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IoT news of the week for May 19, 2023

May 19, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham 2 Comments

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Latch's deal for Jamie Siminoff’s startup is a $20M acqui-hire: This week, Latch acquired Honest Day's Work, a stealthy startup founded by Jamie Siminoff. Siminoff, who founded Ring and then sold it to Amazon in 2018, will become the CEO of Latch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Anybotics, cisco, Colonial Pipeline, Home Assistant, Kelvin, Latch, Matter, NTT, Otorio, Quilt, WePower

Episode 419: Little sensors save big amounts of water

April 20, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

This week's show has lots of updates and small updates. We start off with a story about a golf course near San Diego that has saved millions of gallons of water using connected soil sensors. And then we review what changed with Zigbee PRO 2023 and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Amazon, Cherish, CSA, Home Assistant, Homma, irobot, Leviton, Matter, nest, NIST, OnLogic, Silicon Labs, Thread, Withings, zigbee

Hands on with the Matter beta for Home Assistant

April 19, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 10 Comments

Now that I'm done reviewing the latest Matter devices from Nanoleaf, it's time to turn my attention back to Home Assistant. Since I haven't taken a deep dive on this open source smart home platform in a few years, I recently set it up on a spare … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Apple Home, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, Home Assistant, homekit, Matter, Nanoleaf, smart bulbs, smart lights, smart plugs, Thread

Podcast: How generative AI could help the IoT

March 16, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

We kick off this week's show with a focus on generative AI and what new models such as GPT-4 and even things like Stable Diffusion could mean for the internet of things. Along the way we disagree with an article trying to compare digital assistants … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: best buy, ChatGPT, Eaton, fitbit, google, GPT-4, Home Assistant, homekit, InfluxData, Open AI, Ring, Senet, Silicon Labs, smart home, TagsAmazon, Unabiz

Taking a look at Home Assistant in 2023: Simpler and more capable

March 15, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 5 Comments

Automatically detected devices upon startup of Home Assistant. Image courtesy K. Tofel

Although I settled on Apple HomeKit to run my smart home back in 2021, I have tried most of the major smart home platforms. And in 2020, one of those was Home Assistant, the free, open-source software that integrates with thousands of devices and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: bluetooth, DIY, Eero, Home Assistant, homekit, hubs, Lutron, raspberry pi, smart home, sonos, Thread, WiFi

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