During a long trail walk this weekend, my wife asked me, "What's new in the smart home these days?" I took at least 20 steps in silence before answering her, saying, "Not much, to be honest. It's kind of... boring." Oh, I know that Matter will soon … [Read more...]
When will our smart homes have true occupancy sensors?
On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Gregg left on our IoT Voicemail Hotline. Gregg uses Apple HomeKit and is looking for occupancy sensors, which he correctly says are not the same as motion sensors. Unfortunately, we’re right … [Read more...]
Why messaging and texting over LoRa networks isn’t likely to happen
On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Adam left on our IoT Voicemail hotline. Adam was thinking that the wireless spectrum used by Amazon Sidewalk and other decentralized LoRaWAN networks might be useful for communications. … [Read more...]
Why aren’t there any battery-powered Wi-Fi smart home switches?
On our most recent IoT Podcast, Keith called in with a unique question. He's using Wi-Fi devices exclusively in his smart home. That might sound like a good idea at first, but his specific question raises a potential problem. There really aren't … [Read more...]
Back off rodents. I bought a connected mousetrap!
I've often complained to Stacey that we haven't seen many truly new connected devices in a while. So I recently did some digging to see what new products I might have overlooked. And I found one. The Victor Smart-Kill Electronic Mousetrap. One tap in … [Read more...]
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