Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

Welcome, IoT Weekly News Readers! Today we are excited to publish issue #141. Filled to the top with all sorts of exciting and interesting products in the area of the Internet of Things, Machine Learning, and a term that seems to be taking over by storm, "AIoT", that is the Artificial Intelligence of Things.

You notice a large portion of this issue is focused on CES 2021. While the conference is virtual this year, we believe it isn't holding companies back from showing off some really cool and interesting products in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things. In fact, if you haven't checked it out, the digital venue is open until Feb 15th!

Speaking of Artificial Intelligence, a quick reminder to attend our February AppliedAI Meetup on Executing on MLOps To Build AI Products. If you are deploying products in the cloud and want to learn how to bring them to production, this is a meeting you will definitely want to attend.

I'm also super excited that I'll be speaking at both Augsburg University and John Caroll in the coming month on the topics of Innovation, Machine Learning, and IoT. I'll be sharing more details as the days get closer for those that would like to attend.

Finally, please sure to check out my new podcast episodes. I'll be bringing in more and more speakers related to AIoT and in general real-time IoT data in the future. If you are doing interesting things in the field of IoT, please reach out to me. Enjoy!

News

Tuya Smart and Gartner Release the "2021 Global AIoT Developers Ecosystem White Paper"

Combined with industry experts’ insights and in-depth interviews, this white paper represents 35 international enterprises across 15 industries, explores the intelligent transformation and upgrading experience of leading brands in different industries, from macro to micro, from theory to practice, and analyzes the AIoT industry in four areas: current situation, practices, challenges and prospect. It highlights the benefits of a clear development path for AIoT developers in the future.

Best of CES 2021: Smart Home and Home Entertainment Products

If you think judging a product based on what you can see and hear in a jampacked and noisy convention center is hard, imagine doing it over a Zoom connection. That being said, these smart home and home entertainment products impressed us despite the limitations of the venue.

CES 2021: Here’s the IoT Content You Can’t Miss

CES is already rolling ahead at full steam, and despite the challenges that come with entirely virtual events, there is a ton of IoT news hitting the industry this week.

Today, we look ahead. Here’s some of the content we’re most excited about at virtual CES 2021 and a few of the announcements that came from today’s slate of press conferences.

Walmart to Test IoT ‘Smart Box’ for Fresh Grocery Deliveries

In a blog post on Tuesday, Tom Ward, senior vice president of customer product at Walmart U.S., said the HomeValet Smart Box test is slated to kick off this spring in Bentonville, Ark. Participating customers will be able to receive deliveries from their local Walmart store in a HomeValet temperature-controlled box situated outside their home.

Sponsor

Applied AI & AIoT Community

AppliedAI is a monthly meetup that develops the next generation of experts by educating citizens of all ages in the tools, processes, and applications that are needed to implement solutions that use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). The organization runs regular events that involve training, learning, and sharing real-world projects where AI is applied to solve problems that impact our lives.

Business

IoT Adds Smarts to IT Asset Monitoring

The Internet of Things (IoT) is beginning to play a key role in monitoring and maintaining internal IT systems and environments. With many IT pros working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, IT teams are leveraging networked sensors to gauge the performance and condition of servers, storage systems, network devices, and other technology components.

How to Prep for Becoming an IoT Leader

Companies are grappling with how to properly manage and secure their IoT deployments. They need people who can evaluate a wide range of IoT connectivity options, balance the requirements of different connected devices, and deploy appropriate edge infrastructure to gather and process IoT input. For IT leaders, now's the time to think about building an IoT team with the right expertise.

CES 2021: The future of IoT is maintenance-free

What are the products IoT Engineers should pay attention to at CES 2021? NGK Insulators proposes maintenance-free solutions for IoT devices utilizing its flagship lithium-ion battery together with various wireless power transfer (WPT) and energy harvesting technologies to break the bottleneck of power sources.

Big Data

Digital Height Adjustable Workstation for AIoT-Based Digital Transformation of the Workplace

As Microsoft's strategic partner of workplace digitalization transformation solutions, the concept of digital workstation was innovatively introduced by 9am in 2018, and the new digital height-adjustable workstation collection HALO is the update to 9am's previous digital workstations.

CES 2021: Bosch Doubles Down on AIoT for 2021

Bosch, once a simple automotive parts company, made it clear during the CES 2021 opening keynotes that company executives see its future leading the AIoT field.

AIoT, the artificial intelligence of things, is still a budding field with companies around the globe diving in headfirst. While Siri and Alexa fit the bill, as a technology, this goes so much deeper into various household items and increasingly autonomous vehicles.

Industrial

The 10 Hottest Industrial IoT Platforms Of 2020

These industrial IoT platforms come from vendors of different sizes, and they offer different approaches to device management, analytics, and application integration.

It’s been a year of give-and-take for the industrial IoT market, with some businesses slowing down or halting spending on such initiatives while others have plans to continue making investments.

NB-IoT vs LoRaWAN: Which To Use for Industrial IoT Applications?

Currently, NB-IoT and LoRaWAN standards dominate IoT. The network architectures of NB-IoT and LoRaWAN are designed with different applications, power performance needs, and security requirements in mind.

Consumer

Patented Therapeutic Massage Dog Bed by Dog Cloud

Dog Cloud Bed helps safely and gently relieve discomfort commonly associated with arthritis and joint pain in aging dogs and promotes enhanced sleep, relaxation, and improved mobility.

Our unique app also allows you to control Dog Cloud Bed from anywhere and connect with your dogs in new ways!

DIY

Pi Add-on Offers M.2 for 5G and mini-PCIe for 4G and NB-IoT

Akari’s $69-and-up “Industrial 5G/4G Raspberry Pi Base Shield” has launched on Kickstarter with an M.2 slot for 5G and a mini-PCIe slot for 4G/NB-IoT. The kit offers 15KV ESD protection, RTC, DIO, USB, and serial I/O.