LITTLETON, CO /PRNewswire/ -- Infinite Power Solutions Inc. (IPS), maker of the award-winning THINERGY Micro Energy Cell (MEC) and leader in solid-state, micro-energy storage solutions, announced its membership in the DASH7 Alliance, a nonprofit industry consortium that promotes the use of the ISO 18000-7 (DASH7) standard for wireless sensor networking. As a member of the DASH7 Alliance, IPS will work with more than 50 member organizations around the world to advance development of the DASH7 standard and to help integrate DASH7 technology into powered cards used for credentials, transportation, access control, and location systems. DASH7 is a wireless sensor networking technology that evolved from the radio-frequency identification and sensing technologies used in the defense industry.
With IPS's membership of DASH7, the company will have access to developments and specifications of the ISO18000-7 standards still in progress, and be able to exchange ideas and insights with various other member groups in a broad range of vertical markets.
"This gives us the opportunity to help shape the future of low-power, wireless sensor network devices powered by our THINERGY MECs and perpetually recharged using energy harvesting," said Bryan Holley, Executive Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Marketing at IPS. "We are excited to share our knowledge of efficient energy storage and management with our peers to help each other grow and foster innovation and promote a global standard."
The THINERGY MEC101 will be embedded in several thin powered devices, which include DASH7 technology. The combined technologies will overcome challenges, such as goods-in-transit tote identification and real-time tracking, improving product safety, helping monitor logistics and transportation practice, and revolutionizing record maintenance. Data from the tote RFID/RTLS tags will be integrated with other location-based information to provide comprehensive material flow data and enhance just-in-time systems.
"We are excited to add IPS's expertise in thin, sustainable energy storage technology to the DASH7 Alliance," said Patrick Burns, President of the DASH7 Alliance. "IPS is a global leader in micropower technology and their involvement will significantly enhance our efforts to make DASH7 the global standard for low-power wireless technology."
About the DASH7 Alliance
Formed in 2009, the DASH7 Alliance is a nonprofit industry consortium with more than 50 participants that promotes the use of the ISO 18000-7 standard for wireless sensor networking. Participating organizations include Analog Devices, Arira Design, Cambridge University, Chung Nam Electronics, Confidex, Cubic, Damco, DH Technology, Dow, Evigia Systems, Guard RFID, Identec Solutions, KPC, Lyngsoe Systems, Melexis, MET Laboratories, Michelin, Novitaz, Odette, OnAsset Intelligence, Ramtron, Revere Security, RFind, Semtech, SPC, ST Microelectronics, Syrma, Texas Instruments, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Nebraska, University of Wisconsin, and VI Service Network. Membership is open to end users, technology providers, research organizations, and even to individuals via a new low-cost associate membership.
About IPS
Infinite Power Solutions Inc. (IPS), a U.S. clean-technology company, is a global leader in manufacturing solid-state, rechargeable, thin-film micro-energy storage devices. Founded in 2001, IPS is privately held, with corporate headquarters and volume manufacturing in Littleton, CO. The company is "the only ISO 9001–certified manufacturer of solid-state, thin-film batteries," and its energy storage products provide "unrivalled performance, size, and service life to displace conventional coin cells, supercapacitors, and other printed and solid-state micro-batteries in a variety of applications." THINERGY MEC and INFINERGY Micro Power Module products provide "unprecedented efficiency in micro-energy storage and uniquely enable ambient energy-harvesting solutions to create miniature, autonomous, perpetual power supply solutions."