Today, Google Home and Google WiFi products are completely independent of each other. One is for your smart home controls and digital assistant needs while the other forms the backbone of a mesh network for all of your devices. Should they … [Read more...]
How to automate a laundry room bulb using sensors but not a hub
On our most recent podcast episode, Michael called our IoT Podcast Hotline with a specific question. He has LIFX bulbs but no smart home hub, and he wants to automate the light in his laundry room with a Wi-Fi motion sensor. He currently uses … [Read more...]
Here’s why smart home hubs seem to be dying a slow, painful death
I’m getting close to admitting defeat. And it hurts. I’ve long been a proponent of smart home hubs with multiple radios, particular those for Zigbee and Z-Wave, but it seems like the hub market is happy to ignore those in favor of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth … [Read more...]
This new chip startup wants to harvest RF for power
One of the biggest things standing in the way of the internet of things is batteries. Billions of sensors require billions of batteries, and those batteries will require people to change them. Surprisingly, energy-harvesting technology hasn't come … [Read more...]
Internet of Things News of the Week, September 14 2018
Get this IoT news summary in your inbox every Friday when you subscribe to the newsletter. Blockchain-based Bluetooth connections are coming: Nodle.io, a startup that is trying to build a Bluetooth-based network for the internet of things, has … [Read more...]
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