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...]
IoT news of the week for May 7, 2021
What are the real costs of using consumer tech everywhere? Consumer technology has democratized technology, taking high-cost components once used for military or rare use cases and turning them into parts for security cameras, for example. This trend … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 28, 2020
How to keep factory workers safe when they return to work: As I prep for my event at the end of this month on using IoT to restart the economy, I've been researching companies and organizations that are trying to build practices around safety for … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 21, 2020
Semtech is working with Amazon to bring LoRa to more places: Semtech, the chip company that makes LoRa radios, has signed a deal that lets it offer pre-packaged sensors that work on a LoRa network and will connect back to Amazon's AWS cloud. Semtech … [Read more...]
Podcast: Wyze gear and everything’s coming up COVID
This week's Internet of Things Podcast kicks off with a discussion of all the ways that IoT companies are evolving their products and pitches for the pandemic. We cover handwashing sensors, door sensors, and Raspberry Pis before moving onto discuss … [Read more...]