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Nabaztag and the Emergence of the Internet of Things
Violet was inspired by a simple fact: the rift between the virtual world – everything happening on the other side of your computer screen – and the physical world we live in is growing, and growing fast.
Miniaturization, the tiny cost of electronic components, and the availability of communication technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RFID now mean any object can be given the ability to communicate.
In the coming years, computers, phones and game consoles will no longer be the only devices in our environment deemed worthy to be intelligent and connected. Gradually, imperceptibly, our environment will become populated with new types of objects, and our familiar objects will become increasingly open to communication.
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Rafi Haladjian
Violet
Rafi Haladjian, Ozone founder, Violet co-founder
Having pioneered French telematics (Minitel) as early as 1983, Rafi Haladjian went on to found FranceNet , France ’s very first ISP, in June 1994. His intuition at the time was that the Internet, a highly confidential network in those days, was “history in the making”. FranceNet became Fluxus in 2000, and was sold to British Telecom in 2001. After heading one of the Internet’s major French players for over nine years, Rafi Haladjian founded Ozone and Violet, another step forward in the great connectivity adventure he has been a part of for twenty years.
Ozone, the first Pervasive Network operator, is currently deploying a network, notably in Paris and other cities in Europe that is based on Wi-Fi technology. OzoneParis has undertaken to provide all Parisians, both individuals and corporate entities, with a wireless broadband Internet access.
Violet, the Smart Object Company, was created in June 2003. Its vocation is to develop technologies, products and services enabling still objects to communicate and become intelligent. Violet’s objects are of a new kind, they respond to easy access needs while adapting to each person’s expectations. Violet has created Nabaztag, the world’s first intelligent, interactive Wi-Fi Rabbit.
www.ozone.net; www.ozoneparis.net
www.violet.net; www.nabaztag.com