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IoT news of the week for Oct. 15, 2021

October 15, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Want a Wi-Fi 6e router? That’ll be $1,500, please: The newest Netgear Orbi router mesh Wi-Fi system arrived this week and while it boasts faster wireless speeds, you’ll pay a pretty penny for them. The Orbi Quad-band Mesh WiFi 6E System costs a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: agriculture, AI, Apple HomeKit, edge computing, Hailo, Netgear Orbi, Nordic, Nowi, smart plugs, TP-Link, WiFi, WiFi 6E, wireless networks

Goodbye Z-Wave, hello HomeKit smart garage door opener

September 22, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 9 Comments

For the past four years, I've been using a GoControl Z-Wave smart garage door opener. Well, technically, I've been using it for about two years but it's been installed since 2017. Once I moved away from smart home hubs that support Z-Wave, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: amazon alexa, Apple HomeKit, garage doors, GoControl, Google Home, Meross, smart home, WiFi, ZWave

IoT news of the week for August 27, 2021

August 27, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Foghorn gets a big win with Saudi Arabia's Aramco: Foghorn, a startup providing data processing and analytics at the edge for industrial IoT clients, has signed a deal with Aramco, the oil and gas giant. Aramco will use Foghorn's software for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: air quality, Aramco, ARM, asset tracking, bluetooth, Charge Analytics, data analysis, electric vehicles, Foghorn, Link Labs, microcontroller, Nordic Semiconductor, SmartRent, Soracom, WiFi

How’s the sump pump? Halo knows the answer before you do.

August 11, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 6 Comments

If there was one product that I think is crying for some connected smarts, it would be my sump pump. I say this because I've had one fail while I was at work, causing more than $5,000 in damage and destroyed items about a decade ago. And recently, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: alexa, Grid Connect, Halo, iot, smart home, smart sump pump, water sensor, WiFi

Need a budget-friendly mesh network? The $59 Vilo is it.

July 28, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 10 Comments

Vilo Mesh

Considering the almost-$600 price tag of my eero Pro 6 mesh networking system, I found it unlikely that the $59 Vilo system would be able to compete. For just a tenth of the cost, how could this 3-pack of mesh networking gear even stand a chance? Boy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Eero 6, Eero 6 Pro, mesh networking, Nest Wifi, smart home, Vilo, WiFi, WiFi6

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