner components. Trinseo's EMERGE Advanced Resins, which are specialty engineered performance plastics, have been designed to meet the exacting specifica- tions for Currant including cosmetic, reliability and UL-driven safety require- ments. Among the reasons Currant selected Trinseo as a partner was because of the company's color matching capability, including its ability to achieve an ultra- bright white. The company has research and development centers globally, including color labs with expertise in complex colors. Color is such an impor- tant factor today for product differentia- tion, branding and end-user satisfaction and Trinseo is recognized globally for its Trinseo (Cont'd. from p. 1) capability. Trinseo supports various consumer- oriented markets with specialty engi- neered plastics solutions. The company supports the growing consumer technolo- gies sector with advanced material solu- tions including projects that involve bio- compatible plastics for skin contact applications, chemical resistant materi- als, transparent light diffusion grades to allow for translucent LED displays, and plastics with recycled content to support sustainability goals. As consumer technologies evolve, product developers and designers need to consider materials that they may not have considered in the past. Plastics have emerged as an important solution to new-product challenges in that they enable properties such as portability, durability and appealing aesthetics while allowing additional characteris- tics such as biocompatibility, ignition and chemical resistance, and/or various degrees of transparency. Trinseo, the global manufacturer and compounder of performance plastics, has been help- ing customers find just the right solu- tion. Trinseo is proud to be a partner of Currant. For more information, go to www .trinseo.com.