This week's show kicks off with a discussion of Apple's new HomePod, which has some cool machine learning capabilities and new sensors built into it, plus a higher price tag than most smart speakers. Then we talk about a survey out of the UK that … [Read more...]
Podcast: Meet Insteon’s new CEO
Last week, we kicked off the podcast with a discussion on the Helium peer-to-peer IoT network, and this week we did the same thing. This time we dug into the disclosures that Helium didn't actually have Lime or Salesforce.com as current customers, … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 15, 2022
Diligent Robotics raises $30M: Diligent Robotics, a company in Austin, Texas that is building the Moxi robot designed for hospitals, has raised more than $30 million in funding. I've loved this company and its robot for years, ever since I took a … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for October 29, 2021
LEGO inspired Volvo to make a smart, modular wheel loader: Volvo Construction Equipment has built a 5-ton electric wheel loader that was inspired by a LEGO Technic model. Volvo and LEGO created a partnership back in 2018 to help design LEGO Technic … [Read more...]
How Barnacle found the right network for its tracking biz
Last week, two entrepreneurs in Atlanta launched Barnacle, a package-tracking business built on the Helium Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN). I was excited to hear this because I'm always on the lookout for use cases for LPWANs and because I host a … [Read more...]