The Internet Of Things Podcast - Iot

Technical skills are important when it comes to deploying a new connected manufacturing plant or designing a just-in-time inventory management system. But equally important is developing a management culture that can really take advantage of the data transparency that connectivity can offer a business, according to this week’s guest on the IoT podcast. Satya Ramaswamy … Continue reading 7 things successful companies do to make money with the Internet of things The post 7 things successful companies do to make money with the Internet of things appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

This week’s podcast explores how sausage gets made. Actually we explore how roast chickens, cookies and salmon get made. Ryan Baker is the research chef at June, a company making a $1,500 connected oven. When he’s not appearing on the IoT podcast he spends his days baking 15 batches of cookies or 20 batches of … Continue reading Episode 19: Meet the chef teaching a connected oven how to cook The post Episode 19: Meet the chef teaching a connected oven how to cook appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

Forget about connecting your smart home, can you imagine the technical challenge of connecting a rhinoceros to the internet? That’s what a new anti-poaching organization called Protect has done with its effort to connect rhinos in South Africa to the internet as part of an anti-poaching effort. Kevin and I discuss the project on this … Continue reading Episode 18: Why Target chose clear furniture for its smart home concept store The post Episode 18: Why Target chose clear furniture for its smart home concept store appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

This week we discuss what happens when you’re driving along in your automobile, and suddenly you’re not in control of the wheel, as happened to a Wired reporter. While, he was lucky, Kevin and I discuss the very real threat this can pose and what the industry and lawmakers propose we do about it. A … Continue reading Episode 17: Hacked Jeeps and hardware’s broken funding model The post Episode 17: Hacked Jeeps and hardware’s broken funding model appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

This week we don’t have a guest on the show, but we covered a lot of great stuff starting with the week’s news about The Thread Group releasing its code and Qualcomm joining the group touting the wireless protocol. We also spent a considerable amount of time covering Target’s new retail concept for the internet … Continue reading Episode 16: The internet of Ts: Target, Thread, and tennis The post Episode 16: The internet of Ts: Target, Thread, and tennis appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

If you love something you should set it free, but if you love a connected device you should spend gobs of money adding more gadgets until you have a platform. And this week I have done just that, spending $20 on six light bulbs that I can control with my Amazon Echo. I explain how … Continue reading I spent $120 on lights so I could control them with my Amazon Echo The post I spent $120 on lights so I could control them with my Amazon Echo appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

The president recently made a famous podcast appearance but he didn’t talk about the internet of things. Since he has yet to offer to visit the IoT Podcast, I spoke to Darren Samuelsohn, a senior policy reporter at Politico who recently spent seven weeks trying to discover what Washington D.C. thinks about the Internet of … Continue reading What does President Obama think about the Internet of things? The post What does President Obama think about the Internet of things? appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

This week was a big one for fans of the connected home. Amazon announced that its Siri-like personal assistant for the home is now available for anyone to buy, so Kevin Tofel and I did a fairly extensive review on the show. There’s more over at Fortune. Kevin and I also talked about the big … Continue reading Ladies love wearables and you should buy the Amazon Echo: Episode 13 The post Ladies love wearables and you should buy the Amazon Echo: Episode 13 appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

We spend a lot of our time focused on the U.S. market, but this week’s show we review an IP camera from a French company and feature Dave Friedman, the CEO of Ayla Networks, discussing the Internet of things evolution in China. Friedman discusses a recent deal his company signed to provide the back-end infrastructure … Continue reading It will soon be so cheap to add connectivity, everyone will do it The post It will soon be so cheap to add connectivity, everyone will do it appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

This week Apple disappointed the smart home aficionados at its WWDC conference by not mentioning much in the way of new HomeKit news and new devices. But Kevin Tofel and I discussed the challenges that Apple’s HomeKit partners faced trying to accommodate Apple’s security and hardware needs. This includes the Ecobee CEO’s response to criticism … Continue reading Episode 11: HomeKit certification comes at a big cost for consumers and device makers. The post Episode 11: HomeKit certification comes at a big cost for consumers and device makers. appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

We now have four devices for Apple’s HomeKit and about as many slides detailing Google’s own entry into the Internet of things with its Brillo operating system and Weave communications platform. Kevin and I discuss what we know about the Google strategy and more importantly, what we don’t yet know. We also discuss some new … Continue reading Episode 10: When will connected devices get cheaper? The post Episode 10: When will connected devices get cheaper? appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

Google is about to get into the smart home with new software called Brillo that will connect devices to a router. It won’t be part of the Nest ecosystem of devices, but it will work with Nest devices, according to reports on the Google news. By the time the show airs, we should know more, … Continue reading Episode 9: How connected devices will change the way you travel The post Episode 9: How connected devices will change the way you travel appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

Hold your books and costume jewelry close because they may not survive the connected device revolution, according to Rob Coneybeer of Shasta Ventures. In a conversation on this week’s podcast he and I had a fun conversation about what devices might disappear, what objects might stay analog and what devices get more intelligent as we … Continue reading Episode 8: Which devices will the internet of things drive to extinction? The post Episode 8: Which devices will the internet of things drive to extinction? appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

Andrew Thomas wanted to build a better doorbell, but now he’s in the enviable position of pitching his wares to Comcast’s millions of subscribers, and is an Apple HomeKit partner. The Skybell co-founder joined my on this week’s podcast to discuss how to allocate time and resources as a hardware startup and also to talk … Continue reading Episode 7: How does a startup catch Apple’s and Comcast’s eye? The post Episode 7: How does a startup catch Apple’s and Comcast’s eye? appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

Kevin and I both got what we wanted this week, with Kevin getting his Apple Watch about an hour before we recorded the show and Amazon adding support for If This Then That for the Echo speaker/personal assistant device. However both long-awaited dreams had a few caveats as we explored this week on the show, … Continue reading Episode 6: Who will make the smart home mainstream? Comcast, Amazon or Apple? The post Episode 6: Who will make the smart home mainstream? Comcast, Amazon or Apple? appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

The Apple Watch is out, and while Kevin Tofel didn’t wake up early enough to get one, I interview Mark Rolston, the co-founder and chief creative officer at Argo Design, who did, to see what he thinks of his. Rolston is designing the interface for the Peq smart home hub, and discussed how he’s thinking … Continue reading Episode 5: The Apple Watch is a “hot mess” and other design considerations The post Episode 5: The Apple Watch is a “hot mess” and other design considerations appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

Spring is in the air, so this week’s podcast celebrates with a preview of an upcoming connected garden product that looks pretty smart — the Edyn sensor and connected water valve system that will hit Home Depot shelves in May and is available for pre-orders. Kevin I discuss the solar-powered sensors, and although it’s iOS-only … Continue reading Episode 4: The evolution of an IoT services business and build a connected garden The post Episode 4: The evolution of an IoT services business and build a connected garden appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

This week’s podcast we hit on my favorite topic. Lighting! First we start off in the home with Kevin Tofel and I discussing how I’m using the Amazon Echo to control my Hue lights and a WeMo connected lamp via the Amazon Echo. Then we chat with my guest this week, Willem Smitt, the vice … Continue reading Episode 3: Restaurant too dark? You could soon control the lights with your phone. The post Episode 3: Restaurant too dark? You could soon control the lights with your phone. appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

Fans of the connected home got some exciting news when Amazon showed of its Dash Buttons, a simple, connected button that consumers could press to order a single products from the e-commerce giant. The idea is consumers would pop a Tide button by their washing machine, a Cottonelle button by their toilet and an Oil … Continue reading Episode 2: Is it too late to secure the internet of things? The post Episode 2: Is it too late to secure the internet of things? appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.

Welcome to the inaugural Internet of Things Podcast with Stacey Higginbotham. It’s super exciting to be able to share the show with all of you, after these past few weeks of Gigaom closing its doors and us wondering about the fate of the show. This week my co-host Kevin Tofel and I have missed three … Continue reading Episode 1: How to build hardware that doesn’t suck The post Episode 1: How to build hardware that doesn’t suck appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.