Cosm: Disappointing Redesign By Internet of Things Pioneer Pachube
Early Internet of Things innovator gets a makeover and a new name: Cosm. It’s attempting to become more social, but
Read More →Pachube Acquired: Why Did It Sell So Early?
My favorite startup in the fast emerging Internet of Things market, London-based Pachube, has been acquired by Woburn, Massachusetts-based LogMeIn. The deal is worth "approximately $15 million in cash," some of it dependent on performance. Lo…
Read More →Cisco: 50 Billion Things on the Internet by 2020 [Infographic]
The Internet of Things, when real world objects are connected to the Internet, is a trend that we’ve been actively tracking since early 2009. So far a lot of big technology infrastructure and solutions companies have gotten behind the trend, for the si…
Read More →Jawbone Takes on Health Market With New Sensor Wristband
Designer consumer electronics company Jawbone announced this week a new product called UP, a wristband built using vibration and motion sensors. UP will track data about your eating, sleeping and activity patterns. The main point of interaction with t…
Read More →The Compelling (or Creepy) M2M World of Verizon Wireless
During my recent visit to Seattle I visited the Bellevue offices of Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile network and wireless phone provider in the U.S., to talk about the Internet of Things. There I met with Bobby Morrison, president of the Pacific No…
Read More →The Verbalizer: A Fun Hack on Top of Google Voice Search
It is always fun when developers build interesting tools on top of new innovations and products. Google released voice search for the desktop during its big search announcement on June 14 and since then a group of developers have been dreaming up new…
Read More →China’s Waterways Now RFID-Enabled
China’s inland and maritime rivers and canals are now part of the Internet of Things. The Chinese maritime authority has outfitted cargo and passenger ships with RFID chips and has placed RFID readers at strategic locations.
Now, keeping track of the…
Read More →Next Century’s Winners Will Master Machine to Object Communication, Leading Observer Says
Machine to machine (M2M) communication, from automobile monitoring systems to card-swiping dongles to web-connected home appliances, is something many people have been excited about for years and that’s finally hitting mainstream markets in a big way. …
Read More →ThingLink: The First Social Objects Success Story?
Can ‘things’ be social? That’s been one of the most contentious questions around the Internet of Things (when real world objects are connected to the Internet). Several startups have tried to do this, including StickyBits, TalesofThings and Itizen. I’v…
Read More →Here’s What You Can Build With Kinect: Custom Statues, Training Simulations, Noise Ink & More
Microsoft’s motion sensing technology, Kinect has experienced rapid take-up and interest, leading Microsoft to announce a non-commercial Kinect software development kit for Windows. Given the widespread interest in using Kinect outside of the Xbox, i…
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