This week Broadcom released three new Wi-Fi chips that piqued my interest. These chips use the new 802.11ax standard known as Max Wi-Fi. With this generation of Wi-Fi chips, the standard has been redesigned from the ground up to perform much more … [Read more...]
Internet of Things News of the Week, July 21, 2017
Particle gets $20 million: IoT development platform Particle, which used to be known as Spark, has received $20 million in venture capital to expand its platform. Particle is a public IoT success story from an era when everyone had a hardware-based … [Read more...]
Why Amazon’s Echo Show makes me feel lonely
This week on the Internet of Things Podcast... After a week with the Amazon Echo Show I realize that I have no friends–on that device at least. In addition to my review of the Show, Kevin shares a review of the GoControl Z-wave sensor pack he … [Read more...]
After mesh, the Wi-Fi router is about to change again
I'm writing this article on the roof deck of my house two stories up from my modem. If I had a traditional Wi-Fi network, attempting to do much while so far from the router would result in pathetic connectivity. (And I certainly wouldn't be streaming … [Read more...]
Whirlpool has filed to make a connected microwave
With the rush for every company to have an IoT strategy, the FCC is a hotbed of interesting applications, such as this one filed by Whirlpool to make a microwave that connects to your cell phone via Wi-Fi. It has the ability to remotely start and … [Read more...]