On this week's Internet of Things Podcast, hosts Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel discuss the big news from Nest. August also updated its line of locks and promised a better doorbell. Meanwhile, rumors of an Amazon Alexa security system or even … [Read more...]
How to fix the fragmented smart home without standards
Last week I went to San Diego to visit Qualcomm and to attend CEDIA, a trade show for professional AV and home automation installers. The narrative flowing through both events was that the internet of things as it relates to the smart home is a … [Read more...]
IoT News of the Week, September 15, 2017
Forget pacemakers, now the latest insecure medical device is an infusion pump: Earlier this month we learned that some pacemakers were hacked, requiring updates and doctor's visits for 465,000 patients. This week brings us news that three infusion … [Read more...]
Internet of Things News of the Week, September 8 2017
Want to get this news summary in your inbox every Friday? Subscribe to the IoT newsletter. Hackers made a dog whistle for Alexa, Google and Siri: Looks like it wouldn't be too difficult to get the Amazon Echo or Siri to obey a stranger's command. … [Read more...]
Internet of Things news of the week August 11, 2017
Did Big Ass Fans make a big ass mistake? Stop reading this and go read this story from the founder of Big Ass Fans (they make giant fans and smaller fans) on his connected device journey so far. He concludes that his company made a connected product … [Read more...]