Category: IoT News

The Internet of Things is big news – with a profusion of views and articles published on the web every day. Here at About the Internet of Things we’ll wade through that news each week to bring you regular updates on all that is IoT – finding, in our opinion, the most interesting items making the IoT news headlines.

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One of Asia’s largest slums is luring shoppers with the Internet of Things

Dharavi, Mumbai

Dharavi is one of Asia’s largest slums but an initiative, which is part of the Google IoT Research Award Pilot, is bringing the IoT to this 535-acre site.

vendors in this city-within-a-city are getting help from the IoT. Using 30 beacon devices provided by Google, a group of researchers from the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, along with researchers from Swansea University in the UK, is creating a “physical web” connecting different shops in Dharavi’s markets

Read the full article on Quartz

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CES 2017

As the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) draws to a close in Las Vegas, the BBC technology site is one of the best sources of reviews and insights into this year’s innovations…

CES provides a first glimpse at the future. Pretty much all of the tech giants attend the vast Vegas expo – either to unveil new products or to clinch deals behind the scene.

Read the full article on BBC News

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Five internet of things devices that really shouldn’t exist

kinsa smart thermometer

With manufacturers racing to connect every conceivable product to the Internet, our lives are being filled with gadgets that we neither need nor want. Matthew Reynolds at Wired gives us a roundup of some of the most ridiculous…

From smart toasters to connected rectal thermometers – nothing is safe from the march of the internet of things. Here’s our roundup of some of the strangest connected devices out there.

Read the full article on Wired

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Internet Of Things Outlook For 2017

iot outlook for 2017

What will be the key things to watch for in the world of IoT in 2017? Forbes has the answer…

For the internet of things, 2017 will be a year focused on deployment of actual systems. This year we stop laying groundwork and start seeing real systems that increase productivity, customer satisfaction and develop new revenue streams—with continued security, regulatory and standards concerns.

Read the full article on Forbes

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The 10 Coolest IoT Products Of 2016

coolest iot products of 2016

From the Amazon AWS IoT Button to Google’s Android Things, CRN reveals the coolest Internet of Things products from 2016…

The last 12 months saw an array of cool new Internet of Things products in the consumer, enterprise and industrial segments. Here are the 10 coolest IoT products of the year.

Read the full article on CRN

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Amazon Alexa in hot-tub murder case

Amazon Echo

In a first of its kind investigation, it has recently been revealed that Amazon was served with a search warrant in a murder case in November 2015. Detectives wanted to learn what an Amazon Echo device in the home of the victim had potentially heard during the crime.

Investigators in the Victor Collins case argue that since an Amazon Echo is always listening, the device found on the home’s kitchen counter may have picked up conversations that could be crucial to cracking the case.

Read the full article on The Indian Express

See also: ‘Amazon Alexa search warrant in hot-tub murder case’ on GeekWire

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How IoT is changing the tourism industry

IoT and Tourism

Apparently, more people book a holiday on Boxing Day than any other time of the year – read on for how the IoT might change your experience on your next getaway…

Merry Christmas!

IoT is changing the tourism industry: from the flight out, to a virtual concierge in your hotel and personalized recommendations at your destination.

Read the full article on the IBM IoT Blog

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Project Brillo is rebranded as Android Things

Project Brillo rebranded Android Things

Google has announced changes to its Internet of Things platform. They have recently launched a developer preview of Android Things, which is an updated and rebranded version of their Brillo IoT operating system which was unveiled in 2015.

Google has released a preview of the software, a bare-bones version of Android for connected light bulbs and door locks. It also announced plans for creating a simpler protocol for linking those devices to the cloud.

Read the full article on Electronic Design

See also: “10 Things to know about Android Things” on Forbes.com

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BT Tower is world’s highest Internet of Things base station

BT Tower is highest IoT base station

The iconic BT Tower in London now forms part of the expanding Things Connected network that was launched by Digital Catapult in September 2016 using LoRaWAN technology, becoming the highest building in the world to host an Internet of Things (IoT) base station at a height of 180 metres.

London is leading innovation in the UK for LPWA. This network will not only enable SME’s to design and test cool end devices and applications, it will also allow ‘IoT use cases’ to be deployed that validate real end user value and demonstrate effective business models

Read the full article on BT.com