Each year we pull together a gift guide full of connected gadgets that we've tried — and loved — over the previous 11 months. Given that in 2020 we've spent most of our time at home, we've focused this year's guide on gifts that will help us maintain … [Read more...]
Podcast: We play with Whoop bands and Wyze cams
First up on this week's show are Forrester's predictions for the year ahead in IoT, followed by me talking about my latest tech gadget, the Whoop Strap. Whoop recently raised $100 million in funding for its subscription-based band designed for … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for July 24, 2020
InfluxData gets adopted by PTC: InfluxData is a popular time series database that PTC has now embedded into its ThingWorx platform, bringing the database to many more potential IoT customers. Time series databases are great for the IoT because they … [Read more...]
How to get or make your own LoRaWAN gateway for asset and sensor tracking (Updated)
On our most recent IoT Podcast, Billy called into our voicemail hotline with a question about asset tracking using a LoRaWAN network. Billy’s town has one gateway for this already and he’s thinking about adding his own, in order to expand the … [Read more...]
Podcast: Set up a secure IoT network and Wyze has new gear
With the spread of COVID-19 and people staying home, robots are gaining ground in jobs, so Kevin and I discuss what jobs are at risk and what happened with automation during the last three recessions. We also talk about the rules that need to be in … [Read more...]