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IoT news of the week for April 22, 2022

April 22, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week's news was compiled and written by Kevin C. Tofel Carbon dioxide could deliver smart home privacy: Chalk up another interesting project from MIT’s Media Lab. The latest is a new approach to getting more privacy in the smart home. It uses … [Read more...]

IoT news of the week for March 4, 2022

March 4, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

Kevin tries out a Wi-Fi mousetrap: Got rodents? Kevin does, so he purchased a Victor Smart-Kill Electronic Mousetrap for $39.95. The trap doesn't talk to Alexa, but it does send a notification after it zaps the mouse so you don't have … [Read more...]

IoT news of the week, February 11, 2022

February 11, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

No, IRS; you can’t ID.me: A few newsletters back, I called attention to some disturbing facial recognition news in the U.S. The Internal Revenue Service was planning to require face scans using ID.me for any citizens accessing or filing their federal … [Read more...]

Podcast: Get ready for an active FTC and energy storing appliances

January 20, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

The big story this week in IoT was the joint venture between Ford and ADT to add smart home security to cars through an in-vehicle security system. Then we discuss the FTC and Department of Justice reconsidering how they evaluate mergers. We also … [Read more...]

Meta’s flexible ReSkin sensor has untapped potential in the smart home

November 15, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

While looking for new research on robotics last week, I caught the news from Facebook — I mean, Meta — about its new flexible sensor. It unveiled what it calls ReSkin technology for tactile sensing, created in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon … [Read more...]