Tag: Internet of Things
Hi tech solutions to protect your stuff. More smart padlocks on the way, including IoT Mobilock
The Mobilock is billed as the world's first smart padlock with IoT connectivity Seems like smart security is one of the fastest growing tech sectors at the moment. Rather than using a key or an easily hackable combination lock to protect your valuables, several manufacturers are introducing smart padlocks which use…
Creator iOT kit goes live on Kickstarter
You can't move for announcements about the iOT (Internet of Things) these days with the number of devices connected to the net expected to reach an astonishing 25 billion by the end of 2015, according to Cisco. But this product from Imagination Technologies - the third biggest semi-conductor IP company in the world - caught our…
Review: Hive 2 heating/hot water control system from British Gas
Designed by design entrepreneur Yves Behar from Fuseproject, the new Hive 2 display looks beautiful I've had the British Gas heating control system for quite a while now, since April 2013 in fact when it was first introduced. See our review here. Back then it was called simply enough the British…
Sensors working overtime: Bosch’s big plans for the Internet of Things
Tech Digest's Chris Price visited Bosch’s recently opened Research and Development Facility near Stuttgart, Germany to see how the latest sensors are shaping the Internet of Things (iOT) revolution Think Bosch and what comes to mind? Probably one of the company’s dishwashers or maybe its range of popular power tools. But actually the German company,…
Apple planning a "connected home" platform – will unveil next month
Further rumours have emerged suggesting that Apple is planning to get in on the "Internet of Things", and look set to announce something at next month's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). (Pic from here. According to the FT Apple will be…
Blackberry's big new plan: Internet of things!
Blackberry has announced that it is working on a platform for "internet of things" devices – could this be a way out of the company's problems? "Internet of Things" is the name giving to what is expected to be the…
Get set for the cameraphone-enabled Internet Of Things
Next up speaking in the More Vision session at Nokia World is Dr Gaetano Borriello from the University of Washington. His session is called the Internet Of Things, but he’s focusing on using a cameraphone to overlay information onto the real world, as seen through your mobile screen.
