New things come and go, but when Amazon launched its FreeRTOS -- we knew it would be a huge benefit to both our clients and ourselves in IoT product development. Here, Bill Wedin, our Principal Firmware Engineer, took the time to review his thoughts on the pros and cons about Amazon's firmware made for [...]
One of our clients asked for us to lay out what options were available in the form of a module to accomplish a couple of things. Here’s what Joe Fitzpatrick, our Sr. Electrical Engineering Lead, shared with our new client by explaining the reasoning, pros and cons, and pulling from our years of experience [...]
IoT in the Smart Bathroom What are Smart Bathrooms? Through embedded sensors and Internet-connected apps often paired with voice commands, IoT products can automate common bathroom functions and even add new possibilities. Benefits of Smart Bathrooms While most smart bathroom technology increases convenience or entertainment, some applications are targeted at improving health and hygiene. Examples of Smart Bathrooms The smart shower Evadrop boasts the [...]
What is IoT? – Definition, Benefits, and Applications Intro The Internet of Things (IoT) has created a massive amount of buzz, excitement, and confusion. Some call it more important than the Internet while others say it’s a hoax or a fad. So what is IoT, where did it come from, where’s it going, and why does it matter? What is [...]
How to be Strategic about Building your IoT Prototype“Plug it in, this time everything just might work!” is commonly spoken just before switching the power of a prototype on, only to see it catch on fire, begin convulsing, or much less spectacularly but much more commonly, do absolutely nothing.Hmmfff! What did you miss this time?!The [...]
How IoT Technology is Driving Improvements in Healthcare All sorts of businesses in many different industries have tapped into the power of IoT devices during the past half-decade. In the healthcare sector, such devices are geared toward augmented reality, remote monitoring, and smart sensors to provide biometric insights with important data and context to healthcare [...]
Smart Clothing is 2018’s Breakthrough Wearable Technology Make Way for Smart Clothing Smart clothing is best defined as web-connected clothing. This seemingly futuristic apparel will soon be worn by people across the globe, enhancing and even replacing some wearable technology. It is important to distinguish between the two: smart clothes have superior accuracy and longer [...]
Wearable IoT Wearable technology has been around for a while, yet it has not exactly become a mainstream item for several reasons. The next time you are in public look around, and you probably won’t see many people donning wearable IoT devices. However, if you had the capability to time travel a decade into the [...]
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing our lives. It is a broad phenomenon using a wide range of technologies to develop many applications for various markets including retail, manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, automotive, and healthcare. But, there is another IoT market that also is developing rapidly: Consumer IoT (CIoT). CIoT focuses on connected devices that [...]
Predictions about the Internet of Things (IoT), can be lofty, uncertain and abstract, so we’ve compiled 50 tangible applications of current IoT technology in 10 major industries: IoT in Agriculture Smart Retail Industrial IoT Smart Infrastructure Smart Buildings IoT Wearables Automotive IoT Smart Transportation Smart Home Smart Healthcare Even if your industry isn’t mentioned in this list, it will be significantly affected – if [...]
