Internet of Things
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...]
As many of y'all know, we're preparing for a move to Seattle in June. As part of the prep work, I'm getting rid of some of the clutter we've picked up in our 16 years of marriage and life in Texas. To inspire me, I've started watching "Tidying up … [Read More...]
On this week's IoT Podcast, we had an interesting challenge from Brett on our IoT Podcast Hotline. A friend's son is in a wheelchair and can't speak, so Brett wanted to know if there was some device that could be attached to the wheelchair that would … [Read More...]
Bluetooth mesh is maturing, but will commercial lighting adopt it? I am in the middle of a deep dive into Bluetooth's viability in enterprise and commercial spaces, so when I saw this article I had to … [Read More...]
We finish up our CES thoughts this week, although after living it, writing about it and talking about I'm not sure what's been covered and where. We talk about Wi-Fi devices, Chamberlain working with … [Read More...]
Here comes Tretur, Ikea's relatively inexpensive smart blinds: After rumors, hints, and leaks, Ikea's smart blinds are finally a real thing. Dubbed Tretur, these shades will cost between $113 and … [Read More...]
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 … [Read More...]
More than any prior Consumer Electronics Show, CES 2019 was all about smart homes and the digital assistants inside them. I lost count of how many connected doorbells, sensors, smoke alarms, TVs and … [Read More...]