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Wi-Fi or other wireless network protocols directly into each end-point IoT product. Gateways enable multiple small, low-cost or battery-powered IoT devices or sensors to use the gateway hardware technology to establish and control their wireless connection. Both the Ayla and Develco Products IoT technologies are highly flexible and scalable. The Ayla IoT

can eliminate u n n e c e s s a r y

development costs, reduce time to market and achieve even faster returns on their investments,” said Karsten Ries, CEO of Develco Products. “As a result, manufacturers can focus on optimizing the features and functionality of their IoT products rather than spending time and money trying to master the complexities of IoT technologies.”

Michael Cima, the David H. Koch Professor of Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and the senior author of the study. Furthermore, because the array is so tiny, it has the potential to eventually be adapted for use in humans, to monitor whether therapies aimed at boosting dopamine levels are succeeding. Many human brain disorders, most notably Parkinson’s disease, are linked to dysregulation of dopamine. “Right now deep brain stimulation is being used to treat Parkinson’s disease, and we assume that that stimulation is somehow resupplying the brain with dopamine, but no one’s really measured that,” says Helen Schwerdt, a Koch cloud fully integrates cloud-to-cloud services, including leading voice control services, and serves manufacturers globally through its cloud services in Europe, North America and China. Able to scale efficiently from tens to millions of devices, the Ayla-powered Develco Products gateway architecture can also adapt to future IoT technology requirements, as they arise. Because the Ayla IoT cloud uses the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure, connected products leveraging Ayla-powered Develco Products IoT gateways will run on AWS and automatically benefit from the cloud infrastructure’s high availability, strong security and global reach.

MIT researchers have devised a way to measure dopamine in the brain much more precisely than previously possible, which should allow scientists to gain insight into dopamine’s roles in learning, memory, and emotion. Dopamine is one of the many neurotransmitters that neurons in the brain use to communicate with each other. Previous systems for measuring these neurotransmitters have been limited in how long they provide accurate readings and how much of the brain they can cover. The new MIT device, an array of tiny carbon electrodes, overcomes both of those obstacles. “Nobody has really measured neurotransmitter behavior at this spatial scale and timescale. Having a tool like this will allow us to explore potentially any neurotransmitter-related disease,” says “Develco Products is one of the leading gateway providers in Europe, with unparalleled experience and number of deployed gateways across significant vertical markets,” said David Friedman, CEO and co-founder of Ayla Networks. “Using Ayla-supported Develco Products gateways, manufacturers can leverage the combined Ayla IoT software and Develco Products IoT hardware expertise to launch reliable, secure and scalable connected products much more easily and cost-effectively.” IoT Gateways Boost Device Efficiency, Flexibility and Scalability IoT gateways provide an important alternative to installing

Precise technique tracks dopamine in the brain

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