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XXV: From 10th Century King Bluetooth to Today's IoT Network Protocols, with Nordic Semiconductor's Clay Hine and Scott Bland Dec 05, 2019

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Do you know the connection between a 10th-century Nordic king and Bluetooth technology? Interested in the latest dialogue about IoT wireless protocols? Join us in RIoT Studios with two guests from Nordic Semiconductor, Clay Hine and Scott Bland.
Clay and the Nordic team have been fabulous RIoT supporters, offering workshops, exhibit tables, and more at RIoT events. Join us for this episode to hear Clay in person, and you'll understand why his group is such a valuable part of the IoT ecosystem.
Nordic Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in ultra-low power performance wireless system on a chip (SoC) and connectivity devices for the 2.4 GHz ISM band, with power consumption and cost being the main focus areas. Typical end-user applications are consumer electronics, wireless mobile phone accessories, wireless gamepad, mouse, and keyboard, intelligent sports equipment, wireless medical, remote control, wireless voice-audio applications, security, and toys.

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XXIV: IoT and Networks for Tinkerers and More, with Brandon Satrom, Sr. Manager for Developer Relations at Particle Nov 26, 2019

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Meet Brandon Satrom, Sr. Manager for Developer Relations at Particle and avid tinkerer, Brandon loves to talk about sensors and circuits, microcontrollers, open-source, robots and whatever new shiny tool or technology has distracted him from that other thing he was working on. Join us as we invite Brandon into RIoT Underground to talk about IoT, mesh networks, what's next for tinkerers, and more. Don't miss it!
Particle develops one of the world’s most popular internet of things (IoT) platforms. Particle’s cloud-hosted platform ingests more than 22 billion sensor data points in total a year. Particle’s solutions suite spans software and hardware, in addition to several connectivity products. Particle also provides development kits with Wi-Fi, cellular, Bluetooth, and mesh capabilities, along with SDKs for iOS, Android, and web apps. The kits connect to a network optimized for IoT, the backend of which handles over-the-air updates, SIM, and device management. And they run Device OS, Particle’s lightweight operating system for embedded devices, which manages low-level hardware interactions while encrypting sent messages. Learn more about Particle at particle.io.

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XXIII: The Design of Improvement, with Emily Bahna, Managing Director at Thoughtbot Nov 20, 2019

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How are innovative companies advancing and improving themselves, their products, and their clients? Join us in the studio with Emily Bahna, Managing Director at Thoughtbot, for a conversation about design, design thinking, user experience, and the new challenges of problem-solving in the 4th industrial revolution—solving problems for real people by really understanding people and the problems they’re facing. Don’t miss it!

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XXII: The Hardware, Software, and Business Side of IoT, with Sam Martin, Business Development Manager with ACES North America Nov 15, 2019

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Are you ready to talk all the sides of IoT - the hardware, the software, and even the business side? Join us in the podcast studio with Sam Martin, Business Development Manager with ACES North America, a joint venture between ACES Electronics and DNA Group. Sam has done quite a few Lunch & Learn sessions with RIoT, and he joined us to talk about IoT from multiple angles, plus the trends he’s seeing in the industry. Don’t miss it!

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XXI: Big Data, Data Analytics, and IoT, with Paige Roberts, Open Source Relations Manager at Vertica Oct 15, 2019

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Join RIoT's Executive Director Tom Snyder as he hosts a RIoT Underground discussion with Paige Roberts, Open Source Relations Manager at Vertica. Talking everything from data analytics and IoT, large-scale analytics, machine learning and predictive analytics, with applications in everything from self-driving cars to healthcare. Don't miss it!
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Vertica provides a best-in-class, unified analytics platform that will forever be independent from underlying infrastructure. https://www.vertica.com/

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XX: IoT Mouse Traps—A Prime IoT Use Case from Bayer's Digital Pest Management Team Sep 12, 2019

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Imagine hiring someone JUST to walk your factory floor to check the mouse traps. If you’re a large facility *without* a pest problem, it’s a huge waste of time for someone to manually check all the empty traps. But for hygiene’s sake, you can’t *not* check them, just in case. Prime opportunity for IoT!

Join us as we invite two members of Bayer’s Digital Pest Management team into RIoT Studios. Gaelle Fages, Global Technology Lead, and Michael Zimmermann, IT Lead, discuss the innovative remote rodent monitoring project that they’ve launched just recently, after a few years of serious iterating and customer discovery.
Don’t miss this chance to hear about a slam-dunk IoT use case, plus tips on innovative “intrapreneurship”, bringing an entrepreneurial mindset to large companies.

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XIX: Smart Home Security and Hacking through the Network—Spanalytics Weighs in on Wireless Protocols Aug 29, 2019

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How secure do our smart lightbulbs have to be, and how does DOD cybersecurity research improve consumer devices? Which wireless protocols are leading the industry, and what's most exciting to telecommunications experts?
Join RIoT Underground for a special episode with Spanalytics—including Spanalytics founder Mark Nichols and Senior Product Engineer Mike Smith—for a discussion about IoT, wireless protocols, security, hardware prototyping, and more.
The Spanalytics team includes engineers and programmers with decades of experience who have been working in the world of DoD. They employ leaders in the field of Bluetooth application development and wireless device evaluation. Learn more at spanalytics.com.

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XVIII: From Center Stage to Startup Spotlight, with DeShawn Brown of Lithios Jul 23, 2019

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Meet innovator, startup founder, tech enthusiast, and unconventional creative DeShawn Brown. As the founder and CEO of Lithios and the inventor of apps like Coworks, DeShawn is already a serial entrepreneur—despite being only a few years out of school. At NC State as a prestigious Park Scholar, he combined a passion for technology, theater, and entrepreneurship. He then started his company, Lithios, in NC State's Entrepreneurship Garage. Join us to hear that story, as well as updates on some of the cutting-edge Lithios projects.

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XVII: Startup Acceleration—Behind the Scenes, with VitalFlo and NIRSleep Jun 29, 2019

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What's it like to be a healthcare startup in the IoT space? In the last of our three-part feature on RAP startups, join both VitalFlo and NIRSleep in the studio. These two startups share a behind-the-scenes description of their RAP experience plus updates on their startups.
VitalFlo's mission is to make respiratory patient management easy, reduce cost of care, and improve patient outcomes. Working with asthma patients can be hard - every patient has unique medications, allergies, and lifestyles. VitalFlo works with clinicians and patients to build a complete picture of each individuals' condition.
NIRSleep is developing and deploying a wearable sensor to measure brain activity. They use infrared light to non-invasively measure changing oxygen concentration in the user’s brain, and relate this to changes in the user’s condition. The NIRSleep system is lightweight and easy to use, opening exciting new opportunities for detecting and tracking cerebrovascular changes in real life environments (i.e non-laboratory and out-of-clinic remote monitoring).
The RIOT ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (RAP) is accepting applications through June 30th, 2019 at 5pm EST. RIoT invites early stage startups in the Internet of Things space to apply NOW to participate in the 12-week high-touch RIoT Accelerator Program. RAP increases the impact of traditional accelerator programming by connecting you with an industry consortium of more than 75 companies across the IoT technology stack. The Fall 2019 cohort starts September 9th, and there is no cost to startups, no equity taken, and there are scholarships available. RAP provides access to prototyping lab and 6 months free office space, plus free tech resources from Arrow Electronics, Ubidots, Particle, Microsoft, and more. Leverage RIoT's network to learn, collaborate, and bring your product to market. Connect with Program Director Rachael Meleney at rachael@ncriot.org for questions.

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XVI: Startup Acceleration—Behind the Scenes, with Purillume Jun 28, 2019

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The second episode in our three-part series featuring startups that just graduated from RAP—the RIoT Accelerator Program. This episode features Purillume, a startup focused on smart lighting for better health. CEO Neeraj Lal shares what it was really like participating in a 12-week high-touch startup accelerator. Join us behind the scenes of RIoT Labs in the RIoT Accelerator Program.
Purillume is a new kind of lighting company. One that's committed to moving beyond the limitations of CFL and LED bulbs to deliver the full potential of LED lighting. They didn’t set out to create a new light bulb. They set out to create a new way to experience light. Their first product, the Orchid LED table lamp is the result of thousands of hours of R&D and is in production—and they're just getting started. Learn more at purillume.com.
The RIOT ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (RAP) is accepting applications through June 30th, 2019 at 5pm EST. RIoT invites early stage startups in the Internet of Things space to apply NOW to participate in the 12-week high-touch RIoT Accelerator Program. RAP increases the impact of traditional accelerator programming by connecting you with an industry consortium of more than 75 companies across the IoT technology stack. The Fall 2019 cohort starts September 9th, and there is no cost to startups, no equity taken, and there are scholarships available. RAP provides access to prototyping lab and 6 months free office space, plus free tech resources from Arrow Electronics, Ubidots, Particle, Microsoft, and more. Leverage RIoT's network to learn, collaborate, and bring your product to market. Connect with Program Director Rachael Meleney at rachael@ncriot.org for questions.

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