Do you want a toilet that sends you recipes? Toto, the Japanese toilet maker, showed off a concept toilet at CES 2021 that would measure a person’s “outputs” and then send them suggestions. One notification suggested the user had an unbalanced diet … [Read more...]
Smart home news and thoughts from the first day of CES 2021
There's nothing like sitting at your desk starting at 5 am (if you're on the West Coast) and strapping in for 10 hours of live-streamed and pre-recorded content from the largest consumer technology show in the world. But on Monday that's what Kevin … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Jan. 10, 2020
Security firm Armis acquired by a PE firm: Insight Partners, a private equity firm, has spent $1.1 billion to buy IoT security firm Armis. I covered Armis roughly a year ago, and it's one of several IoT security firms I think will be rolled up into … [Read more...]
Special Edition: 2019 CES episode
It’s time for our annual CES edition of the Internet of Things Podcast! This year’s CES wrap focuses on newer additions to the gadget world with conversations from Procter & Gamble and Kohler. You’ll find out why Kohler stuck Alexa in a … [Read more...]
Impressions of IoT products at day one of CES 2019
I've never really done a day-by-day diary of my CES journey, but let's see how this works for those reading the site. Sunday is a media day for CES where the crowds are actually not too bad, and tech journalists gather in throngs at the Mandalay Bay … [Read more...]