I can see why it took two years to develop a mesh networking topology for Bluetooth. Basically, the members of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group are shoehorning the low power personal area network into an entirely new use case. The SIG and its … [Read more...]
What exactly is the edge of the network?
Spend time with anyone offering enterprise or industrial internet of things products and you'll encounter the term edge: edge devices, the network edge or edge analytics. But the term by itself is almost useless because depending on who you are … [Read more...]
Does the world need smart trackers for your dumb suitcase?
Bear with me you guys, because I am about to write an entire essay about a connected suitcase tracker. It's not because summer is a slow news time, or that travel stories do well in the summer months. It's because Tumi just launched a $200 device … [Read more...]
What is the right metric for carsharing?
The idea of sharing a car has become a reality thanks to connectivity, cheap sensors, and platforms to foster trust. A highly influential and tested stat notes that private cars sit idle 95% of the time. It makes sense to figure out a way to … [Read more...]
Can a community build a better IoT framework?
If you want to see how far industry experts have come in defining the internet of things and thinking about how it should work, visit the Open IoT Mark web pages. A group of mostly (European) designers and makers last week gathered together to update … [Read more...]
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