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| The program is a brand new competition to support and incentivise IoT innovation |
The Z-Wave Alliance, an open consortium of leading global companies deploying Z-Wave, the world's largest ecosystem of wireless control products and services, is announcing the opening of applications for Z-Wave Labs. The program is a brand new competition to support and incentivize IoT innovation on the Z-Wave® platform. The Alliance is seeking entries from start-up companies and entrepreneurs looking to bring Z-Wave products to market.
"With an incredible year of growth for the Z-Wave platform, the Alliance is excited to open its doors to start-ups and disrupters in the IoT," said Mary Miller, Senior Director of Corporate Marketing at Sigma Designs and a Principal Board member of the Z-Wave Alliance, "We're looking for innovators excited about using Z-Wave in their designs and who want to join our industry leading member companies and list of more than 1300 certified interoperable products in the rapidly growing IoT market."
Eligibility
Z-Wave Labs is a global competition open to private companies of any size and individuals 18 years of age or older as of March 1, 2015 who submit their Z-Wave product innovation through the online application. Each entrant must submit an application before the 15th of each month in order be considered for that month's contest. Applications can be for products in any IoT related industry, including but not limited to: residential, commercial, automotive, healthcare, energy, security and aging-in-place.
Winners
The panel of judges will use, but are not limited to, the following criteria to select one Z-Wave Labs winner per month for 12 months: innovation, functionality, engineering and design style, ingenuity, breadth of applicability, marketability and ease of use. Winners will be notified and announced at the end of every month and featured on the Z-Wave Labs website and on social media.
Each winner will receive access to the Z-Wave IoT 500 series development kits from Sigma Designs and one full year of Alliance membership at Full Member level, subject to the execution of a Z-Wave Alliance Full Membership and confidentiality agreement by the winner. Benefits of Alliance membership include the opportunity to participate in Alliance trade shows, working groups, PR and marketing opportunities and other related activities. Winners will also get paired up with mentors from the Z-Wave community in their related industry to provide technical and marketing and business development support.
