The Internet of Things Podcast - Stacey On IoT

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Episode 327: Amazon’s Halo health push and more Matter Jul 01, 2021

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Any Amazon Halo subscriber can try Amazon’s Movement Health service now, so Kevin and I explain what it is and what Amazon’s decisions around the Halo fitness tracker signal about the company’s interest in healthcare. We then cover the good news that Google will support connected Nest devices with security updates for up to five … Continue reading Episode 327: Amazon’s Halo health push and more Matter

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Episode 326: It’s about ethics in smart devices Jun 24, 2021

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Kevin and I start this week’s show with a discussion of his Amazon Prime Day purchases and then talk about the kerfuffle over smart thermostats and demand-response energy programs in Texas. I happened to be there at the time, and there is a definite right and wrong way to enroll people in the program. We … Continue reading Episode 326: It’s about ethics in smart devices

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Episode 325: The IoT goes to Congress Jun 17, 2021

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Hello! This week we start with Congress, where the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings related to interoperability and lock-in tied to smart home devices. We drew special attention to testimony by Jonathan Zittrain, who wrote a long, but insightful statement about the development of the web, the benefits gained when using interoperable protocols, and … Continue reading Episode 325: The IoT goes to Congress

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Episode 324: HomeKit and Home Assistant embrace Matter Jun 10, 2021

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We start this week’s show with a quick update on Amazon’s Sidewalk and then focused on the smart home news from Apple’s WWDC event earlier this week. We’re excited about third-party devices getting Siri support. We then cover the EU’s thoughts on anticompetitive behavior by IoT device companies, as well as the launch of a … Continue reading Episode 324: HomeKit and Home Assistant embrace Matter

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Episode 323: Stick with Sidewalk, y’all Jun 03, 2021

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This week’s show is going to get controversial with a discussion of Amazon’s Sidewalk. Kevin is out on vacation this week, so my friend Chris Albrect of The Spoon is here to co-host. We start with a rundown on why I think you should participate in Amazon’s Sidewalk network but also explain how to opt … Continue reading Episode 323: Stick with Sidewalk, y’all

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Episode 322: Google’s Fuchsia looks promising for the IoT May 27, 2021

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Did you know that Roku aims to get into the smart home game? We discuss that along with a new set of vulnerabilities in Bluetooth during the first part of the show, before moving onto Google’s new Fuchsia OS and some updates from Google I/O. After that, we discuss surveillance technology from China and the … Continue reading Episode 322: Google’s Fuchsia looks promising for the IoT

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Episode 321: Google decides Matter matters May 20, 2021

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This week’s show focuses on news from Google I/O 2021 where it’s clear the search giant is trying to build out a fairly open ecosystem based on the Matter protocol and WebRTC for audio and video streaming. Google also said it would use Wear OS for Fitbit and combine Wear OS with Samsung’s Tizen OS. … Continue reading Episode 321: Google decides Matter matters

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Episode 320: Project CHIP becomes Matter and hacked pipelines May 13, 2021

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This week’s show hits on two of the biggest stories of the year for the smart home: Project Connected Home over IP is now called Matter and Amazon’s Sidewalk Network adds Tile as a participant. We also discuss what it means for Zigbee after the Zigbee Alliance changed its name to the Connectivity Standards Alliance. … Continue reading Episode 320: Project CHIP becomes Matter and hacked pipelines

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Episode 319: How ML at the edge will make products truly smart May 06, 2021

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This week’s show was a lot of fun to record with Kevin and me discussing Google’s upcoming I/O event and updates on the chip shortage from STMicro, TSMC, and someone who makes electronics. We also talk about Kroger’s drone delivery plans, cameras in cars, funding for robotic computer vision, and funding for robotic welding driven … Continue reading Episode 319: How ML at the edge will make products truly smart

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Episode 318: Lawsuits galore and Silicon Labs bets it all on the IoT Apr 29, 2021

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This week’s show starts off with two lawsuits: the first filed by ADT alleging trademark infringement against Ring, and the second a decision by the Seventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals related to police accessing cell phone location data without a warrant. Wemo’s new scene controller, Everactive’s energy harvesting sensors, a discussion about … Continue reading Episode 318: Lawsuits galore and Silicon Labs bets it all on the IoT

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