For the past month I've been in Seattle, taking a break from the Austin heat. One of the things I've done while here has been to meet with M87, a startup that actually came to life in Austin five years ago before getting funding from Madrona Ventures … [Read More...]
Forget data science; here are 5 jobs skills required by the IoT
It's no secret that adding connectivity to products can make business models more difficult to service or change them altogether, or that undergoing a digital transformation changes the company culture. But what many companies only realize once they … [Read More...]
IoT news of the week for August 10, 2018
Anki’s inexpensive robot is crammed with smarts: Normally I wouldn’t expect much from a $250 robot, so I’m super impressed by the new Anki Vector. Aside from keeping the cute, emotion-based interactions from its prior robot, Cozmo, with Vector, Anki … [Read More...]
More IoT News
Podcast: Why did Apple join the Thread Group?
This week Kevin and I kick off the show with our thoughts on the future of hearables before explaining why we think Apple joined the Thread Group and what it means for future HomeKit products. From … [Read More...]
Anki Vector: Edge-based smarts in a cute companion robot for $250
There’s a new Kickstarter project today and it’s right up my alley. If you’re into home robots, deep learning, neural networks, knowledge graphs or a digital assistant with personality, then it’s … [Read More...]
Particle has a success with Jacuzzi
Jacuzzi, the iconic maker of hot tubs, is using Particle's IoT platform to connect a thousand hot tubs today with plans to expand to all of its hot tubs in the future. A few weeks back during a … [Read More...]
No one wants to touch the IoT edge
As GE preps to sell some of its digital businesses — perhaps even its Predix platform, which is designed to take manufacturing data and analyze it as part of GE's industrial IoT efforts — I've been … [Read More...]
IoT news of the week for August 2, 2018
JBL Link View pre-orders begin: Following the recent release of Lenovo’s Smart Display, JBL now has its own Google Home entry, the Link View; pre-orders have begun at $249. The functionality is … [Read More...]