by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Semtech Corporation, a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced today that its LoRa® Devices and Wireless RF Technology and Neo-Iso™ Smart Switching Platform both received IoT Evolution Connected Home and Building Awards from IoT Evolution magazine, a leading publication covering Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. […]
Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Own at Least One Internet of Things Connected Device
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) today released ‘The Internet of Things,’ a study which shows that nearly two-thirds (62%) of American consumers own at least one Internet of Things connected device (connected car, connected/smart TV, fitness tracker, home control system or appliance, internet-enabled voice command, smart glasses, […]
Infographic: “Internet of Me” Has 88% of Consumers Wary of Connected Devices
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “From the appliances and thermostats in our homes to apps and wearables that track our health and fitness to the vehicles we drive and the streetlights and traffic signals that guide us on the road, smart technologies are becoming increasingly interconnected with our everyday lives. A […]
SensePeanut Launch to Drastically Simplify Connected Life Functionality
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Sen.se, an early pioneer of the Internet of Things industry, has unveiled SensePeanut™, an innovative range of smart intuitive sensors designed to bring affordable, easy-to-use connected life functionality to the masses. Already known for its Mother smart home platform, SensePeanuts are individual sensors tags, each designed to […]
NSF Leads Federal Effort to Boost Advanced Wireless Research
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it will invest more than $400 million over the next seven years to support fundamental wireless research and to develop platforms for advanced wireless research in support of the White House’s Advanced Wireless Research Initiative. These investments will […]
Tips for Easing IoT Adoption
by Angela Guess The Forbes Technology Council recently wrote in Forbes, “The Internet of Things (IoT) is only growing. Every month, more IoT products are hitting the market. However, sometimes IoT puts the burden on the customer to download separate apps and interact with each “thing” separately. So smart companies in this space are beginning […]
Which Countries are Adopting the Internet of Things First?
by Angela Guess Ian Kar reports in Quartz, “The internet is infiltrating all of our devices, from thermostats to stoves. Yet, the technology seems to be more popular in other countries than in the US. The Koreans, Danish, and Swiss have more things tethered to the internet, according to data from the Organization for Economic […]
The Internet of Random Things: Are We Going Too Far with IoT?
by Angela Guess Paul Sawers recently wrote in VentureBeat, “The year 2016 could go down in history as the year the Internet of Things (IoT) really came to fruition. Yesterday, San Francisco-based June announced a fresh $22.5 million funding round, taking its total money raised to the $30 million mark to help bring its smart […]
Separating Out the Internet and the Internet of Things
by Angela Guess Daniel Myers recently wrote in TechCrunch, “The Internet of Things and the Internet might seem inextricably linked, but, increasingly, there are questions centered around how IoT devices should work with one another — and what happens when the Internet connection goes down? Users also are concerned with the privacy implications of having […]
The Internet of Things or the World-Sized Web?
by Angela Guess Bruce Schneier recently wrote in Forbes, “The Internet of Things will increasingly perform actions for us and in our name. Increasingly, human intervention will be unnecessary. The sensors will collect data. The systems smarts will interpret the data and figure out what to do. And the actuators will do things in our […]