Why did the average number of smart home devices per home drop? The average smart home has 7.1 smart home devices, according to Parks Associates, which released new data this week. The research firm does clarify that when we look at all U.S. homes, … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Nov. 18, 2022
Twilio launches asset tracking service as part of IoT platform expansion: Twilio, which put a toehold into the IoT with its acquisition of Electric Imp back in July 2020, and the creation of a new IoT platform two months later, has finally launched … [Read more...]
IoT News of the Week – Insteon is BACK! – June 10, 2022
Get this news summary in your inbox every Friday morning when you subscribe to my newsletter. Insteon is back, baby! Users of the Insteon smart home hub were surprised earlier this week when their hubs turned on and their cloud-based integrations … [Read more...]
Podcast: Wi-Fi 6 for IoT and water plant security
This week's podcast starts off with the launch of the Tuya Wi-Fi 6 modules, which will bring features of Wi-Fi 6 to IoT devices. Keeping on the Wi-Fi theme, we also discuss the new Shelly Wi-Fi motion sensor. We then talk about the new Raspberry Pi … [Read more...]
How to think about your designs if you want to dump batteries
In the last few years, I've seen several startups advance their efforts to make well-functioning energy-harvesting chips for real-world applications. And this week, at an event, I watched an employee of chip maker Renesas share how it's bringing its … [Read more...]