The Pebble watch started as a Kickstarter project that exceeded their $100K funding goal by over $10M over a year ago in May, 2012. The watch is currently shipping directly from Pebble and you can also buy it at Best Buy for $149.99. Pebble supports basic peer-to-peer functionality for Android and iOS phones and sports a low res …
Home automation for years has been the domain of home installers outfitting wealthy consumers with $10,000- $100,000 setups to control lights, home theater, security, air conditioning, and home audio. After many fits and starts, more mainstream home automation appears to be growing out of that rich niche as evidenced by all the DIY (do it …
The Problem With Home Automation’s Internet Of Things (IoT) Read More »
When technologists and pundits weigh in on technology trends and products, we are always quick to point out that technology needs to meld with our lives as opposed to us changing to fit the device. In most cases that is true… but not all. My FitBit experience was different from many I’ve had in that …
Ben Bajarin wrote a nice piece last week entitled “The Challenge of Wearable Computing”, where he talks about the challenges of wearables and offers some suggestions to developers to improve their chances for success. In this column, I want to share with you my early, personal and specific Pebble watch experience and extrapolate some of …
OVERVIEW The Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Everything (IoE), Big Data, Machine-to-Machine (M2M), and related concepts are all generating an increasing amount of hype. The high tech industry is looking beyond mobility to ambience: sensor-enabled systems of systems are transparently enriching peoples’ lives within a seamless set of intelligent environments. One good example of …
RESEARCH PAPER: How to Intelligently Build an Internet of Things (IoT) Read More »
