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Live Blogging from IoT Global Summit
I’ll be live-blogging for the next two days from the 2nd Internet of Things Global Summit.
Edith Ramirez, FTC chair:
potential for astounding benefits to society, transforming every activity
risks: very technology that allows this can also gather info for companies and your next employer
possible consumer loss of confidence in connected devices if they don’t think privacy w
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Apple Watch: killer app for IoT and lynchpin for “smart aging”
Wow: glad I put up with all of the tech problems during the Apple product launch today: the Apple Watch was worth it! It really seems as if it will be the killer device/app for the Internet of Things consumer market, and I think it may also be the lynchpin for my vision of “smart […]
Sentri: example of how IoT is re-inventing tired home devices
I’ll admit it: I’ve been a design junkie since the first museum show on Shaker furniture that I saw while I was in grad school at Syracuse (come to think of it, that epiphany was really when I visited Denmark with my parents, and saw Shaker-inspired Scandinavian design by Georg Jensen et. al.). I just love […]
Detailing my “Smart Aging” through the IoT vision
The best-laid plans get canceled due to Summer vacation…
I was supposed to speak to seniors (and those who love or care for them!) today in my dear little burg, Medfield, MA, about my “Smart Aging” through the IoT vision. However, the talk has been postponed til September due to the small number of sign-ups. Oh […]
The New IoT Math: 1 + 1 + 3 — Jawbone UP24 now controls Nest thermostat
A chance conversation about the IoT the other day turned me on to this elegant proof-of-concept that what I call “Smart Aging” to help seniors be healthier and avoid institutionalization is possible: my Jawbone UP bracelet could now control my Nest thermostat (if I had one: with three heating zones in my house, I’m gonna wait […]
Apple iWatch: could they really make wearables acceptable to mass market?
The WSJ had a piece this week speculating on the rumored Apple iWatch (Disclaimer: I work part-time in an Apple Store. In that capacity I don’t know anything you don’t know — including whether the iWatch will actually ever happen! My sources for this blog are limited to publicly-available ones.).
The Journal notes that none of […]
Ivee: helping seniors “age in place” through Internet of Things
I’m still not certain I buy the oft-expressed view that seniors are inherently anti-tech (I’ve seen too many of them at various Apple Stores buying iPads so they can do FaceTime with the grandchildren…), but it’s true that, as you get older, you’re less likely to want to squint at tiny displays, or tap tiny […]
Seniors and the Internet of Things: Empowerment and Security Through Smart Aging
I was quoted extensively in a Sunday Boston Globe feature on the IoT. It was in a special section aimed at seniors, and I’d been really passionate with the reporter about the IoT’s potential to transform seniors’ lives through new products such as bedroom slippers with sensors that can detect minute variations in a senior’s gait […]
Get your vote in for best IoT products of 2013!
(sorry: WordPress and I didn’t agree on the formatting for this entry, and WordPress wins!)
Postscapes‘ annual Best of the IoT contest wraps up on the 30th, so don’t miss your chance to vote for last year’s best IoT products! You owe it to yourself to check out all the nominees: it will give a good […]
More Evidence #IoT has Arrived: CNBC Docu ToNite
On the heels of Tom Friedman’s Sunday NYT column, here’s more evidence the IoT is achieving mainstream recognition: CNBC will air a 1-hour documentary tonight, titled “Rise of the Machines,” 9 PM EDT tonight.
The blurb for the show says, breathlessly:
“All around us, there’s a technological revolution underway powered by devices as small as a grain […]
