AI could be the secret to better energy harvesting: For IoT to become truly ubiquitous we need to ditch both wires and batteries. Researchers at Newcastle University in the UK and the Uppsala University in Sweden have been working on using different … [Read more...]
Let’s start a consumer bill of rights for connected devices
Every innovation comes with a learning curve. In particular, every new technology has a period when people are just trying to figure out what they can do with it. I get that. But technology adoption is moving ever faster. Indeed, the chart showing … [Read more...]
The highlight of CES day 2 was new interfaces
Monday was another media day at CES and I woke up planning to hit Bosch's event and Qualcomm's. Kevin was heading to Samsung's. Only I didn't make mine. After breakfast, my eyes swelled shut so I spent my morning doped up on Benadryl. But this wasn't … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Jan. 4, 2018
Samsara raises $100M for fleet management: Samsara, which started out as a broad IoT platform and quickly narrowed its focus to fleet management, has raised $100 million in funding at a reported $3.6 billion valuation. That brings it into unicorn … [Read more...]
The internet of things is becoming a surveillance tool
Whenever I'm away from home, in the morning I like to check in on my family by looking at the doorbell camera where I can see them leave for work and school. In the evening, I can generally tell if my daughter is upstairs in her room based on the … [Read more...]