I’ve said many times in the past that every home ought to have a Raspberry Pi computer. And that is even truer for every smart home. Aside from being relatively inexpensive, these sub-$50 computers can accept analog signals from sensors, are easy … [Read more...]
IoT sensors, machine learning and chips were the real stars of Apple’s WWDC 2020
While watching the virtual Apple WorldWide Developer Conference on Monday, I imagined that if people were actually at the event, they’d be oohing and aahing over new software for iOS and Mac devices. I wasn’t. Well not quite. Instead, I was … [Read more...]
Google Assistant updates unify the smart home and make it smarter
After showing off plans for ambient computing and on-device voice processing at Google I/O in May, Google began to deliver on those strategies. At its Made By Google event in New York City, the company announced updated devices for the smart home and … [Read more...]
Is it just me or has smart home innovation gotten stale?
Folks who are new to IoT and smart homes may feel otherwise, but I'm not as excited as I used to be with smart home technology and products. Maybe it's because I've been tinkering in this space for nearly a decade. Or maybe it's because of what … [Read more...]
Here’s how the FDA wants to regulate AI
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the future of medicine and wants your opinion on how it should handle machine learning. The agency, which has been ahead of the curve with its thinking about connected devices and AI in medicine, has … [Read more...]