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IoT news of the week for May 5, 2023

May 5, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Washington state has enacted a law to protect health data: Most people are unaware that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) only protects health data shared by doctors and insurance companies. So when your medical data … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: adt, algorithms, Amazon, Amazon Halo, data privacy, drones, energy harvesting, health data, health tracking, MIT, robot vacuum, smart buildings, Vorwerk

Podcast: Amazon adds Thread and beefs up Alexa

May 4, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham 5 Comments

Amazon has turned on the Thread-capabilities inside its Echo devices so they can support the Matter smart home interoperability standard in its totality, so Kevin and I talk about what that will and won't do for smart home users. It's also the moment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Echo, Amazon Halo, Apple, ARM, Blues Wireless, Computex, Forrester, Golioth, google, Level Home, Matter, Particle, SwitchBot, TagsAbode

Amazon’s device drop: Robots and services and drones, oh my!

September 28, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 2 Comments

After an hour-long product drop by Amazon this morning I'm convinced that we are getting really close to the smart home of my dreams, and I'm increasingly unsure if I want it. Amazon launched a $999.99 home robot called Astro, its Always Home Cam … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Halo, Astro, Ecobee, google, Kindle, Ring

IoT news of the week for August 6, 2021

August 6, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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John Deere acquires its second robotics startup: Farm equipment maker John Deere has acquired Bear Flag Robotics in a deal valued at $250 million. Bear Flag focuses on autonomous driving for farming equipment, a function that Deere has also been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Halo, Arduino, Bear Robotics, Flock, hacking, IIC, IIoT, John Deere, Ring

Podcast: Amazon’s Halo health push and more Matter

July 1, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

Any Amazon Halo subscriber can try Amazon's Movement Health service now, so Kevin and I explain what it is and what Amazon's decisions around the Halo fitness tracker signal about the company's interest in healthcare. We then cover the good news that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: adt, Amazon Halo, google, Lenovo, Mapped, Matter, Nanoleaf, Nathan Dyck, nest, Ring, Silicon Labs, Thread, Trek10, Verizon, Very, Works With

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