Ron Burgundy Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 By Jeremy Wagstaff LAUNCESTON, Australia, (Reuters) - The future of communications may be 5G, where mobile networks push bandwidth-heavy video to phones and pull data from self-driving cars, but some firms see an alternative: farm irrigation equipment, donation boxes and oysters, connected by a technology called LoRa. LoRa (for Long Range) is among a clutch of narrow band technologies that connect devices cheaply over unlicensed spectrum and vast distances, needing very little power. The so-called Internet of Things (IoT) has long promised to hook up devices, from aircraft to hair dryers, enabling owners to monitor, control and collect data from them remotely. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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