u-blox donates 4G modules in connected healthcare initiative

Collaboration with No Isolation brings the connected avatar AV1 to children with long-term illnesses

u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, today announced that it has donated 500 4G modules to Norwegian company, No Isolation, as part of an ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. No Isolation is a connected healthcare start-up, pioneering an avatar for children with long term illnesses who have to stay in hospital or at home over an extended period of time. Their robotic avatar, AV1, represents the child during school classes, field trips or birthday parties, enabling them to participate in everyday events where their medical condition means that they can’t be physically present.

u-blox’s TOBY-L200 4G modules enable the AV1 to transmit audio and video from anywhere so that as long as there is 4G coverage, the child’s parents, teachers and friends won’t need to think about connecting AV1 to Wi-Fi. The avatar’s 4G connection is automatic and entirely within the child’s control. Equipped with a camera, a microphone and speakers, the avatar streams live video to the child’s phone or tablet, allowing them to see and hear the avatar’s surroundings in real-time, as well as talk with an ordinary voice and decide what direction the robot is looking.

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