IoT

https://www.sparkfun.com/news/2392 Let’s look at those tried and true IoT projects that just keep on coming back (with good reason!) →

https://industrialinternetnow.com/ Here is an on-line publication with some interesting industrial IoT articles. →

https://www.hackster.io/robin-cole/pi-camera-doorbell-with-notifications-408d3d?ref=channel&ref_id=425_published___&offset=3 This looks like a very interesting IoT project.  Use the cheap and cheerful Pi Zero W, a camera and an RF doorbell to see who’s at your door! →

https://blog.hackster.io/sifive-unveils-the-first-risc-v-based-arduino-a4d07fe7f21f  “Arduino Cinque” is based on SiFive’s Freedom E310 — the industry’s first commercially available RISC-V core — running at 320MHz. Aside from the SoC, an onboard ESP32 chip provides support for 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. →

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/eye-on-iot-/4458410/Connected-lighting-may-be-the-IoT-killer-app?utm_content=buffer341aa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer The business model for adding IoT connectivity to lighting promises positive return on investment. The push of government-mandated energy reductions is one factor. It is easier, he noted to meet regulatory standards if you can control the light bulb itself. Shutting down lights when rooms (or even sidewalks) are empty or remotely via phone →

http://iotsummit.fi/ Arrow Electronics today organized a IoT Summit event focusing on the Internet in Helsinki. According to Andrew Bickley, who is responsible for marketing the company’s IoT solutions in Europe, IoT is moving from management speeches to implementation. And usually, customers need ready-made solutions. – companies that develop IoT-based services that do not understand the →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/report-dangers-of-hacked-factory-robots The threats that a hacked industrial robot represent today go beyond safety concerns and include also industrial sabotage and blackmail. →

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/16/what-to-expect-from-google-io-2017/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook Google’s annual I/O developer conference starts on Wednesday. I ecpect it to be full of news and announcements. The next version of Google’s mobile OS – Android O will likely be revealed.  Android is going to work beyond smartphones and tablets. Android O could bring additional VR features.  Google pushes Wear and Wear-related tech and development →

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/16/google-launches-cloud-service-to-manage-internet-of-things-data/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook Google Cloud launched a new Internet of Things management service today called Google Cloud IoT Core that provides a way for companies to manage IoT devices and process data being generated by those devices. It works with Google’s software services like Google Cloud Dataflow, Google BigQuery, andGoogle Cloud Machine Learning Engine. Customers can work with third-party partners like ARM, Intel and →

http://www.edn.com/design/power-management/4458391/How-smart-is-it-to-deploy-smart-meters-on-the-smart-grid-?utm_content=buffer93829&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Conventional grids are ‘dumb’ and ‘blind’ since they do not monitor themselves using various modern sensor technology like those deployed in a typical smart grid architecture. In a smart grid architecture, numerous sensors are deployed throughout the grid infrastructure that can monitor, test, and communicate. This may even lead to self-repair and healing/removing and →