Silicon is the theme of this week's show, starting with a rundown on the chip shortage affecting the automotive and IoT world. Then we talk about the Los Angles Police Department requesting footage from connected doorbell cameras during the Black … [Read more...]
How can a high school student learn more about the IoT? (Hint: Be a maker)
On our most recent IoT podcast, a high-school student called in with a question to our voicemail hotline. She wants to learn more about the IoT in her final school semester and is looking for advice on and how to do that. She’s done some small IoT … [Read more...]
Smart gifts that are close to home
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...]