I was at CES last week checking out all of the latest connected things and have a bonus podcast for this week. It’s a totally different format from usual and sponsored by Open Connectivity Foundation.
We start off with a discussion on the state of the smart home and what we can learn from CES about mainstream adoption featuring commentary from Cory Sorice, VP of connected platforms at Chamberlain, Jason Johnson, CEO of August, and Ed Zitron of EZPR who is representing the normals among us.
From there we hit news from Lutron and Moen, and discover what the new Dot Dot standard is all about. After a brief discussion from the sponsor for this special edition of the podcast, The Open Connectivity Foundation, we talk to Dr. Michael Bjorn, head of research at Ericsson Consumer Lab who shares predictions about technology trends facing us in 2017.
And we wrap with a few thoughts on business models for the internet of things from Zach Suppala, the CEO of Particle, a bit about changing standards from Grant Erickson of the thread Group and finally touch on the challenge of device longevity from Chamberlain’s Sorice.