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oops...I forgot to add this sentence at the very end.
"The comments have been answered and the input sent to NASD today."
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Update regarding our NASD approval.
Posted by Gene Sharer on ABEW's web site message board.
Msg # 319 Posted By: Gene Sharer
09 January 2007 06:50 EST
This message is reply to msg # 318 by Swauby.
We heard from NASD yesterday with yet a few comments, the most salient being the "why did you withdraw the SP-2".
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(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
HOLY SMOKE, THIS IS ALSO HUGE!!!
Taken from the latest comments by Gene Sharer from the ABEW web site.
"2. Airbee has a new Pro-Stack and is one of the Alliance selected participants for becoming a ZigBee-Pro Golden Unit. Official testing begins in a few weeks."
Can you imagine being selected to be one of the Golden Units for the next specification? Unbelieveable!!!
This is yet another confirmation of the professionalism that our engineers possess in India. Is it any wonder that our software is passing the certification tests by wider margins than the Golden Units were up against?
Regarding the work we're doing with Texas Instruments...
Taken from the latest comments by Gene Sharer on the ABEW web site.
"These are very good comments and are welcomed. We will announce the configuration of the certified TI platform when the certification testing is complete. TI will make the announcement with us. 1. Airbee-ZNS on the latest TI platform is undergoing certification as we speak. TI customers will have the ability to use certified Airbee-ZNS in a few weeks. TI's product announcement is not based on the latest TI technology."
That last sentence puts a smile on my face from ear to ear. Can't wait until Airbee announces their certification because we should also learn about TI's hardware platform AND their latest technology!!!
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opinion and should NOT be considered as factual.
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Gene Sharer's comments on the questions raised here and on the Airbee message board.
"These are very good comments and are welcomed. We will announce the configuration of the certified TI platform when the certification testing is complete. TI will make the announcement with us. 1. Airbee-ZNS on the latest TI platform is undergoing certification as we speak. TI customers will have the ability to use certified Airbee-ZNS in a few weeks. TI's product announcement is not based on the latest TI technology. 2. Airbee has a new Pro-Stack and is one of the Alliance selected participants for becoming a ZigBee-Pro Golden Unit. Official testing begins in a few weeks. The test cases for the Pro stack are not yet available. Ember's announcement is an internal or proprietary solution and NOT related to a CERTIFIED product. 3. Not the companies listed. 4. Most likely UEI is using a private profile based on ZigBee 1.0 which is outdated and obsolete at the moment. There is no public information on their stack supplier."
I hope that's not the chip we've been working on because TI's MSP430 chip should be much more advanced than the one featured in that PR.
It was stated at the shareholder's meeting AND on ABEW's web site that we've been contracted to bring one of TI's chips to certification. IMO, it would be kind of a bummer if that was the chip we've been working on. Besides, if that was the chip we've been working on, I would think that it would be a joint PR between us and TI.
Just my opinion, of course.
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Yes, it's a nice PR but did you notice that Jennic did not claim that their new JN513x chip is certified with the new 1.1 ZigBee spec?
I believe that all of the chip makers (besides the Golden Units) NEED software that is certified under the new 1.1 spec and ABEW is going to be one of the first to get it done.
Things are moving very, very fast now!!!
Those guys are not "newbies" by any means. They fit the profile of paid bashers to a "T". The question is "who" paid them to come onto our board?
After reading the article on bashers (post #21520), it seems to me that someone wants to take a big position with ABEW but doesn't want to send the stock higher. That person knows that ABEW's stock is thinly traded and everytime you buy about 10k shares the price goes up .01.
As an example, if I wanted to buy $50k of ABEW's stock (about 300k shares worth at current price), the first 10k shares would send the PPS to .18. The next 10k shares would send it to .19 etc, etc. That means a simple $50k purchase could send the stock to .47/share. That's why they hire these bashers to disrupt everyones confidence.
I think we're closer to OTCBB status than we think!!!
Just a hunch.
Steve...Have you noticed that those guys aren't over here? I truly think something big is about to happen with ABEW. I don't know what, but I find it too obvious that those guys would show up out of the blue. At first I thought "craven" was legitimate until "itsacrisis" showed up to supprt him. Neither of those guys have any history with any other stock!!!
Frankly, until I read the article on bashers I really didn't know how they operate. Those guys fit the profile PERFECTLY.
If they aren't paid bashers, then I've got to be the stupidest person in the world.
Buzzing about ZigBee: Wireless in 2007
[Thought I'd share part of this article with you since I never saw it posted here before]
New Standard, New Products
The standard, ratified in December 2004, will soon be updated. Early next year, the 200-member ZigBee Alliance plans to release an enhanced version that includes simplified maintenance and over-the-air setup. Honeywell, Philips, Siemens and Samsung are among the Alliance's major players.
“There are well over a thousand companies developing with ZigBee so we can expect a growing stream of products over the next 12 months,” he says. “There are products that address things like monitoring fire extinguishers to ensure they are charged and ready to go; automatic meter reading for utilities; and Zigbee-enabled SIM cards for mobile phones that allow the phone to act as a gateway, point of sale device and control unit for building systems. Pretty much anywhere you would find a sensor or control would benefit [from ZigBee].”
Wireless Integration
Anticipating that ZigBee networks will be melded into other parts of the enterprise, the ZigBee standard includes guidelines for gateways that allow ZigBee sensor and control networks to integrate with other wired and wireless networks.
“Data being collected or monitored by these sensor networks can be sent across to the IP network to the people responsible for facilities management,” DiGiovanni says.
Craig Mathias, principal at the Farpoint Group consultancy, says ZigBee will enable IT managers to expand their networks and bring critical information about the enterprise, such as climate control and security, into other enterprise applications.
He adds that ZigBee will peacefully coexist with other wireless networking technologies, such as RFID. “ZigBee is infrastructure-focused, while RFID is at the edge,” he says.
Mathias says ZigBee will be broadly influential in enterprise environments where telemetry, control and sensors are involved, such as a factory floor, logistics and transportation. “You can use ZigBee to help monitor the arrival of parts – it can be used in conjunction with RFID in that respect,” he says.
DiGiovanni says now is the time for IT managers to learn about this technology. “Get educated on the types of devices that can utilize ZigBee and how they can be integrated into your current infrastructure.”
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Not that I know of. I posted this article because someone had previously doubted the future of ZigBee's influence around the world. This article should releive their doubts.
Multibillion Dollar Toy Maker Embraces ZigBee
CYPRESS, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) (NASDAQ:UEIC) today announced that it has been selected to develop advanced remote controls for new Denon receivers and home entertainment systems to be distributed in the United States, Europe and Asia in early 2007. The new remote control solution will utilize a new innovative design with a built-in monochrome display and the ZigBee(TM) open standard for two-way wireless communication.
With its award-winning industrial design team, UEI will produce an advanced control platform in collaboration with Denon which offers users an intuitive way to control Denon's A/V receivers with unparalleled performance, customization and an ergonomic design.
A key feature of the two-way communication technology in these new remotes will be the ability for users to remotely view metadata information transmitted from Denon receivers. This enabling technology will allow song titles, artists and station information to be browsed on the LCD screen of the remote control from anywhere in the home within range of the A/V receiver's RF signal.
The Denon remote will incorporate many of UEI's patented features such as built-in IR learning, user-defined activity and favorite channel macros, a PC editor and new advanced features such as:
-- Universal A/V control of over 40 unique consumer electronics device types
-- Quick set-up of universal modes via ID search
-- Customizable LCD screen
-- EL backlight of display and hard keys
-- On-device editing of LCD text
-- 2.4GHz RF mesh network capability for transferring metadata
-- Support for Japanese and European fonts
-- Support for multi-zone A/V access and control
-- ZigBee RF receiver with built-in IR blasting for non line-of-sight A/V control
"UEI's unique innovations will allow our customers to enter a new era of interactive remote control technology," said Hirofumi Ichikawa, president, Denon Brand Company. "Denon continues to work together with UEI for new ideas and technologies to help empower our customers with remote technology that can be paired with our advanced receiver lines."
"This product marks the second collaboration between Denon and UEI in bringing new and exciting products to market. The technologies embodied in this advanced controller offer consumers a compelling feature benefit that make this solution stand out in the marketplace," said Paul Arling, chairman and CEO, Universal Electronics Inc. "Denon is a strong premium brand known for innovation, design and leading edge solutions in home entertainment."
The complete product solution is being demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas at the Denon private booth at the Diamond Meeting Room in the Aladdin Resort and Casino Hotel.
About Universal Electronics
Founded in 1986, Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) is the global leader in wireless control technology for the connected home. UEI designs, develops, and delivers innovative solutions that enable consumers to control entertainment devices, digital media, and home systems.
The company's broad portfolio of patented technologies and database of infrared control software have been adopted by many Fortune 500 companies in the consumer electronics, subscription broadcast, and computing industries. UEI sells and licenses wireless control products through distributors and retailers under the One For All(R) brand name. UEI also delivers complete home control solutions in the professional custom installation market under the brand name Nevo(R), as well as software solutions for digital media control and enjoyment in the consumer and OEM markets under the brand SimpleCenter(TM).
About Denon
From its beginning in 1910 as a supplier of professional recording studio and broadcast equipment, Denon has become a world leader in the manufacture of highest quality home theater, audio and software products. Denon is recognized internationally for innovative and ground-breaking products and has a long history of technical innovations, including the development and first commercialization of PCM digital audio.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words and expressions reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the timely development, ordering, delivery and market acceptance of products and technologies identified in this release; the Company's continued ability to design products in a fashion that results in its technology being accepted by the companies customers and the end users; the continued importance of the Company's database of codes and other technologies; the continued growth in the markets identified in this release to occur as anticipated by management; and other factors described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The actual results that the Company achieves may differ materially from any forward looking statement due to such risks and uncertainties. The Company undertakes no obligations to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Great Article - even though it's from July of 2006.
ZigBee: Delivering Ubiquitous Computing at Last?
Ubiquitous computing has been talked about for many years. In some senses, with the sheer number of microcontrollers (MCUs) that exist in appliances around us, embedded computing is already pervasive. However, today the vast majority of MCUs are self-contained islands of automation that communicate only within the system they serve. For truly ubiquitous computing, MCUs must be able to talk to each other.
Viable Application Areas
But is there value in enabling this so-called ‘ambient microcontroller-class networking’? According to Metcalfe’s Law, the value of the network increases exponentially according to the number of connections. So much for the theory, what are the practical applications? Well, your digital alarm clock radio has an MCU, and possibly your coffee maker as well. If you change your wake-up time (or your alarm wakes you up early because it has received a severe weather warning), wouldn’t it be nice if your radio told your coffee maker about it?
And there is a strong economic argument for MCU networking besides the convenience it affords. For example, it makes no sense for your dishwasher to start a cycle if there’s no hot water. Your alarm clock radio could also predict when you need hot water, based on your wake up time. With more precise automated control of heating and lighting there is potential to enable significant energy savings. Power generation capacity is geared around satisfying peak demand – if small individual power savings could be made at peak times, hugely expensive capacity additions to electricity generation could be avoided. Security applications are also set to benefit from wireless MCU networking, both in terms of easier installation and their effectiveness.
In industrial situations where large, complex plant and manufacturing capabilities depend on a finely tuned process to improve productivity or save costs, it is seen as being more important that information is shared between microprocessors. Wireless reduces the cost of installation and allows much finer granularity of sensing. The wireless industrial networking alliance (WINA) is a coalition of companies interested in the advancement of wireless solutions for industry. One of the solutions being investigated, both for consumer and industrial control and sensor applications, is the low-cost and low-power standard, ZigBee.
Technology Options
The ZigBee wireless networking standard specifies a software stack for applications and security layers on top of the 2003 IEEE 802.15.4 wireless specification that defines the physical and MAC layers. ZigBee was published in late 2004, by the ZigBee Alliance. Primarily intended for control and monitoring tasks where low data throughput (up to 250 kbps) is required, ZigBee’s short-range reach is around 70 metres. However, ZigBee is not the only potential enabling technology for MCU networking.
Other standards vying for ZigBee’s application space, some of them unconstrained by governing standards bodies, are attempting to outpace ZigBee’s development. Zensys™ Z-Wave™ technology is a proprietary example which has garnered widespread industry support, which is being channeled through the Z-Wave Alliance.
Yet another initiative sees a group within the Internet Engineering Task Force investigating the possibility of implementing a ‘compressed’ version of the potentially heavyweight IPv6 (next-generation Internet Protocol), to reside on top of the 802.15.4 radio standard.
All these protocols provide the basic ‘plumbing’– much like TCP/IP on your laptop. Much of the value-add information services that run on top of these protocols have yet to be developed. The situation is much like the internet – just before the web was invented.
Operating systems are in development for this class of applications. TinyOS is an research-oriented open-source operating system designed for wireless embedded sensor networks. It has its origins in Smart Dust military project, which aims to demonstrate that a complete sensor/communication system can be integrated into a cubic millimeter package.
A Nascent Market
Growing interest shown by major chip manufacturers indicates that this nascent MCU networking market is set for rapid growth. Semiconductor vendors including TI, STMicroelectronics and Freescale have all acknowledged the volume potential for ZigBee products and have announced acquisitions, partnerships and OEM agreements to pursue this market. Oki has also announced its first ARM-based ZigBee solution in collaboration with Integration Associates.
Consequently, although current market predictions for ZigBee are divergent, most analysts are predicting significant growth for ZigBee silicon. A mid-range estimate is that this market will be worth a billion dollars between 2008 and 2010.
From an initial requirement that ZigBee should be a lightweight application that is easy (and cheap) to deploy, the specification for the ZigBee stack has grown to the point where it does begin to stress an 8-bit processor. In fact, the cheapest implementations will be those that integrate ZigBee within the applications processor, rather than separating the wireless functionality in a discrete device. Inevitably, actually doing something useful with the networking capability will demand further CPU cycles. Data has no value until converted into information that can be acted upon. This will drive lots of new and interesting processing. With telemetry-type bandwidth, much of the intelligence will be pushed to the end-node, driving performance requirements higher. Finally, connectivity always throws up security issues, which, depending on the application may require significant steps to be taken. All in all, a low-cost, low-power 32-bit processor is certainly appropriate as a platform for ZigBee-enabled applications. In fact, the primary drivers of cost in MCU cores are the memory arrays and peripherals, not the CPU word width.
Because ZigBee lends itself to integration within the application processor, the availability of good development support for the processor is also an important consideration. Development issues around ZigBee systems should not be underestimated. Complex reliability and security issues remain to be solved. As applications are predominantly deeply-embedded and distributed, debugging and system-level modeling capability is very important.
With the standards, technology and industry support now in place to enable microcontroller networking, a burgeoning market beckons. With most analysts believing it’s a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ this market takes off, the exact timing will depend on delivery of killer consumer and industrial automation applications.
http://www.arm.com/news/hottopics/13849.html
We are NOT dealing with the SEC anymore. We are now dealing with the NASD. That's why I believe we are in the final stage of getting our approval.
Well, well, well...I guess my predictions for January aren't so far-fetched after all!!! This message was posted by Gene Sharer on ABEW's web site today.
Msg # 309 Posted By: Gene Sharer
02 January 2007 01:33 EST
This message is reply to msg # 308 by mike.
1. We do not speculate as to the stock price. 2. It is reasonable to expect certification in January. 3. It is also reasonable to expect a response from NASD within a few days to a week.
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(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Gunlvr...try this link for Hydrogen Power's site...
http://hydrogenpower.com/products.html
Hydrogen Power has developed a patented hydrogen-production technology, Hydrogen Now(TM), which uses a chemical reaction
between water, aluminum and an environmentally friendly catalyst to produce hydrogen on-site and on-demand without electricity, overcoming significant transportation, storage and compression problems. Among the first markets being addressed by the Company are the automotive and transportation sectors, for which its on-board, energy-on-demand technology appears to be especially well suited. In June, it announced conversion of a 2006 Ford Ranger XL truck to a hydrogen hybrid with a dual fuel system that can shift between gasoline and hydrogen. We believe that this achievement is a significant validation of Hydrogen Power's technology as an alternative power source for vehicles on the road today and in the future.
That's not the issue here. The issue is YOUR MANIPULATION of the facts. You specifically said that Gene answered "NO" to my prediction for certification by January 31st - which was far from the truth.
If YOU want to interpret his response to mean "no" that's fine, but don't mislead everyone else by posting something that never happened.
BTW, is it too much to ask for you to wait until January 31st before you start ripping into my predictions?
After all, they're just some goals that I've set for myself that I decided to share with the rest of the investors here. You don't have to accept them if you don't want to. Just something to pass the time until the end of January.
Cheers...to all of you positive thinkers out there!!!
abew4me
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
BTW, I posted this on RB and received no response. Would appreciate your feedback on this tech. Thanks.
http://hydrogenpower.com/products.html
http://www.hydrogenassociation org/newsletter/summer06/hpiHybrid.pdf
There is another company using borohydride to store hydrogen.
Hydrogen Power has developed a patented hydrogen-production technology, Hydrogen Now(TM), which uses a chemical reaction
between water, aluminum and an environmentally friendly catalyst to produce hydrogen on-site and on-demand without electricity, overcoming significant transportation, storage and compression problems. Among the first markets being addressed by the Company are the automotive and transportation sectors, for which its on-board, energy-on-demand technology appears to be especially well suited. In June, it announced conversion of a 2006 Ford Ranger XL truck to a hydrogen hybrid with a dual fuel system that can shift between gasoline and hydrogen. We believe that this achievement is a significant validation of Hydrogen Power's technology as an alternative power source for vehicles on the road today and in the future.
I'm an old Hydrogen nut from the 70's when my father was promoting it with another company - can't even remember the name now. Anyway, one of the advantages of using hydrogen in a combustion engine (besides it being non-polluting) is that it produces no carbon build-up inside the engine itself.
Carbon build-up is a major reason for engine wear that leads to poor performance and, eventually, replacement of internal parts.
Hydrogen burns absolutely clean leaving no carbon build-up whatsoever. The end result is that engines should last many more hours/miles without replacing the oil that lubricates the internal parts. Imagine changing your oil and having it come out of your engine just as pure and clean as the day you put it inside? The only difference being of course is that the oil viscosity has broken down after a certain number of hours/miles and must be replaced. But the black oil you see in used motor oil is a direct result of carbon from burning fossil fuels.
I point this out because the calculations for comparing hydrogen-vs-oil in a generator must be considered when the longevity of the generator will surely be extended using hydrogen instead of oil based fuels.
Just my two cents.
abew4me
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opinion and should NOT be considered as factual.
LMAO!!! Hey folks, 'beano' was referring to Gene's response on ABEW's web site. Here's the actual response from Gene when i asked him about the certification process.
Notice that he never said "NO" to anything. Here is Gene's actual response folks...
Msg # 307 Posted By: Gene Sharer
30 December 2006 04:41 EST
This message is reply to msg # 306 by abew4me.
The test team on our account is on vacation this week and should restart when they return next week. If all goes well, we should finish in a couple of weeks thereafter. Then the report has to be written and delivered to the ZigBee Alliance for concurrence at which time the certificate will be issued.
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(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
What are you talking about when you say..."Right from the horses mouth...NO"?
What 'horse' are you referring to?
Not yet. Let's wait until January 31st to see how close I am before we get the rally monkey going. If I'm off from the first month, everything else is a wash.
Hey, if you're really brave, try this...
Try giving a month-by-month break down of ABEW's PPS and why!!!!
January 31st..............55 (ABEW gets OTCBB approval and certification)
February..................80 (ABEW gets approved for major financing)
March.....................1.25 (Marketing kicks into high gear just as analysts recognize ABEW as dominant force in ZigBee)
April.....................1.50 (Momentum slows because of tax season)
May.......................2.00 (Momentum picks up as ABEW reports 6 figures in their 10-Q.)
June......................2.50 (Investors start pouring in as ZigBee products hit store shelves. ABEW's management holds S/H meeting on the West Coast because 4me threatens management change. (LOL)
July......................3.00 (Each month, revenue increases due to higher demand for our software. ABEW-India now employs over 100 software engineers)
August....................3.50 (10-Q reports royalties in the 7 figures for the second quarter!!!)
September.................3.75 (Rumors of a buy-out start hitting the news because the big chip makers are getting nervous)
October...................4.00 (10-Q reports another solid 7 figures!!!)
November..................4.50 (ABEW applies for NASDAQ (small-cap) listing)
December..................5.00+ (ABEW is granted listing on NASDAQ just as a major Chipmaker tenders a buy-out offer for $500 million)
Hey, my motto is..."Set your goals high and reach for the sky!!!" (Would if I'm only half right? I'll take it!!!)
Cheers.
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opinion and should NOT be considered as factual.
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
This is good stuff folks!!!
To the Internet - and beyond
The oft-hyped “always connected” ubiquitous network concept is now closer to reality. “It's definitely an evolution rather than a revolution - but convergence is happening,” said Ellen Daley, an analyst with Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass.
“Bluetooth and ZigBee networks are becoming more pervasive, and for the first time this is allowing us to physically connect things,” she said. “The beauty of it all is that because IP is going almost everywhere, that is giving a standardized, low-cost protocol for low-cost equipment, for access.”
In a trend Forrester has coined the “Extended Internet,” both enterprise and consumers will soon be tracking and managing physical items using a combination of RFID technology, sensors, Wi-Fi and the Internet.
“The infrastructure is finally in place (and) there are billions of endpoints now awaiting connection,” Daley said. These endpoints can include everything: wireless phones, tracking corporate laptops in an office or wheelchairs in a hospital, telematics in cars, monitoring appliances in the home and the ability to track and send conditions such as acoustic signals in specialized fields such as petrochemical plants, to name a few.
One challenge right now is that there are many access methods, but no access transparency, she said. “The trend is to look at ways to start stitching together different types of wireless, as well as IP technologies, so that you can log on and have access to any network, whenever you want, and then seamlessly roam from one to another.”
[IMO, this is EXACTLY what the mesh-network is all about!!!]
Think back five or 10 years. Did you even own a cell phone? Perhaps. But it certainly didn't come with a colour screen, digital camera, MP3 player or e-mail capability. Now consider how ubiquitous, inexpensive and unremarkable these offerings seem to us today.
This is just one small example of how devices and technologies have changed radically in the last few years. And with these changes has come a drastic shift in the way we live, work and even socialize. The question is whether it has changed for the better, and what's in store for us next.
Some trends in future technology are probably going to be ones experts have been predicting for years - greater connectivity, heightened mobility and all the related security issues and products.
But others may be less obvious, such as those in the software development world, according to Bruce Johnson, partner with ObjectSharp Consulting in Toronto, a firm specializing in software development consulting and training.
One trend that Johnson predicts will be big in the next two or three years involves dynamic languages and domain-specific languages. For these, developers will write scripts that come closer to what a businessperson would recognise as a set of steps to accomplish a task.
“Developers create this language and then give it to non-technical people so they can more easily write scripts and command sets, without having to understand the hideously ugly syntax that most other (programming) languages might have,” Johnson said.
This ultimately may require less dedicated developers within a company, and for the developers that remain to have a different set of skills than they did in the past - they will have to know more about the business side of things.
To the Internet - and beyond
The oft-hyped “always connected” ubiquitous network concept is now closer to reality. “It's definitely an evolution rather than a revolution - but convergence is happening,” said Ellen Daley, an analyst with Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass.
“Bluetooth and ZigBee networks are becoming more pervasive, and for the first time this is allowing us to physically connect things,” she said. “The beauty of it all is that because IP is going almost everywhere, that is giving a standardized, low-cost protocol for low-cost equipment, for access.”
In a trend Forrester has coined the “Extended Internet,” both enterprise and consumers will soon be tracking and managing physical items using a combination of RFID technology, sensors, Wi-Fi and the Internet.
“The infrastructure is finally in place (and) there are billions of endpoints now awaiting connection,” Daley said. These endpoints can include everything: wireless phones, tracking corporate laptops in an office or wheelchairs in a hospital, telematics in cars, monitoring appliances in the home and the ability to track and send conditions such as acoustic signals in specialized fields such as petrochemical plants, to name a few.
One challenge right now is that there are many access methods, but no access transparency, she said. “The trend is to look at ways to start stitching together different types of wireless, as well as IP technologies, so that you can log on and have access to any network, whenever you want, and then seamlessly roam from one to another.”
ZigBee to Find Traction in Commercial Building Automation in 2008, says ABI Research
SCOTTSDALE AZ, USA -- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Sensor networking technology ZigBee should start finding significant adoption in commercial building applications in 2008, according to a new study published by ABI Research.
There are three major markets for sensor networking: the home, commercial buildings, and industrial facilities, and ZigBee aims to cover them all. In the home, there are alternatives to ZigBee, and in industry there are some questions about its suitability.
But according to senior analyst Sam Lucero, commercial building automation is a market where ZigBee is competitively positioned against other wireless sensor technologies.
“Commercial buildings represent a huge addressable market of field equipment currently using wired field buses to connect sensors and actuators with lighting, heating, ventilation, access control, and safety systems,” he says. “ZigBee’s features and functionality are very well suited to commercial building applications.”
Of the five top vendors of building automation systems, which together control about 70% of the market, four – Johnson Controls, Siemens, TAC, and Trane – have introduced wireless products based on ZigBee in the past year, and the fifth – Honeywell – is moving toward doing so.
Over the next five years, up to 20% of commercial building automation system field equipment may “go wireless,” seeking the lower costs, better control, and greater flexibility that such systems deliver. However, there are regional differences: in North America and Europe, commercial building markets are largely mature, while greater “greenfield” opportunities can be found in Asia. Asian markets are fragmented, and we may see a rash of acquisitions as the “big five” push into the region.
“In North America and Europe, this is a tough and conservative market,” says Lucero. “We are hearing that building owners and managers in Asia are more interested in using wireless than their counterparts in North America and Europe, where it is more a question of replacing existing wires.” ABI Research also believes that a lot of the growth will come from new, application-specific deployments in selected vertical industries.
Lucero concludes that, “The mainstream market is clearly moving ahead with ZigBee for automation, so smaller players that do not have a wireless strategy formulated (or are in the process of creating one) will be at a disadvantage.”
“Commercial Building Automation” (www.abiresearch.com/products/market_research/Commercial_ Building_Automation) (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) analyzes the market ecosystem, key trends and specific drivers for the adoption of wireless field bus technology, and forecasts market performance through 2011. It forms part of the M2M Research Service (www.abiresearch.com/products/service/M2M_Research_Service).
Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations supporting annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in broadband and multimedia, RFID & contactless, M2M, wireless connectivity, mobile wireless, transportation and emerging technologies.
OT. Had to share this story as well...
THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL
It's just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our
Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has
peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas---oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it overspending...the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma---the gifts given in desperation because you couldn't think of anything else.
Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way. Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church, mostly black. These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes.
As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was
wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler's ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that couldn't acknowledge defeat.
Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, "I wish just one of them
could have won," he said. "They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them." Mike loved kids --- all kids --- and he knew them, having coached little league football,
baseball and lacrosse. That's when the idea for his present came. That
afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an
assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church.
On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside
telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His
smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in
succeeding years. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition --- one
year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey
game. Another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on.
The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the
last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents. As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its allure.
The story doesn't end there. You see, we lost Mike last year due to
dreaded cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, it was joined by three more. Apparently, each of our children, unbeknownst to the other, had placed an envelope on the tree for their dad.
The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our
grandchildren standing around the tree with wide-eyed anticipation
watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mike's spirit, like
the Christmas spirit, will always be with us.
[Feel free to share this story with anyone else you wish.
abew4me
Reprinted from another ABEW investor...
By: mpdanford
25 Dec 2006, 09:45 PM EST
Msg. 21373 of 21375
Thank you to all the regular posters here that share their DD and opinions. I have been invested in ABEW since Aug 2004 and unfortunately added a lot of my position near $1.00. I mainly lurk here and check in each weekend to check out on any news updates. I don't have anything constructive to add since there are quite a few posters here that are so on top of what is going on with this company (thank you abew4me, atco, poolman, and others with truthful and constructive information to share).
It has become somewhat of a soap opera at times!!!! LOL!! Codder has has a lot of trouble staying invested and staying "believing" ABEW will be able to pull through (and I don't blame him--I share many of the same worries). Steve has also had some things to contribute that have made me think hard about whether to stay invested, but the way he dwells so much on the negatives makes me discount much of what he says because he seems to have already made up his mind and believes ABEW will not succeed. I do worry about poolman; he has had to spend so much of last year in the doghouse and now it sounds like he might be losing thumbs/fingers!!
Seriously, many of you have spent a lot of time DD'ing this company and I do believe the "regulars" are sincere in their belief that ABEW is a real company with great potential for huge gains -- but realize it is still at a high risk stage. Thank you for sharing your DD facts as well as your "opinions"; I realize that they are just that and you should not fear that I or anyone would make any major financial decisions based only on your comments. If we did, we would have only ourselves to blame. Your sharing of DD has been appreciated by me and has been a big help to me. I'm sure that there are others like me keeping an eye on ABEW and lurking on this board, so I would think that the information shared is helping them too.
I stay because I still believe ABEW can pull this off. Management has tripped up quite a bit, but they have also made some good strategic moves and they are trying to communicate better with investors. Also, the delays in getting the standards set were not their fault and I think they have used the delay time to better position themselves from when the 1.1 standard is a "commercial go". That said, I am still scared to be adding down here at these "bargin" prices; I may be kicking myself for it later, but there are still a lot of factors that are out of ABEW's control for now. Then again, this is how fortunes are made -- taking risk when most people are too scared to.
I sincerely hope abew4me and the other strong longs do make a fortune. For me it will not be a fortune but I still believe it will be a good long term investment.
Merry Christmas to all of you and I wish you the best with your health and investments in 2007.
Mike
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long)
Folks, here's a little Christmas gift that I put together just for you...
Msg # 234 Posted By: Gene Sharer
17 November 2006 09:52 EST
This message is reply to msg # 232 by wampuscat.
EMBER is primarily a hardware manufacturer where distributorships are common. Airbee has two such customers; one in Korea and the other in Russia. We don't expect much from these engagements until ZigBee specification level 1.1 hits the street.
[Let me repeat that last sentence for you: "We don't expect much from these engagements until ZigBee specification level 1.1 hits the street." The level 1.1 is about to hit the street in next 3 - 6 months!!!]
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Msg # 244 Posted By: Gene Sharer
21 November 2006 04:00 EST
This message is reply to msg # 241 by Dan.
WE do not expect any further revenues derived from the 1.0 spec. We will not be waiting until mid 2007 to see any revenues either. The significant revenues will begin in mid 2007.
[Once again, let me repeat the SECOND sentence for you: "We will not be waiting until mid 2007 to see any revenues either." VERY NICE!!!]
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Msg # 247 Posted By: Ken Olinick
22 November 2006 08:12 EST
This message is reply to msg # 244 by Gene Sharer.
Gene, does that mean you expect revenues in the 1st quarter or we are recieving them now? Ken
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Msg # 248 Posted By: Gene Sharer
22 November 2006 10:42 EST
This message is reply to msg # 247 by Ken Olinick.
Begin in the first quarter after certification if the ZigBee Alliance holds their schedule. Will not ramp up until mid year 2007.
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Msg # 197 Posted By: Gene Sharer
10 November 2006 02:26 EST
This message is reply to msg # 196 by cpe codder.
This is a repeat of a response I gave to someone some time ago. There is a difference between "issued" and "outstanding". There are over 14 million shares which have been issued and are in escrow accounts which collateralize loans outstanding or the convertible debenture with Montgomery Equity Partners. Those shares are non-voting shares. If you care to review the SEC filings, you will see the correct number of shares outstanding each quarter. The transfer agent does not know the application of such escrow shares. As an informed investor, I recommend you view the official reports as filed with the SEC. At September 30, 2006, the outstanding shares are 75,592,352. As of today, the share count is 77,360,769. The difference being shares issued to a private placement investor in October.
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Msg # 199 Posted By: Gene Sharer
10 November 2006 02:34 EST
This message is reply to msg # 195 by Dan.
"...TI acquired Chipcon which had a certified product to the 1.0 level. Chipcon used an Atmel microcontroller. TI does not have a certified product with a TI microcontroller therein. Airbee is under contract to take it through certification."
[Folks, this last statement is PARTICULARLY what I'm excited about. "Airbee is under contract to take it through certification." I believe that TI has contracted us to certify their new MSP430 chip with the new 1.1 specification. If this is true, it will be a HUGE BOOST to our reputation and revenue stream. The new 1.1 spec is what EVERYONE is waiting for. Stay tuned!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
abew4me
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opinion and should NOT be considered as factual.]
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
As an investor, I think we all try to stick with the issues and voice our opinions based on the knowledge we have. Those that have done a lot of DD tend to post informative messages that help our understanding of the technology and expand our knowledge of our investments. Unfortunately, there are some investors that have done very little DD but tend to post numerous messages about "single digits" and "time takes time" that has accomplished very little except to promote negativity. These posts unfortunately tend to dominate the board and take up space in what would normally be a very informative board.
I guess some people feel they NEED to be heard or their message of "single digits" might be forgotten...and we certainly can't have that happen or the world might come to an end - at least that's what they think anyway.
Cheers to all of you positive thinkers!!!
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Steve...Some of the content of your statements are incorrect and therefore affects the entire post. You stated that ABEW has been asking for institutional financing for several years. That's incorrect. Everything else was okay.
Beyond that, it's no secret to anyone that you feel management needs to be changed, "clean the house", in debt, Mindtree, Identity, etc, etc, etc. Therefore, do you really feel that it is that important to post the same thing over and over and over again?
We already know all this!!!
Look at the other posts from me and the others and see if you find duplicate posts that constantly repeat the same old song. I'll be more than happy to call a spade a spade and remove it.
Never mind Codder. Although that PR was released in November, 2005 the article that you refer to changes its date on a daily basis. Therefore I can understand how you would think it had a release date of today. It's an honest mistake and owe you an apology.
Merry Christmas.
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Codder, that PR is from last year. (Makes me wonder why you couldn't post the link. Hmmmmm)
Anyway, I kind of figured it was from last year because it referred to the Chipcon radio only. As I recall, Gene stated that Texas Instruments has contracted with us to do some major work for them and I assume it has to do with their new MSP430 chip. THAT'S the PR that I'm waiting to hear about!!!
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Stop antagonizing and I won't have to be "fair". Frankly, "we" would rather discuss the issues relating to Airbee Wireless instead of hearing you boast about "time takes time", etc...
Codder...Can you post the link...minus the dots (.)
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Get real man. The momentum has shifted for ABEW and their progress with certification and OTCBB status is now on the fast track.
Everyone else can see it but you. (Even Codder admits that he's impressed.)
MAJOR PROGRESS ON ALL FRONTS!!!
This post is a quote from Gene Sharer that was taken from the ABEW web site this morning.
"The MAC certification tests have been successfully completed and as reported by the testing company passed by wider margins than did the golden units used."
This is EXACTLY what I thought would happen. The Golden Units are primarily Hardware Companies and as such, probably used only basic software to get certified. Once ABEW's software is finalized, I believe we're going to see a lot of action from a wide range of companies - Chip makers, OEM's, integrators, etc...
Our day is coming folks. Things are about to get very interesting. Stay tuned!!!
The ONLY reason that Airbee Wireless filed the SB-2 was to fulfill a contractual agreement with Montgomery. It was NOT required by the SEC. Now that the SB-2 has been retracted, we can now approach the NASD for our OTCBB status once all the paperwork is filed next week.
We now have major progress going on with BOTH our Certification and our OTCBB status!!!
It looks like the "Perfect Storm" is back on track folks.
Merry Christmas!!!
abew4me
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opinion and should NOT be considered as factual.
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
More progress regarding our OTCBB status...
The following comments were taken directly from ABEW's web site on their message board.
Msg # 297 Posted By: abew4me
21 December 2006 08:41 EST
Hi Gene. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the retraction of the SB-2 clear the way for us to address the NASD for our BB status?
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Msg # 298 Posted By: Gene Sharer
22 December 2006 09:40 EST
This message is reply to msg # 297 by abew4me.
Yes, we will detail more next week when all documents have been finalized.
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Hey, no one expects you to say ANYTHING positive about ABEW. Your negative comments are getting old.
Merry Christmas.