It's clear that the type of distributed computing called for by billions of connected and networked sensors and gateways will require new forms of computing architectures. We've seen an embrace of containers by many companies that want to run their … [Read more...]
Podcast: Safe words for smart homes and cheap mesh
We start this week's show with a $200 million funding for Wiliot, a company I profiled back in 2017 as one of the vanguards of low-power sensing. Then we tackle a creative idea that could see consumers create safe words for their smart homes to … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 2, 2021
ProGlove's insight software is a good next step: ProGlove is one of my favorite IoT startups. I first met up with the company at an event in 2017, where it was showing off its wearable scanner. The scanner was incredibly small, fit on the backside of … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for March 1, 2019
And the Oscar for best home hub goes to... Samsung's SmartThings. That's according to The Wirecutter, which I used to write for, and which has done a deep dive on smart home hubs. However, it also offers the caveat that most people probably don't … [Read more...]
A new Linux Foundation effort for the edge
The Linux Foundation has cobbled together a few different technologies with the aim of making it easier for companies to avoid lock-in with edge computing solutions. The technologies run the gamut from a virtualization engine for gateway devices to a … [Read more...]