Our focus is on the Matter smart home interoperability protocol this week, specifically some of the security requirements that will be associated with the standard. I moderated a panel on Tuesday where we learned a lot about plans for security, … [Read more...]
We need to talk about Thread
Note: This story ran in the May 13, 2022 newsletter, but because of a misunderstanding, parts of it were wrong and another part needed clarification. I have adjusted the post below to provide y'all with the most accurate and most recent … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 15, 2022
Diligent Robotics raises $30M: Diligent Robotics, a company in Austin, Texas that is building the Moxi robot designed for hospitals, has raised more than $30 million in funding. I've loved this company and its robot for years, ever since I took a … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Nov. 19, 2021
Samsung SmartThings adds whole-home energy monitoring: It seems like there’s a gold rush of sorts going on in electricity monitoring. The latest prospector is Samsung SmartThings, which this week announced three new partnerships to bring whole-home … [Read more...]
Toit wants to be a platform for constrained networked devices
It's clear that the type of distributed computing called for by billions of connected and networked sensors and gateways will require new forms of computing architectures. We've seen an embrace of containers by many companies that want to run their … [Read more...]