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Forget sleep and wake; it’s time to embrace ambient mode

July 26, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

It's been almost a decade since Apple put a processor inside an iPhone designed to handle sensor data. The motion co-processor appeared on the iPhone 5s in 2013 and marked a subtle shift in how manufacturers thought about battery-powered devices. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Apple, iphone, Qualcomm, TinyML

WWDC 2021: What Apple’s HomeKit strategy means for the smart home

June 8, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 5 Comments

Like many others, I watched Apple’s WWDC 2021 keynote on Monday. Unlike most of those viewers though, I was impatient for any HomeKit news. It was worth the wait until late in the keynote to hear about HomeKit because Apple is pushing forward with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Apple, Apple HomeKit, Apple TV, Apple Watch, homekit, HomePod mini, iOS, ipad, iphone, local processing, Matter, Siri, smart home

Why Apple AirTags will be a hit: This is no ordinary Bluetooth tracker

April 21, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 8 Comments

After months of rumors, Apple finally made its AirTags product official on Tuesday. During its Spring Event, the company showed off the coin-shaped tracking device that people can use to locate lost items such as keys, wallets, and even in Stacey's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured, News Tagged With: AirTags, Apple, asset tracking, iphone, microlocation, NFC, samsung, SmartTag, U1

Amazon Echo Frames reviewed: Are they worth the price?

July 1, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

Last year, Amazon introduced its smart glasses product, the Echo Frames. They’re still a bit of a work in progress and you can only get them by requesting an invite, which Amazon has to approve. My invite was recently accepted so after we spent the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Android, bluetooth, digital assistant, Echo Frames, google assistant, iOS, iphone, Siri, smart glasses, wearables

The next step in IoT is vision, so let’s give computers depth perception

September 12, 2017 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

I talk a lot about computer vision because I think it's a core enabling technology for vastly more efficient understanding and use of the world around us. When a computer can see, it can apply its intense analytical powers to the images and offer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: 3-D sensors, Blue River Technology, computer vision, iphone, John Deere, LIDAR, lighthouse, Qualcomm

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