For years, smart lighting has been mostly about automation — even as far back as the days of office lighting triggered by motion detection. Most of us have at some point sat working in a conference room where we were forced to wave our hands in the … [Read more...]
A Swiss startup takes on AI at the sensor edge
At CES, I ran into a startup at Avnet's booth called Octonion. It was showing off a little brick comprised of more than half a dozen sensors that ran software for predictive maintenance and anomaly detection. Avnet was selling the brick, which was … [Read more...]
Can a pricey smart blind retrofit take on IKEA’s new shades?
Toronto-based Axis has built a retrofit to make your window coverings smart. The product is a motorized box around which you loop your shade or blind cord. From there, the motor pulls the cord to raise or lower the shade. It can also … [Read more...]
Meet the guys behind the guys in the IoT
I have been down on IoT platforms lately, but there are a few that have found their niche. For example, there are hundreds of companies around the world that want to create a connected device but don't have the engineering expertise or even the … [Read more...]
How Understory builds better weather insights
Weather data and insights is a huge business. IBM paid an estimated $2 billion for The Weather Company in 2015. In 2013, in the agriculture world, Monsanto purchased Climate Corporation for $930 million to get better weather data for crop insurance. … [Read more...]
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