{"id":5760,"date":"2015-10-22T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5760"},"modified":"2015-09-10T07:44:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T15:44:26","slug":"internet-of-things-the-danger-of-ignoring-the-problem-of-rf-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/internet-of-things-the-danger-of-ignoring-the-problem-of-rf-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Of Things: The Danger of Ignoring the Problem of RF Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Radio-frequency (RF) noise is around us everywhere. \u00a0The sources of RF\u00a0pollution come from things like electric motors, \u00a0digital appliances, and industrial machinery. \u00a0All these machines and devices are sending out signals across a range of\u00a0frequencies which can interfere with other devices.<\/p>\n

Imagine now what happens when we now start deploying\u00a0thousands or millions or even billions more tiny Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, each equipped with a transmitter or a way to connect to the Internet. \u00a0RF pollution will undoubtedly increase, and so also will the likelihood that device transmissions will interfere with each other.<\/p>\n

“The coming Internet of Things is going to make things worse. Much worse. It will do so by adding complex RF-control chips to countless common devices, like door locks, light switches, appliances of every type, our cars, and maybe even our bodies, which will enable them to connect to the Internet. Each of these chips is a potential source of noise. Plenty of technological fixes are available, of course, but the huge number of chips means that manufacturers will be more reluctant to add costly shielding and other noise-muffling features to their products,” write\u00a0Mark A. McHenry<\/a>, Dennis Roberson<\/a> and Robert J. Matheson<\/a> in an\u00a0IEEE article.<\/p>\n

Wireless phones are likely victims of\u00a0RF pollution. \u00a0On the one hand, devices like cellphones\u00a0are being made to work using\u00a0the lowest amount of power possible, but that can also result in devices that are more\u00a0susceptible to RF interference.<\/p>\n

Solutions to the RF pollution problem are complicated by the fact that actually very little data has been collected about RF pollution. \u00a0We know it’s out there, but there have been few studies to measure how much there is, or to find out where there are RF pollution hotspots, or to know which devices are most likely to interfere with each other. \u00a0That kind of research just hasn’t been done. \u00a0But\u00a0RF pollution is a problem that can ultimately cause very serious problems if we continue to ignore it.<\/p>\n

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Radio-frequency (RF) noise is around us everywhere. \u00a0The sources of RF\u00a0pollution come from things like electric motors, \u00a0digital appliances, and industrial machinery. \u00a0All these machines and devices are sending out signals across a range of\u00a0frequencies which can interfere with other…<\/span><\/p>\n

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