Cognitive, Plume and Qualcomm Partner With Stanley Black & Decker for Home ...

Partnership signals a major advancement in delivering a truly
cognitive and secure smart home WATERLOO, Ontario (BUSINESS WIRE) Today,

Cognitive

, Plume and

Qualcomm

announced their partnership with

Stanley

in the creation of its ground-breaking Omni

security product. Omni’s unique capabilities are enabled by Cognitive

Systems’ Aura WiFi Motion technology, Plume’s cognitive service

curation platform, OpenSync device software stack, and Qualcomm’s

advanced Qualcomm Mesh Networking Platform. The result is a

self-install security and motion detection system that alerts end users

to motion in and around their homes and businesses without the privacy

risks, set-up hassles or high costs that come with security cameras and

sensors. The collaboration between the four organizations is an

unprecedented step towards creating a truly cognitive, smart home or

business.

“We are very pleased to be working closely with these great companies

and integrating our Aura WiFi Motion software with their solutions. With

more than 35 patents granted, we are very well positioned to disrupt the

smart home industry by providing motion detection for security

applications and elder care, and most notably, the vital context needed

to make a truly smart home,” said Taj Manku, Co-Founder and CEO at

Cognitive Systems. “Our WiFi Motion software stack allows Stanley Black

& Decker’s Omni to provide motion detection coverage across an entire

home or business, without cameras, so that users know their locations

and loved ones are safe and secure.”

Cognitive Systems’ Aura WiFi Motion technology uses unique radio

frequency (RF) sensing technology that can “see” and interpret WiFi

signals. On top of this RF sensing, Cognitive Systems uses predictive

analytics for reliable and accurate detection and localization of motion.

Cognitive’s solution integrates with OpenSync, an open source embedded

software that allows partners like Cognitive to launch applications to a

ready-made audience across millions of homes. OpenSync intelligently

processes data collected by Omni in the Plume Cloud and enables new

services to be deployed, managed and supported.

“As the IoT landscape changes with more devices and use-cases, customers

are increasingly looking for new service providers to enter the home and

bring new solutions over-the-top,” said Tyson Marian, Chief Commercial

Officer at Plume. “Omni is a great example of how we enable partners to

provide new WiFi applications and monetize their services leveraging our

existing service portfolio to deliver performance and insightful data at

scale.”

Omni by Stanley Black & Decker will be available for purchase in the

summer of 2019. “Our goal is to provide our customers with a security

product that provides true peace of mind,” said Spencer Maid, Vice

President, Breakthrough Innovation at Stanley Black & Decker. “Cognitive

Systems’ Aura WiFi Motion technology, combined with Adaptive WiFi

delivered through Plume’s cognitive service curation platform, allows

true interoperability between IoT devices to ensure motion is monitored

and interpreted effectively, enabling customers to not only protect

their homes and businesses, but also keep their privacy intact.”

“As evidenced by the rapid proliferation of connected devices in the

home over the last few years, consumers are on the precipice of a new

era in smart home technology,” said Gopi Sirineni, Vice President,

Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “We are excited to be

working alongside Cognitive Systems, Plume and Stanley Black & Decker as

they adopt emerging wireless technologies like RF sensing and mesh

networking to deliver these innovative new applications to established

industries like home and business security.”

For more information on Omni by Stanley Black & Decker, visit Booth

44610 at CES in January 2019. For more details on Cognitive Systems’

Aura WiFi Motion, visit https://www.cognitivesystems.com/ .

About Cognitive Systems

Cognitive Systems Corp., is on a mission to transform the way WiFi

networks are used. Its flagship technology, Aura WiFi Motion, uses

wireless signals to detect motion in the home. Aura WiFi Motion

harnesses machine learning and predictive analytics to reliably identify

and localize motion for home monitoring, remote monitoring and energy

management. This patented technology is layered onto existing WiFi

networks, without adding any new hardware, to enhance security service

provider and router manufacturer offerings.

About Stanley Black & Decker

Stanley Black & Decker is a $13 billion revenue, $20+ billion market

capitalization, purpose-driven industrial organization. Stanley Black &

Decker has 58,000 employees in more than 60 countries and operates the

world’s largest tools and storage business, the world’s second largest

commercial electronic security company, a leading engineered fastening

business as well as Oil & Gas and Infrastructure businesses. The

company’s iconic brands include BLACK+DECKER, Bostitch, CRAFTSMAN,

DEWALT, FACOM, Irwin, Lenox, Porter Cable and Stanley. Stanley Black &

Decker is a company for the makers and innovators, the craftsmen and the

caregivers, and those doing the hard work to make the world a better

place. Learn more at www.stanleyblackanddecker.com .

About Plume

Plume is the pioneer of Adaptive WiFi, the world’s first

self-optimizing WiFi delivering reliable and consistent Internet