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Can you add support for connected outdoor 220V devices to a smart home?

February 19, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Howard called in with a pergola problem. He’s remodeling his backyard and adding a pergola with hanging heaters in it. The problem is that most of the heating solutions require a 220 Volt power load and Howard is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: 220V, connected heaters, Shelly, smart home

Podcast: Meet the man who “invented” the IoT back in 1985

February 17, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has finally released its plans for securing the IoT, so we discuss what the plans are for a consumer-oriented cybersecurity label. We then give a quick update on the Sigfox receivership and Intel's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Apple AirTags, Cellular One, intel, LoRa Alliance, NIST, Pantacor, Peter Lewis, Pollen, Shelly, Sigfox, Somfy, Tile, Tower, Zuora

IoT questions: multi-zone smart LED light strips, digital assistant options and Home Assistant

December 22, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Ken called in to our IoT voicemail hotline with three smart home questions. He wants to know what multi-zone color LED light strips we'd recommend for his house, which digital assistant he should consider, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: amazon alexa, digital assistants, google assistant, Home Assistant, LED lighting, light strips, Shelly, smart home

Podcast: Smart homes in the metaverse

December 16, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

What happens when the smart home meets the metaverse? We talk about the potential for better user interfaces and home mapping if we build digital twins of the home in a metaverse, while also discussing the potential of UWB to expand the amount of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Fi, Helium, Home Assistant, Inmarsat, Jonathan Bensamoun, LoRaWAN, Senet, Shelly, Silicon Labs, Twilio, UWB, Very

Meet Shelly devices, a European smart home import

December 14, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 4 Comments

For the past few months, I've been getting emails from podcast listeners asking me about Shelly, a brand of smart home devices that I've long associated with Europe. It turns out that this time last year, Allterco Robotics, the company behind the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Allterco Robotics, Shelly

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