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IoT News of the Week for July 9, 2021

July 9, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Solid-state lighting moves a bit further: Amber, a startup building solid-state silicon to control lighting, has signed a deal with Infineon to commercialize its next-generation lighting controller, Amber (which I profiled last year). Amber's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: enterprise iot, Infineon, iot, iotium, mesh networking, qeexo, sensors, smart lights, STMicroelectronics, Vilo, wearables, Wi-Fi

The $20 Wyze Watch: A 2014 experience in 2021

April 7, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 19 Comments

Wyze is known for its low-cost devices such as webcams, a connected scale, and a smart thermostat, to name a few. So when the company launched the $20 (plus shipping) Wyze Watch, I ordered one. I wanted to see how well it worked as a health tracker … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Apple Health, health tracking, sensors, smart home, wearables, Wyze, Wyze Watch

Why does the data from different health and exercise trackers vary so much?

December 1, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Vipul called in to our voicemail hotline with a question about fitness trackers. He has a few wearables and observes that there’s a wide variance between their results for steps taken and calories burned. He also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon Halo, Apple Watch, calories, Fitibit, Garmin, Google Fit, health tracking, heart rate, wearables, Whoop

Are you hardcore enough for the Whoop fitness tracker?

November 18, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

After a $100 million fundraising event last month, you can expect to hear a lot more about the Whoop fitness band in your feeds and the media. The device is unlike most fitness bands in the market and is probably best thought of as a connected coach … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Apple Watch, fitbit, fitness tracking, Garmin, health data, sensors, wearables, Whoop

Amazon Echo Frames reviewed: Are they worth the price?

July 1, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

Last year, Amazon introduced its smart glasses product, the Echo Frames. They’re still a bit of a work in progress and you can only get them by requesting an invite, which Amazon has to approve. My invite was recently accepted so after we spent the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Android, bluetooth, digital assistant, Echo Frames, google assistant, iOS, iphone, Siri, smart glasses, wearables

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