Appliance makers are the telcos of the smart home: In a conversation with some of the startups showing off their wares at CES, I had a realization. Many of these entrepreneurs were in the middle of working with an appliance company to get their … [Read more...]
Podcast: Everything from CES 2021 and a bit about LoRa
This week's show is mostly about CES 2021, starting with an array of interesting devices that were launched. We covered a lot of them here, but we also mentioned a $3,000 pet door, an energy harvesting NB-IoT modem demonstration, and Kevin's take on … [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...]
You’ve got mail! The Ring Mailbox sensor reviewed
In September, Amazon launched several new devices and provided more information about its low-power wide-area network called Sidewalk. Amid the crush of news was the announcement of a mailbox sensor made by Amazon's Ring security business. The sensor … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Jan. 1, 2020
Sigfox's problem is IoT's problem: This profile on the trials of 10-year-old Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) provider Sigfox is a lovely little microcosm of the overall trials of the internet of things. After so much hype, the reality of fewer … [Read more...]
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