Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

Hope everyone had a safe and happy new years! Lots of great articles again in this issue for the first week of 2016. While not covered explicitly in this issue as I have covered it before, one of the biggest stories was Intel's completion of the acquision of Altera.

Some high points from this issue are IoT startups, why the Internet of Things matters and a number of interesting security based IoT articles. Finally, our friends over at RT Insights had a fun article on how things would be different if Santa had realtime analytics.

I hope you enjoy this issue and please be sure to share it with your followers!

News

Rewiring Industries: 100 IoT Startups Disrupting Auto, Healthcare, Retail, And More

Good article covering not only the sectors where we are seeing disruption from IoT startups, but also the specific companies that are innovating and bringing new technology to market.

What Is IoT? Why it Matters and What You Should Do!

This article is not only the "what", but also the "why" around the IoT. Touches on a number of the concepts that I have been speaking on at conferences. Once companies realize what is possible around collecting data from their customers, as the article states, "this changes everything".

Why Telematics (Think: Driverless Cars) Is the Future

In case you missed it, I did a post last week on a scenario around how the building blocks of the IoT will build a ubiquitous computing network, complete with self-driving cars! This article follows along those same lines.

If Only Santa Had Real-Time Analytics...

In the Christmas spirit I've included this neat article on how using analytics and other techniques around predictive and machine learning Santa could improve his output.

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Security

An Internet of Treacherous Things?

Watch this video from Corey Doctorow at O’Reilly’s Solid Conference 2015 in which he talks about the IoT being "the DRM for Stuff". He makes some really good points.

Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call: When Kids' Toys Get Hacked

An article on how we should all wise up and look seriously at the security around the Internet of Things. As the article states, "The solutions aren’t difficult. We just need the motivation, regulation and coordination."

Getting a Handle on Risks in the Internet of Things

Good article discussing the risks from an insurance side on how connected devices will operate. It poses an interesting question, "Should a driverless car take every action it can to protect its occupants from harm, even if that means deliberately harming other motorists or pedestrians? "

Hortonworks CTO on Apache NiFi: What Is It and Why Does It Matter to IoT?

This is a good article on what is NiFi and why it's important to large data flow - say with regards to the massive data the NSA is working with. CTO Scott Gnau discussed why NiFi is about to play a big role in app for the Internet of Things.

Business

The Internet of Things Is Everywhere, But It Doesn't Rule Yet

Some amazing thing are going on around the area of the Internet of Things. On a personal notes, it's fun to be a part of the ride and experience what is going on next in technology.

DIY

Goldfinger Smart Glove Gets Power from Finger Movements

Pretty sweet. As the article notes, "Goldfinger connects wirelessly to a computer or other devices and generates power from finger movements using flexible piezoelectric transducers, which reduces weight and the need for power cables. "