MicroPnP Awarded Third Place at the international IPSO Challenge for IoT Technologies

San Jose, CA, December 2nd, 2015 – The MicroPnP team of the imec- DistriNet research group at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) has been awarded third place in the international IPSO Challenge competition.

MicroPnP is a full software and hardware stack for the Internet-of-Things (IoT). The technology is based on best- of-breed standards coupled with an open architecture. MicroPnP offers simple, yet powerful APIs for application development, as well as run-time management and monitoring of deployed IoT infrastructure and applications.

MicroPnP supports rapid application development and deployment without the need for large infrastructure investment. The platform enables the creation of flexible Internet of Things (IoT) applications through plug-and- play customization. In a nutshell: MicroPnP is the Internet-of-Things (IoT) made easy.

The MicroPnP technology was demonstrated at the IPSO challenge in a smart building scenario, where the team was awarded third place. Semifinals and finals were organized at the Designers of Things (www.designersofthings.com) event in San Jose, California.

About imec-DistriNet
imec-DistriNet is a group of around 80 researchers based within the Computer Science department of the University of Leuven working on secure and distributed systems, with a particular focus on the Internet of Things.

About VersaSense
VersaSense designs and manufactures an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that is a game changer in functionality and radically reduces Total Cost of Ownership.

The award winning, highly scalable and standards-based MicroPnP line of zero-configuration wireless sensing and actuation products includes ultra-low power wireless IoT devices, a wide range of sensors and actuators, and end-to-end software support.

Specialized sensing systems from VersaSense power and secure the Industrial Internet for major industrial, consumer goods, technology and agricultural companies in a diverse set of application domains such as infrastructure monitoring, precision farming and building energy management.

As a spin- off company of the imec-DistriNet research group at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), VersaSense builds on a decade-long foundation of leading research in the area of IoT. For more information visit www.versasense.com