WAKE FOREST – Flying cars are nearly visible on the horizon. Drones are delivering medical supplies. Autonomous vehicles are at work on farms. Wireless connectivity undergirds new products and services, many shaped by a novel nonprofit unifying and empowering connected communities for collaboration and innovation.
RIoT was founded in 2014 as part of the larger nonprofit Wireless Research Center … which works to advance wireless technology innovation. … RIoT’s programs help entrepreneurs start companies and established businesses grow through new technology adoption, all of which creates new jobs.
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In this era of highly advanced technology, some fire and EMS agencies still use paging systems to communicate about incidents. The communication is often sequential in nature and not the best avenue for sharing urgent information. … the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NC DIT) in partnership with the Wireless Research Center of North Carolina and UNC-TV Public Media, have embarked on a project they hope will change that.
The WRC has been supporting the adoption of various aspects of 5G technologies to solve complex wireless challenges across several market sectors. … We’re testing everything from on-body medical devices, wearable devices, all the way up to cellular devices for connected things that we use in everyday life, through to aviation and space connectivity.
Green Stream Technologies, an environmental monitoring company originally founded in Norfolk, Virginia, is the latest startup to relocate its headquarters to the Wireless Research Center (WRC) in Wake Forest, quickly transforming the sleepy college town into another tech hub.
The Wireless Research Center … added a government technology visionary and former communications advisor to the Pentagon, Paul Allan Sadowski, to the team of senior engineers. … Sadowski’s government career includes U.S. Department of Defense and public safety technology. He is a co-inventor of Paging Plus — recently recognized by the National Association of Broadcasters for TV Broadcast Innovation. He is also a co-inventor for a drone communications and sensor system that can rapidly deploy long range data communications.
It’s not just WiFi and cell phones. The research includes technology for the Department of Defense, robots, smart clothing, fitness trackers, and medical devices.
When searching for the hottest area in IoT research, development, and programs to build IoT momentum, the first place to look is Silicon Valley. The second place, and maybe the first stop for integrators and small IoT manufacturers, would be . . . Raleigh, N.C.
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RIoT’s Fall 2019 RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) includes Internet of Things companies that are tackling everything from taking down pesky backyard pests to better protecting newborns in the NICU. … Geographically, startups from across North Carolina and the greater Southeast applied. RIoT also attracted applicants from as far as California, Mexico and Israel.
(Asokan has) already got 25 patents under his belt, and has spent the last three decades of specializing in wireless networking, including satellite, aviation and defense communication systems. … Asokan will join this team of experts that has already amassed more than 100 patents supporting some of the world’s leading companies with engineering and testing of wireless products.
