Solid-state lighting moves a bit further: Amber, a startup building solid-state silicon to control lighting, has signed a deal with Infineon to commercialize its next-generation lighting controller, Amber (which I profiled last year). Amber's … [Read more...]
Reader feedback on the 3 types of IoT
A few weeks back, I proposed that the internet of things is not a single, monolithic entity but could instead be broken down into three broad classes: enterprise, industrial, and consumer. It was something I had been unconsciously doing for quite … [Read more...]
There are 3 different versions of the IoT
We talk about the IoT like it's a monolithic thing, but I've realized that in my head I often break it down into three different components, each with different characteristics. There's consumer IoT, enterprise IoT, and industrial IoT. I suspect many … [Read more...]
Why is enterprise IoT trending down? Business understanding of IoT benefits
Over the weekend, I read an interesting CompTIA article based on a survey of 500 businesses regarding planning for modern IT architectures. Much of the content didn't surprise me: IT planning has been and will continue to be a challenge based on … [Read more...]
WigWag moves from consumer to enterprise IoT
Back in 2013 an Austin, Texas company called WigWag launched a Kickstarter campaign for a hub and sensor that offered a fairly complex recipe-setting service for the time. I called it a "heap of fun" but said that the programming might be daunting … [Read more...]