On our most recent IoT Podcast, Billy called in to our podcast hotline with a security question. He's using an Insteon ISY99-4i Home Automation Controller along with Home Assistant to power his smart home. Since the Insteon controller uses Telnet for … [Read more...]
Why the last 10 years was the decade of the smart home
As one decade ends and another begins, I realize that I’ve been following the smart home space for a full 10 years. And yet for most consumers, it may seem like 2019 was the year of the smart home. Because for many, it was probably the first time … [Read more...]
Why I’m pulling the plug on Wink
Over the last year or so, many of us have been wondering what’s going on with Wink. Version 2 of the smart home hub hasn’t seen many updates and I can’t remember the last time I heard about newly supported devices from Wink. Indeed, the most recent … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for June 21, 2019
The FCC looks at connectivity for farms: Agriculture is taking advantage of innovations in sensors and AI to bring technology to farming. However, as I've written before, farmers are often stuck in areas without quality cellular coverage. A group of … [Read more...]
Why the smart home hub market is largely a two horse race
Recently on the IoT Podcast, we answered a listener question about which smart home hub we’d recommend that works with all of the major radio protocols: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee and Z-Wave. Essentially, Stacey and I came up with two and you won’t … [Read more...]