Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

Greetings! It was a very fun week to select and create summaries for this issue of IoT Weekly News. This issue covers some great articles on edge gateways, security, top IoT companies to watch, interface design and earnings numbers from Verizon around the IoT. I also includes a few articles written by reporters who attended IoTFuse:Conference 2016.

Speaking of IoTFuse, with more than 500 attendees, a waitlist of 250 more and visitors traveling from all over the United States to attend the conference, I'm happy to report that the Internet of Things is alive and well in the state of Minnesota!

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News

IoT Fuse Conference Brings Together Makers, Industry, Funders

Good coverage from Minnesota Business Magazine on the IoTFuse:Conference held last week in Minneapolis, MN.

PTC IoT Academic Program

As I am an adjunct professor teaching a graduate level course on the Internet of Things, I'm always curious to see what others are doing in the space around education. Here's an academic program that PTC is putting together on IoT.

These Software Trends Will Influence IoT Strategies

One of the current trends and talk in the areas of the IoT are edge gateways. Dell and others are becoming major players in this space with their software and hardware solutions. This article covers some of the trends and leaders in this space.

Sponsor

Particle

Particle offers a suite of hardware and software tools to help you prototype, scale, and manage your Internet of Things products.

Security

How IoT Security Can Benefit from Machine Learning

Good article on how most of the billions of IoT endpoint devices that have been deployed are resource constrained. The thought being to use machine learning and behavioral analysis in the cloud to help with security.

Things to Consider Before Buying 'Internet of Things' Gadgets

An article on some of the things to consider when looking at purchasing smart devices: security, interface design, compatibility and viability are some themes. Sources taken from a number of the presenters at IoTFuse:Conference last week.

Insecurity of Things: The IoT Devices You Deploy May Be Trojan Horses

Another article on some of the security points to think about as you deploy the IoT into your home, business or organization. It touches on 5 key points to take special note of.

Business

10 Internet of Things Companies to Watch

This is a good list of companies to keep your eye on with regards to growth in the IoT. One key point to note is that these are companies that focus on the Industrial and Enterprise markets. That is where the leaders are today.

Here Are 75 Midwestern Companies Developing The Internet Of Things

Article talking about a new report from the Illinois Technology Association that lists 75 companies from the midwest developing for the Internet of Things. If you want to skip the story you can jump straight to the report here.

Verizon Q1 on Track, $195 Million in IoT Revenue, 640,000 Postpaid Wireless Additions

Short article on what Verizon is seeing with regards to revenue and growth in the space of the IoT with their services. It's a good sign that companies are spending money and generating growth in this space.

Big Data

IoT Analytics And Dell Statistica Deliver Time Compression

The focus of my business, Recursive Awesome is all about the insights that we can learn from the Internet of Things. As the article states, “Given the young age and high complexity of the IoT data environment, it’s not surprising that the 'analytics of things' isn’t very mature yet". However, I'm already seeing some excellent applications in the work that my company does for clients. This is where the ROI is at.

Design

As UX Meets IoT, the Need for Screens Will Go Away

I really liked this article as it followed many of the same themes from the morning keynote by Amber Case at the IoTFuse:Conference last week. The future of IoT should not be a future of screens.

Crowd Funding

This Week in IoT Crowdfunding: Buds, Bumpers, Babies and Bricks

As the title describes, this article covers a number of interesting companies who are currently in the middle of crowdfunding campaigns. All of these products in some way focus on building or have created connected devices.