When it comes to the smart home, we're still missing vital context about the location and identity of people in a room. A smart home system may recognize that people are at home thanks to a presence sensor on a Nest thermostat, or by tracking … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for March 22, 2019
Facial recognition needs some form of control: One of my biggest fears with the collection and analysis of data enabled by the internet of things is that it will be used in ways that are harmful to the consumer but at the same time are totally opaque … [Read more...]
Bluetooth 5.1: The missing link for presence and context in the smart home?
There was big news out of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) this week, with details on direction finding functionality available in Bluetooth 5.1. Much of the following discussion around the web focused on the use case of making it easier to … [Read more...]
Hoopo tries a low-power geolocation solution
Location has been a mainstay of the mobile internet for more than decade. Using GPS in phones has enabled all kinds of innovative applications, from Waze to Uber. But GPS isn't a match for the internet of things. It hogs battery power, doesn't work … [Read more...]