Whenever I'm thinking about a new company or tech breakthrough, I ask myself how it helps us get to a world that can support a few billion or even a trillion devices. One obvious challenge is the current cloud computing model, where information and … [Read more...]
This startup is making it easy to reduce energy use in plants
The data derived from connected sensors can help reduce energy consumption by optimizing various aspects of plant operations. This is pretty easy to understand, but historically hard to implement. Using existing machine data or installing new sensors … [Read more...]
Stratus Digital Systems wants to create airlocks for the IoT
As security researchers gather at Defcon in Vegas, it felt appropriate to profile a startup trying to make the internet of things a bit more secure. I literally hear from dozens of startups each week trying to "secure the IoT," in part because it's a … [Read more...]
Kraftful wants to make better smart home apps
One of the smarter things that I think Delta Faucet did when it made an Alexa-connected faucet was to avoid building an app. When I was testing out the Alexa-enabled faucet a year ago, the folks at Delta said they avoided building an app because the … [Read more...]
Construction is the next big target for AI and IoT
The construction industry is ripe for some innovation, or disruption, or whatever else you want to call it. As I've written before, there are a host of factors that make the industry tough to automate, starting with the individual nature of each … [Read more...]
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