Justin Grammens
Another great week filled with research and discovery of articles published on the Internet of Things! I had a very fun time speaking at Code Freeze 2016 and if you subscribed since attending my session at the conference, THANK YOU! I've included an article in this issue on data privacy around the IoT, but after talking with so many people on the subject that day, I'll be writing a blog post in an upcoming issue on the subject. Stay tuned...
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News
IBM Leverages Internet of Things to Tackle Air Pollution in Johannesburg
Good article on how researchers from IBM's South Africa research lab are going to engage experts from government and CSIR to analyze historical and real-time data from environmental monitoring stations in the City of Johannesburg.
Will LiFi Take Big Data And The Internet Of Things To A New Level?
From the article, "Using visible light, this system has an LED light flickers at speeds undetectable to the naked eye to transmit data - a bit like high tech morse code."
9 Digital Business Transformation Predictions for 2016
At a high level Integration, Analytics, and Event Processing are some of the top transformations predicted for 2016 in the IoT. Click on the link to get all the details.
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Security
Americans Are Wary About IoT Privacy
I spoke this past week on the Internet of Things at Code Freeze. If there's one thing that was a common theme in many of the questions I was asked, it was data privacy. This article does a good job sharing some of the numbers on the public perception of IoT and data privacy.
The IoT: The Security Risks, The Challenges ... The Solutions
Another article on the security risks that the IoT will pose as billions of devices are added. The story does suggest some things that embedded designers can do to help.
Business
How The Internet Of Things Is Changing Online Marketing
This is a good article on how marketing data is only going to get larger with the IoT and it's not just sensors and real-time streaming, but just general data around how to market to people in the eco-system is going to massively increase.
Enterprise
What Enterprise IoT Will Look Like in 2016
I really enjoyed this one. It's a good article covering PaaS models, companies, apps and services that will contribute to the growth in IoT and the enterprise this coming year.
Industrial
The Industrial IoT: The 56 Startups Transforming Heavy Industry And Making It More Efficient
Great list of the top players in the Industrial Internet of Things market today.
This Is What the Fourth Industrial Revolution Looks Like
This is a great article on what the future of industrial automation and how the Internet is having a huge impact on how it's going to be run. The future is exciting!
Consumer
Amazon Echo Will Have Alexa Read Your Kindle E-Books
What will Amazon think of next?! Great application of their technology. I think we will look back in a year or so and realize that Alexa was a bigger game changer in this space of connected homes than we originally thought.
Network
HidnSeek Tracks Objects over Long Distances Using Sigfox Network
This is cool. Low power and networks that support long distances will enable amazing solutions in the future.
Events
IoT Fuse Call For Speakers and Sponsors
IoT Fuse is back for 2016! With 5 tracks this year covering topics of:
- IoT of Data
- IoT of Physical Computing / Living Services
- IoT Development - Products, Platform and Security
- IoT Design - Hardware & Manufacturing
- IoT Makers
IoT Fuse will once again be the premier IoT event to be a part of as a speaker and sponsor in 2016! Sponsorship and speaking slots are already filling fast.