Its applications range from contact lenses and medical devices to elastomers; it is also present in shampoos (as dimethicone makes hair shiny and slippery), food (antifoaming agent), caulking, lubricants, kinetic sand, and heat-resistant tiles.
An acronym for L ong T erm E volution, LTE is a 4G wireless communications standard developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) that's designed to provide up to 10x the speeds of 3G networks for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, netbooks, notebooks and wireless hotspots.
ZigBeeâs wireless technology is based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, which makes it a great alternative to batteries and gives it an edge over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless technologies. In fact, ZigBee and ZigBee Pro consume 1/10,000 th of the energy required by a Wi-Fi network.