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Atmel launches IoT Cloud Ecosystem Partner Program

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Atmel’s Cloud Ecosystem Partner Program accelerates time-to-market for developers creating next-generation IoT solutions. Good news, IoT developers! Atmel has just announced its Internet of Things Cloud Ecosystem Partner Program, providing those using Atmel | SMART MCUs and Atmel SmartConnect wireless solutions with access to a wide range of market-leading ecosystem cloud partners for device management, data analytics and visualization in order to experience end-to-end, out-of-the-box IoT […]

How Bluetooth beacons can put an end to QR codes

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Bluetooth beacons can enhance experiences in a way that is truly indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke once stated, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” something that holds true when it comes to our ever-connected world. Take a look around and you will surely notice that the Internet of Things phenomenon is growing quite rapidly. So much so that some adopters have become a […]

New Target store will introduce you to smart living

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Target opens a 3,500-square-foot store in San Francisco where people can explore how connected devices can work together in their homes. As the Internet of Things continues to creep into every facet of our everyday life, a number of major retail chains have begun to embark on new initiatives to help facilitate widespread adoption. Among the brands leading the way are Home Depot, […]

Pyra is the world’s first 3D-printed smart oven

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Project Pyra demonstrates the convergence of 3D printing and the Internet of Things. Pyra is the world’s first 3D-printed smart oven. The brainchild of FATHOM, the convection oven combines the versatility of fused deposition modeling with advanced cloud-based intelligence, ultimately defining the convergence of both direct digital manufacturing and the Internet of Things. Or, as 3DPrintingIndustry.com puts it, “a cross between a tiny ancient Egyptian tomb […]

Amazon’s new SDK opens up Echo to third-party developers

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Developers can now create new skills and capabilities for Alexa, the brain behind Amazon Echo. Two days after making the Echo wireless speaker available to everyone, Amazon revealed that it wants to make the device’s built-in, cloud-based virtual assistant open to third-party devices as well. In order to do so, the retail giant has announced the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK), […]

Why should you care about securing your IoT devices?

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In this blog, Zymbit’s Scott Miller reviews some of the security features of Zymbit.Orange, how they work, and more importantly, why they matter. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are, by nature, light on resources, diverse, widely proliferated and often at the ‘edge’ of the network beyond the control of any network administration; perfect ingredients for digital chaos […]

6 reasons why the IoT’s true value remains untapped

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The Internet of Things could generate up to $11.1 trillion a year in economic value by 2025, McKinsey report says. As if you hadn’t heard enough of the hype surrounding the Internet of Things, in comes McKinsey Global Institute’s 142-page report that reveals quite the opposite of some other analysts. In fact, the firm believes that we’re […]

Luzi is a smart lamp that will improve your sleep

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Luzi isn’t just a smart lamp that helps you sleep better, it may very well be the smartest lamp ever made. If it’s up to one Palo Alto startup, sleepless nights may finally become a thing of the past. That’s because they have developed a new sophisticated smart lamp specifically designed to improve an individual’s quality […]

This enchanted lamp can make money on its own

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The Aspirational Lamp collects solar energy, sells it back to the power grid and then invests in the stock market itself.  “We are now standing at the precipice of the next transformative development: the Internet of Things. Soon, connected technology will be embedded in hundreds of everyday objects we already use: our cars, wallets, watches, umbrellas, even […]

Aistin is an Arduino-compatible modular IoT sensor platform

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This family of 20+ wireless sensors enables Makers to devise their own connected solutions.  Recently launched on Indiegogo, Aistin is a small, lightweight and modular sensor platform for the Internet of Things. The brainchild of former Nokia R&D team members who together make up iProtoXi, these low power, wireless devices are helping Makers bring their ideas to life by focusing on three main elements: compactness, expandability and mobility. “Instead […]