Last week I wrote about how every company is now a technology company thanks to hardware costs declining, ubiquitous connectivity and cheap analytics enabled by the cloud. Most people call this the internet of things. But focusing on what IoT is … [Read more...]
Startup Profile: The biggest threat to IoT silicon vendors
Anyone who plays around with connected devices is probably familiar with the ESP 8266, a tiny chip from Espressif Systems, that sports Wi-Fi and a microcontroller and costs a fraction of what a similar chip from NXP or Atmel might cost. I have kept … [Read more...]
Technology Profile: Time Sensitive Networking aims to bring Ethernet to Industrial IoT
I visited the opening of an industrial internet of things lab at National Instruments this week to see what is happening in the industrial side of the connected world. First off, I make a distinction between smart home, enterprise IoT and industrial … [Read more...]
Startup Profile: IOTAS is using Z-wave for smart apartments
Connected homes are all the rage, but connected hotels, dorms and even apartments have lagged despite offering some big advantages for property owners. This summer the Wynn is putting Amazon Echo units in its rooms and now apartment dwellers may soon … [Read more...]
Our CES hangover with Alexa, Comcast and Carnival (Podcast episode 94)
Whelp, I'm back from CES with the obligatory cold, thinking over many of the conversations I had and the gadgets I saw. Some of that bubbles up in this show, with talk of Amazon Alexa Voice Services taking a star turn at the event, my thesis that … [Read more...]
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