Earlier this year, I plugged in a Helium hotspot and created a node on a distributed network designed for the internet of things. Three months later, I am prepared to share my experience with the hotspot, along with how my thinking around Low-Power … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for May 15, 2020
AI could be the secret to better energy harvesting: For IoT to become truly ubiquitous we need to ditch both wires and batteries. Researchers at Newcastle University in the UK and the Uppsala University in Sweden have been working on using different … [Read more...]
Podcast: Subscription news from Wink and Nest
This week's show is all about subscriptions! First Kevin and I share thoughts on Wink's decision to charge a subscription fee after giving customers a week's notice and threatening to shut down their devices if they don't convert. We also detail … [Read more...]
How to fix Z-Wave flakiness in your smart home
On our most recent IoT Podcast, Don called in to explain that the Z-Wave device furthest from his hub is occasionally dropping off his smart home network. He's thinking of adding a Z-Wave front door lock and has added one Z-Wave repeater already. … [Read more...]
Review: August’s new lock with Wi-Fi is small and pricey
August Home has a fourth-generation lock on the market today and it's a good option for renters, those too intimidated to replace an entire lock, and anyone who's a fan of the distinctly modern August design. This lock is much smaller than August's … [Read more...]
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