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Raise your gaze – wireless to improve our social interaction..

With recent reports showing that we are increasingly addicted to our smart phones, is it time to look up from that Facebook page, and immerse yourself in the world around you?

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Bluetooth Low Energy – A New Era for Bluetooth

For over a decade Bluetooth has dominated the personal area connectivity space. During that time a multitude of profiles have been developed to describe various end-user scenarios. Ironically, the audio-based applications continue to dominate the usage cases that consumers really use.

At the time of writing, according the SIG website, nearly 60% of all qualifications to-date have been for products that use audio as their primary mode of operation. Data is still important, but to most consumers Bluetooth is for audio and Wi-Fi is for large chunks of data.

With the recent addition of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to the Bluetooth specification, Bluetooth enters a new era.

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