Making a connected device requires more than just a chip or an app. The best connected devices are really services wrapped in a piece of hardware. The hardware is a delivery mechanism, but it's not the core feature. For example, the Amazon Echo is … [Read more...]
There’s something about Singapore
Singapore's smart city efforts have been covered extensively in the media, yet I learned two things in a recent conversation with two officials responsible for the underlying data platform. The first is that many of the U.S. smart city efforts are … [Read more...]
The smart home is spying on you
When everything is connected, all kinds of data will be collected. That's the nature of a connected product. It can even be a benefit. But as a settlement this week between the Federal Trade Commission and smart TV maker Vizio details, a lack of … [Read more...]
Connecting your business changes your org chart
Hirotec, an auto supplier that makes door handles and other enclosures for companies including General Motors and Mazda, is in the middle of a big project to organize existing information it has collected from its connected plant machinery. Its goal … [Read more...]
Does healthcare have the prescription for valuing IoT?
A lot of techies are talking about the Silicon Valley prepper movement highlighted in the most recent issue of The New Yorker. But an article from the magazine's Jan. 23 issue is probably more important for the future of technology lovers. It doesn't … [Read more...]