This startup is powering IoT devices - using air!

The biggest challenge faced by the IoT and wearable devices industry is wireless communication, says Vamsi Talla, co-founder and CTO of Seattle-based startup, Jeeva Wireless. Traditional radio-based wireless communication solutions like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are expensive, drains the battery life of devices connected to it and are bulky. Developed during the founding team's graduate study, their solution to wireless connectivity consumes just 1/10,000th the power used up by a conventional Wi-Fi network. It is also significantly cheaper and more compact. But what truly makes it disruptive is that it powers devices without batteries - using just air.