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How Does WiFi Motion Work?
Your home is already connected—why not make it smarter and safer? WiFi Motion turns your existing Wi-Fi network into a powerful motion detection system, enhancing home security and convenience without the need for extra sensors or invasive cameras. By analyzing...
How Does WiFi Motion Work?
How exactly does WiFi Motion turn your home network into a smart motion detection system without the need for cameras or wearables? This video covers how Wi-Fi Sensing works through signal analysis to detect movement and learn activity patterns to enhance security, convenience, and peace of mind. Whether for smarter home automation or improved safety, WiFi Motion provides a seamless, non-intrusive solution.
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Cognitive Systems to Advance Leading-Edge WiFi Motion Technology with Support from the Strategic Innovation Fund
Cognitive Systems Corp. is set to receive a $7.3 million investment from the Canadian government's Strategic Innovation Fund to further develop its WiFi Motion™ technology. The patented technology, when integrated into routers and gateways, monitors wireless signals within existing WiFi environments to alert users of motion, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) for advanced motion localization and personalized experiences. The investment will be used to enhance the AI engines, develop wellness monitoring features, and optimize energy management in connected homes. The funding supports Cognitive Systems' vision of a fully connected, cognitive smart home.
Waterloo’s Cognitive Systems Sees the Unseeable
Waterloo-based Cognitive Systems Corp has developed software that can detect ripples in radio frequency waves caused by movement, turning connected devices into motion sensors. The technology, known as WiFi Motion, can be used for security, health monitoring, and home automation. Installed on internet routers, it can alert homeowners to movement and adjust heating or lighting according to patterns learned over time. Cognitive Systems recently received a $7.3m investment from the Canadian federal government to support its growth. The technology has privacy features, as it doesn't use live video and offers user control over when it is active.
WiFi 6 Promises Faster, More Efficient WiFi for Smart Home
The next generation of WiFi, dubbed Wi-Fi 6 by the WiFi Alliance, is based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard and promises higher data rates, increased capacity, improved power efficiency and better performance.
Smart Home Companies Hone in on Growing US Elder Care Market
As countries around the world prepare for a future with aging populations, many smart home companies are investing in the development of elderly care technology.
Feds Investing $41 Million in Quantum and Artificial Intelligence Research in Waterloo Region
WATERLOO - In an effort to further strengthen Canada's position in the world of quantum computing, artificial ...
The Missing Link for the Smart Home of the Future: Cognitive Systems’ Aura WiFi Motion
Cognitive Systems has launched Aura WiFi Motion technology, aiming to improve connectivity among smart home devices. By partnering with chipset manufacturers like Qualcomm and Quantenna Communications, the technology integrates into existing home access points, using radio frequency waves from WiFi-enabled devices to detect and alert users to motion. This solution enables a fully connected smart home experience without additional hardware or software, covering various applications such as home security, elder care, rental properties, and energy management. Aura WiFi Motion preserves privacy, covers the entire home, and provides valuable localization and context information for enhanced automation.
Cognitive Systems Corp Is Recognized as One of the 10 Most Promising Wireless Technology Solution Providers of 2019 by CIO Review Magazine
To learn more about this distinction from CIO Review Magazine, click here.
Cognitive Systems Partners With Quantenna to Deliver the Truly Smart Home Experience
Cognitive Systems Corp. has announced that its Aura WiFi Motion technology will be a standard option for customers developing products based on Quantenna's Wi-Fi chipset platform in 2019. Companies using Quantenna's technology will be able to license Aura WiFi Motion, enabling high-performance detection and localization of motion without design changes or additional hardware. This partnership aims to bring advanced motion detection and localization capabilities to home monitoring, remote monitoring, and energy management, creating a truly smart home without the need for cameras.
Year in Review & Looking Ahead to 2019
Cognitive Systems Corp reflects on 2018, including their new home security customer, Stanley Black & Decker, and offer insights on the future of smart home tech for 2019.