This week’s show has a lot of big numbers starting with $12.6 trillion, which is at the upper end of what McKinsey believes the economic impact from IoT will be by 2030. We cover the latest report, which is a reassessment of McKinsey’s famous 2015 report on the IoT that said it would be worth … Continue reading Episode 347: McKinsey reevaluates IoT’s impact The post Episode 347: McKinsey reevaluates IoT’s impact appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min
This week’s show focuses on three big deals happening in the IoT sector and a meaty enterprise IoT report. First up, we discuss ADT buying SunPro Solar for $825 million, which represents yet another deal bringing energy management to the smart home. We then talk about Level Home’s acquisition, the state of smart home deals, … Continue reading Episode 346: Three IoT acquisitions and the infrastructure bill The post Episode 346: Three IoT acquisitions and the infrastructure bill appeared first on ...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 2 min
The big news in IoT this week was the announced acquisition of Ecobee by Generac, so Kevin and I share our thoughts on the deal and what it means for the smart home. After that, we were excited to see Amazon launching a smart air quality monitoring device for $70 as well as publically state … Continue reading Episode 345: Ecobee’s big deal and climate-friendly chips The post Episode 345: Ecobee’s big deal and climate-friendly chips appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Nov 04, 2021•55 min
This week’s show kicks off with news from many of the big smart home players offering their plans for the Matter smart home protocol. First, we discuss Google’s plans, before focusing on Samsung’s latest announcements and then a surprise update from Eero, which is owned by Amazon. Sticking with Amazon, we also cover the news … Continue reading Episode 344: Energy harvesting sensors are finally real The post Episode 344: Energy harvesting sensors are finally real appeared first on IoT Podcast - I...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 1 min
We kick off this week’s podcast with a focus on chips and hardware starting with an explainer on Arm’s new Total Solutions for IoT and why it will help developers and device makers speed up time-to-market for connected products. We then talk about plans to put Linux on Arduino devices that were outed in a … Continue reading Episode 343: Return of the connected bunny! The post Episode 343: Return of the connected bunny! appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min
The industrial automation world got a jolt of news with Emerson combining some of its industrial IoT software businesses with AspenTech in an $11 billion transaction. We explain why the deal matters and what it means, before hopping over to discuss Best Buy’s acquisition of Current Health. Then we review large funding rounds for Plume … Continue reading Episode 342: Explaining the IoT’s latest $11B deal The post Episode 342: Explaining the IoT’s latest $11B deal appeared first on IoT Podcast - I...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to the weekly podcast! We’re moving Black Friday to October thanks to chip shortages and shipping delays. Meanwhile, Amazon is working on a smart fridge, Google is trying to use a $10 monthly subscription and Nest thermostats to help people go green and also launching new cameras and ways to surf its displays. The … Continue reading Episode 341: Smart cities and smart fridges galore The post Episode 341: Smart cities and smart fridges galore appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Th...
Oct 07, 2021•55 min
This week’s podcast is all about Amazon (with a few other stories for variety). We start the show with a rundown of the devices and services Amazon launched at its device drop on Tuesday. We then explain what it means for the smart home and ask if this is what we want. We also question … Continue reading Episode 340: Amazon wants you to trust its devices The post Episode 340: Amazon wants you to trust its devices appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 9 min
This week’s show kicks off with the news of the Raspberry Pi Trading company closing a new funding round of $45 million. We talk about what the Pi Trading company is, how it relates to the Foundation, and how companies are building Pis. We then dig into Apple’s plans for healthcare, including plans for tracking mental … Continue reading Episode 339: Much ado about privacy and support The post Episode 339: Much ado about privacy and support appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr
I need to warn y’all in advance that we don’t discuss Apple news at all this week because nothing really jumped out at us for the IoT. But we did have a lot of other big news starting with Wyze raising $100 million and sharing the precariousness of its situation over the last 18 months. … Continue reading Episode 338: Wyze comes back from the edge The post Episode 338: Wyze comes back from the edge appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Sep 16, 2021•52 min
This week we kick off the show discussing several smart devices that might provide a modicum of security or comfort in case of weather disasters associated with climate change. After that, we start the long goodbye to 3G and discuss how companies are reacting. And for those who are keeping track of algorithmic accountability efforts, … Continue reading Episode 337: Blast off with IoT in space The post Episode 337: Blast off with IoT in space appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 1 min
We start this week’s show with a look at a new surveillance law in Australia that seemingly obliterates a lot of protections around how law enforcement officials can access data and what they can do with it. We also talk about a survey conducted in the U.S. that shows how willing many Americans are to … Continue reading Episode 336: Australia’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad surveillance law The post Episode 336: Australia’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad surveillance law appeared ...
Sep 02, 2021•54 min
This week’s show starts off with old news that I forgot to tell y’all about last week: The Matter interoperability standard for the smart home is delayed until 2022. We talk about what that means and then turn to Google’s confusing fitness wearable strategy and the new Fitbit Charge 5 device. After that, we discuss … Continue reading Episode 335: Robots need a Myers-Briggs type The post Episode 335: Robots need a Myers-Briggs type appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr
Welcome to this week’s episode! We kick it off with a discussion of SmartThing’s new focus on the edge with local control and user-derived device handlers. We then dive into four security stories starting with a flaw in the software development kit (SDK) for a Wi-Fi module, challenges with random number generation on IoT devices, … Continue reading Episode 334: SmartThings’ new edge strategy The post Episode 334: SmartThings’ new edge strategy appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Aug 19, 2021•49 min
Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite broadband company is getting into the IoT with the acquisition of Swarm, a smallsat IoT connectivity provider. We talk about that deal, plus what it means that Helium scored $111 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. After that, we talk about malvertising infiltrating the IoT and the Samsung smartwatch that … Continue reading Episode 333: An IoT networking bonanza The post Episode 333: An IoT networking bonanza appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Thi...
Aug 12, 2021•56 min
This week, news slowed down a bit so Kevin and I kick off the show talking about a connected manual device to physically press buttons or twist dials as needed to turn older appliances “smart.” After praising that idea we panned Amazon’s new soap dispenser for having a Wi-Fi chip that’s really underused. In other … Continue reading Episode 332: The IoT gets a good idea and a bad idea The post Episode 332: The IoT gets a good idea and a bad idea appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ...
Aug 05, 2021•1 hr
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 indicate when they might be in trouble. Next up is … Continue reading Episode 331: Safe words for smart homes and cheap mesh The post Episode 331: Safe words for smart homes and cheap mesh appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 1 min
This week we got great news on the Matter front, as Amazon announced its plans for supporting the smart home interoperability protocol on most of its Echo devices. We talk about new features for Alexa developers before talking about new research from ARM showing a 32-bit ARM-based chip printed on flexible plastic. We then turned … Continue reading Episode 330: Amazon’s Matter plans and how IoT helps first responders The post Episode 330: Amazon’s Matter plans and how IoT helps first responders a...
Jul 22, 2021•59 min
Welcome to another show! We’re spending the first few minutes of the show diving into the rise of RF sensing in the IoT, covering the news of Amazon applying for an FCC waiver to use radar for sleep tracking, the FCC creating a notice of proposed rulemaking to use the 60 GHz spectrum for radar, … Continue reading Episode 329: Radar is coming to the smart home The post Episode 329: Radar is coming to the smart home appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Jul 15, 2021•57 min
Imagine all of the potential problems associated with the internet of things, and then settle in, because I think we talk about all of them in this episode. We start by detailing research out of Northeastern University that shows old data isn’t deleted from hardware-reset Amazon Echo devices and then discuss a class action lawsuit … Continue reading Episode 328: The IoT is a privacy nightmare and more 5G The post Episode 328: The IoT is a privacy nightmare and more 5G appeared first on IoT Podca...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Any Amazon Halo subscriber can try Amazon’s Movement Health service now, so Kevin and I explain what it is and what Amazon’s decisions around the Halo fitness tracker signal about the company’s interest in healthcare. We then cover the good news that Google will support connected Nest devices with security updates for up to five … Continue reading Episode 327: Amazon’s Halo health push and more Matter The post Episode 327: Amazon’s Halo health push and more Matter appeared first on IoT Podcast -...
Jul 01, 2021•1 hr
Kevin and I start this week’s show with a discussion of his Amazon Prime Day purchases and then talk about the kerfuffle over smart thermostats and demand-response energy programs in Texas. I happened to be there at the time, and there is a definite right and wrong way to enroll people in the program. We … Continue reading Episode 326: It’s about ethics in smart devices The post Episode 326: It’s about ethics in smart devices appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Hello! This week we start with Congress, where the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings related to interoperability and lock-in tied to smart home devices. We drew special attention to testimony by Jonathan Zittrain, who wrote a long, but insightful statement about the development of the web, the benefits gained when using interoperable protocols, and … Continue reading Episode 325: The IoT goes to Congress The post Episode 325: The IoT goes to Congress appeared first on IoT Podcast - I...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 1 min
We start this week’s show with a quick update on Amazon’s Sidewalk and then focused on the smart home news from Apple’s WWDC event earlier this week. We’re excited about third-party devices getting Siri support. We then cover the EU’s thoughts on anticompetitive behavior by IoT device companies, as well as the launch of a … Continue reading Episode 324: HomeKit and Home Assistant embrace Matter The post Episode 324: HomeKit and Home Assistant embrace Matter appeared first on IoT Podcast - Intern...
Jun 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min
This week’s show is going to get controversial with a discussion of Amazon’s Sidewalk. Kevin is out on vacation this week, so my friend Chris Albrect of The Spoon is here to co-host. We start with a rundown on why I think you should participate in Amazon’s Sidewalk network but also explain how to opt … Continue reading Episode 323: Stick with Sidewalk, y’all The post Episode 323: Stick with Sidewalk, y’all appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Did you know that Roku aims to get into the smart home game? We discuss that along with a new set of vulnerabilities in Bluetooth during the first part of the show, before moving onto Google’s new Fuchsia OS and some updates from Google I/O. After that, we discuss surveillance technology from China and the … Continue reading Episode 322: Google’s Fuchsia looks promising for the IoT The post Episode 322: Google’s Fuchsia looks promising for the IoT appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Thin...
May 27, 2021•54 min
This week’s show focuses on news from Google I/O 2021 where it’s clear the search giant is trying to build out a fairly open ecosystem based on the Matter protocol and WebRTC for audio and video streaming. Google also said it would use Wear OS for Fitbit and combine Wear OS with Samsung’s Tizen OS. … Continue reading Episode 321: Google decides Matter matters The post Episode 321: Google decides Matter matters appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things ....
May 20, 2021•51 min
This week’s show hits on two of the biggest stories of the year for the smart home: Project Connected Home over IP is now called Matter and Amazon’s Sidewalk Network adds Tile as a participant. We also discuss what it means for Zigbee after the Zigbee Alliance changed its name to the Connectivity Standards Alliance. … Continue reading Episode 320: Project CHIP becomes Matter and hacked pipelines The post Episode 320: Project CHIP becomes Matter and hacked pipelines appeared first on IoT Podcast ...
May 13, 2021•57 min
This week’s show was a lot of fun to record with Kevin and me discussing Google’s upcoming I/O event and updates on the chip shortage from STMicro, TSMC, and someone who makes electronics. We also talk about Kroger’s drone delivery plans, cameras in cars, funding for robotic computer vision, and funding for robotic welding driven … Continue reading Episode 319: How ML at the edge will make products truly smart The post Episode 319: How ML at the edge will make products truly smart appeared first...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min
This week’s show starts off with two lawsuits: the first filed by ADT alleging trademark infringement against Ring, and the second a decision by the Seventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals related to police accessing cell phone location data without a warrant. Wemo’s new scene controller, Everactive’s energy harvesting sensors, a discussion about … Continue reading Episode 318: Lawsuits galore and Silicon Labs bets it all on the IoT The post Episode 318: Lawsuits galore and Silicon Labs bet...
Apr 29, 2021•58 min
