My name is Alvin Borthwick and I reside in Perth, Western Australia. I refer to your article in Smartgrid news dated 4 May 2010. The article refers to Ember selling Zigbee chips. It is important for me to put on record that I invented the Zigbee monitoring and control technology inclusive of radio integrated with a processor chip 'radio chip'- remote two-way radio controlled handheld interrogator programmer unit with LCD interface and a one-touch wireless panic button. An electronic proof of concept of my monitoring and control system with auto lighting control initially targeted to Home Security was commissioned in late 2000 and realized as a working prototype system in 2001.
During the project development period of my WiseGuy idea, my idea and all its enabling solutions for two-way wireless monitoring and control of sensors and devices, was unlawfully licensed off to multinationals that established the Zigbee Alliance without my knowledge and / or consent.
After extensive online investigation I discovered that early trials of my WiseGuy idea were carried out on BP's loch Rannoch for predictive maintenance and vibration monitoring. Trials were also conducted on Great Duck Island off Maine for monitoring Storm Leach Petrels, which included a handheld 'Gizmo' unit. The experiments were linked to Intel Corp.
Instead of Multinational developers of Zigbee, an ex janitor and guitar repairer by name of Robert Poor of Ember Corp, has claimed he is the Originator and Creator of Zigbee. You should seek him out and ask him how he arrived at Radio chips for a Zigbee monitoring and control system from his 'Tiny Algorithm'. Check with Adrian Tuck.
Please be advised that the intellectual property associated with the Zigbee and Zwave technologies including two way remote control with enhanced LCD interface was taken in fraud between late 2000 and 2001.
Refer Western Australian Supreme Court Writ No CIV 2676 issued in Perth on 5 December 2008. The writ also named Intel portfolio company Zensys inc.
which appears to have fled by quickly being acquired off to Sigma just 13 days after my Writ was issued.
You have received this information from the inventor of Zigbee, Zwave and the switched new Smartdust scheme purportedly created by Kris Pister of UC Berkeley.
Kind Regards,
Alvin Borthwick
email: alvinborthwick@aol.com
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