Ikea has plans to get into the smart home device business. Below is a diagram of the Ikea smart lighting hub and bulbs from its filings with the FCC. The Swedish furniture store filed several documents to test WiFi and ZigBee wireless modules. … [Read more...]
Internet of Things news of the week
Want this roundup in your inbox every Friday morning? Subscribe to Stacey's newsletter. Alexa goes to Vegas: The Wynn hotel in Las Vegas is putting an amazon Echo in more than 4,000 hotel rooms. These Echoes will control lights, shades and even … [Read more...]
Do we really need a personal assistant?
I spent a lot of time this week talking about personal assistants thanks to Google finally announcing its operating system for the internet of things (dubbed Android Things) and taking its Weave communications protocol out of developer preview. The … [Read more...]
IoT Podcast: Bluetooth 5 and testing lights on Echo and Google Home
Get the bottom line on the Bluetooth 5 specification with Kevin and I in this week's podcast. If radios aren't your thing, then delve into the details of connected lights and new features with Amazon Echo and Google Home. We also talk about GE's new … [Read more...]
Google has good AI, but it’s not smart enough
Google has released a new API for developers that will allow them to create chatbots for the Google Home. It's called Actions on Google, and it will let developers build conversations between users and Google's artificial intelligence, known … [Read more...]