The ever-shrinking size of electronics and sensors has allowed wearables to help us quantify more and more about ourselves in smaller and smaller packages, but one major constraint is the size of the ...

Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology allows a twisted-pair Ethernet cable to provide power to electric devices, in addition to data. This is most commonly found in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, ...

Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a widely used term that refers to any technology enabling an Ethernet device to receive and send power over the same cable as data. Below I’ve highlighted key information ...

For the past month or so, my electric toothbrush has been charging wirelessly, but not the way you think. My toothbrush charger is not plugged into an outlet. There are no wires or cables. The ...

Lighting is a lightning rod for Power over Ethernet (PoE). With publication of the IEEE 802.3bt standard in September 2018, PoE gained the ability to support up to 90W. That made it a good fit for ...

Coming in October via professional installers, and to Amazon early next year, the newest Eero mesh routers eliminate the power cord altogether. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer ...

One technology that IT managers should start to dig into, if you haven’t already, is power over Ethernet. As devices stray further and further from power outlet locations, this emerging technology is ...

A remote Ethernet device needs two things: power and Ethernet. You might think that this also means two cables, a beefy one to carry the current needed to run the thing, and thin little twisted pairs ...

I've been resisting wiring up my home network because, well, I hate wires. But I can't deny the benefits that 10 GbE has brought to my network, so it was definitely time to start wiring things up.

Power over Ethernet (PoE) is not rocket science, but it’s not plug-and-play magic either. This short primer walks through the basics with a few practical nudges for those curious to try it out. It’s a ...