FUSAR Mohawk is like the Swiss Army knife of smart helmets

FUSAR Mohawk can make any helmet smart, enabling you to capture photos and videos, track your rides, talk to your friends, call for help, and more. Thanks to the Internet of Things, your helmet won’t only keep your head protected, it will soon keep you connected as you hit the road or slopes as well. Geared towards the action sport enthusiast, the Mohawk […]

KeyDuino is like an Arduino with built-in NFC

KeyDuino lets you replace keys with your smartphone, NFC ring or any proximity card. For a while, near field communication (NFC) was being heralded as the future of the Internet of Things. From mobile payments to digital signage, the possibilities of were endless. Now, French engineer Pierre Charlier and his team are hoping to bring the contactless form of technology to […]

There will be 6.4 billion connected devices by next year

By 2016, 5.5 million things will become connected to the Internet each day. Just in case you needed any more validation that the Internet of Things has arrived, get ready for several billion smart objects in our world by as early as next year. According to Gartner, the number of devices connected to the Internet is actually […]

Introducing the first SoC evaluation solution based on the ARM mbed IoT Platform

Atmel is unveiling an ARM mbed evaluation platform for Internet of Things applications at ARM TechCon 2015. What better way to kick off ARM TechCon than with some big news? Atmel has unveiled the first system-on-chip hardware evaluation solution based on the ARM mbed IoT Platform. Powered by the Atmel | SMART SAM R21 SoC, the new solution runs on […]

This smart robotic finger will push your buttons, literally

Microbot Push lets you control buttons in your home remotely using a smartphone or computer. The hottest topic in tech right now is undoubtedly the Internet of Things, a broad term that refers to devices and consumer products connected to the Internet and outfitted with expanded digital features — emphasis on connected. So what about […]

Develop secure IoT apps with the Atmel Certified-ID platform

The Atmel Certified-ID security platform prevents unauthorized reconfiguration of an edge node to access protected resources on the network. Atmel has announced a comprehensive security platform that enables businesses of all sizes to assign certified and trusted identities to devices joining the secure Internet of Things. The Atmel Certified-ID security platform prevents unauthorized reconfiguration of […]

Wink is a low-cost, Arduino-powered pet robot

This bug-like bot enables Makers to easily migrate from graphical style programming to written code.  Pet rocks were all the rage in the mid-’70s, and then came the Tamagotchi in the ’90s. So what could be the next craze in the current millennium? Pet robots? It’s not a far reach. Robotics has been a disruptive innovation […]

iKommunicate wants to keep the IoT afloat

iKommunicate is a NMEA to Signal K gateway that connects your marine electronics to the Internet of Things.  Digital Yacht has unveiled a new interfacing technology for the marine electronics market. With hopes of enabling the Internet of Things while afloat, the team has unveiled an onboard sharing gateway called iKommunicate for use with the Signal K open source data exchange platform. For those […]

Sun-believable! Sol Chip powers the IoT 24/7 with solar energy

Sol Chip’s IoT platform provides low-power communication module, with self-sustaining solar energy technology. The Internet of Things calls for a lot of wireless devices, which in turn require wireless connection and power in order to operate. Typically speaking, wireless gadgetry is powered predominantly by batteries with limited life expectancy that inevitably deplete over time and need replacement. […]

Building a crowdsourced, decentralized IoT network around the world

The Things Network is a low-barrier way to get started with smart city projects.  When it comes to which kind of wireless network will be the go-to choice for the Internet of Things, the jury is still out: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G LTE, 5G, 802.15.4, the possibilities go on and on. And pending experiments underway in Amsterdam go as planned, don’t be surprised to […]