What are the real costs of using consumer tech everywhere? Consumer technology has democratized technology, taking high-cost components once used for military or rare use cases and turning them into parts for security cameras, for example. This trend … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 28, 2020
How to keep factory workers safe when they return to work: As I prep for my event at the end of this month on using IoT to restart the economy, I've been researching companies and organizations that are trying to build practices around safety for … [Read more...]
Ideas to keep data from the home, in the home
Last week, I asked a lot of questions about the network of surveillance we are building with the IoT, how much of it was coming to light in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, and how we seem to be building it out further to handle the … [Read more...]
Two startups find ways to bring AI to the edge
The market for specialty silicon that enables companies to run artificial intelligence models on battery-sipping and relatively constrained devices is flush with funds and ideas. Two new startups have entered the arena, each proposing a different way … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Jan. 24, 2020
Edge ML chip startup gets funding: Kneron, a company that makes silicon for machine learning at the edge, says it has raised $40 million in new funding to bring its Series A round to $73 million. The round was led by Li Ka-Shing's Horizons … [Read more...]