On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Paul called in with a question about his smart home. He currently uses indoor Nest Cams pointing outside, along with Ubiquiti UniFi routers and they work fine, as expected. However, he's thinking about … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Sept. 17, 2021
Home Assistant tries with a new hub: The campaign for Home Assistant Amber is now live. For $149, customers can buy a Raspberry Pi computer that is pre-loaded with Home Assistant's software and several radios including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee. … [Read more...]
Podcast: Wyze comes back from the edge
I need to warn y'all in advance that we don't discuss Apple news at all this week because nothing really jumped out at us for the IoT. But we did have a lot of other big news starting with Wyze raising $100 million and sharing the precariousness of … [Read more...]
First flexible CPUs, now flexible RAM: Could this jumpstart truly smart clothing?
Innovation in flexible computing components is arriving in wave after wave of late. In June, a report detailed a 32-bit ARM microprocessor that could bend, and this month, we learned that Stanford researchers demonstrated working bendable RAM. When … [Read more...]
Whole-home audio and smart lighting: DIY or go pro?
On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Dave called in to our voicemail hotline looking for advice. His brother-in-law has a Google TV and Nest Audio speakers but wants to invest in whole-home audio and smart lighting. Dave wonders what we would … [Read more...]