Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

Welcome readers! A great week was had in the world of the Internet of Things. This issue starts off with the biggest news of the week, Samsung acquiring Joyent. I cover an article on BLE 5 which is set to be released later this year and coverage of Security, Data and Consumer Insights (my favorite) and Development. I round out this issue with a product called Grillo that helps detect Earthquakes.

Finally, this past week I had a great time teaching a mini-masters program on the Internet of Things at the University of Saint Thomas. If your company is looking for a consultant to speak with you on how you can leverage these devices or run a session with your team, please feel free to contact me.

I hope you enjoy this issue and please tweet it to your followers!

News

Samsung acquires Joyent

Samsung has been acquiring companies and launching new products around IoT technology in the past few years. I remember working with Joyent a few years ago when I was looking for a solution to build manager containers and being impressed with what they had built at the time. Looks like their technology was now mature and attractive enough for an acquisition. I would also suggest checking out a companion article by the CTO as well.

Bluetooth 5 Standard Brings Range, Speed and Capacity Boost for IoT

You'll have to bear with the advertisements and popups in this story, but it really is a good story on the next iteration of the Bluetooth standard. Discusses how Bluetooth 5 will, "boast quadruple the range, double the speed, and an eight-fold increase in data broadcasting capacity, according to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)."

Autodesk Looks to Future with Investments in 3D Robotic Drones and IoT as a Service

This is cool. The article is more about drone technology, but also how Autodesk is looking at building a SAAS model within the the Internet of Things space for device of all kinds.

Sponsor

Lab 651

Lab 651 connects the physical world to the digital universe. We have expertise in Software, Embedded and Mechanical Engineering with each founding partner developing connected devices and systems for more than 20 years. Come check us out, take a tour of our lab and learn what we can build for you!

Security

10 Ways to Make Sure IoT Devices Aren't Tracking You

Good article with suggestion you can do to help put your mind at ease that these devices are tracking and following you. As the article states, "Any way you cut it, we’re headed for a strange and in some cases difficult transition to a world more heavily integrated with the Internet of Things. Surveillance is going to be a reality, but by staying up-to-date on new developments and remaining vigilant in your personal life, you can protect yourself from any particularly bad effects."

Chicago’s CIO Addresses IoT Privacy Concerns Through Citizen Engagement

This is a good Q&A with Brenna Berman, CIO of the city of Chicago, IL. It was interesting to hear about how the CIO of a city views these connected devices and their privacy concerns.

Big Data

Using IoT Data to Understand How Your Products Perform

I loved this article. It's probably the best one that I have read in a long time that really hit home on using the IoT to provide visibility into how consumers are using your products. I started Recursive Awesome based on this belief and have spoken at multiple events on getting companies to think differently about capturing real world usage data on their products in the field.

Latest Cisco-IBM Deal Brings Watson to the Edge

As the proliferation of the Internet of Things grows, we are going to need to be smarter about how we send data to the cloud and in particular which data we send to the cloud.

Development

Eclipse Foundation Releases IoT Projects

Wow. Apache is really making a push into the IoT. This past week they announced the release of Eclipse Kura (a framework for building IoT gateways); Eclipse Paho (implementations of MQTT protocols); Eclipse OM2M (an open source implementation of the SmartM2M and oneM2M standard) and Eclipse SmartHome (an open source framework for building smart home solutions).

Apache Mynewt

Apache Mynewt is a real-time, modular operating system for connected IoT devices that need to operate for long periods of time under power, memory, and storage constraints. The first connectivity stack offered is BLE 4.2.

Crowd Funding

Grillo – Earthquake warnings for everyone

Grillo has developed the next-generation earthquake early-warning network, offering alerts to vulnerable communities and industries.