IoT

IoT trends for 2017

According to Intel IoT is expected to be a multi-trillion-dollar market, with 50 billion devices creating 44 zettabytes (or 44 trillion gigabytes) of data annually by 2020. But that widely cited 50 billion IoT devices in 2020 number is clearly not correct! Forecast of 50 Billion Devices by 2020 Is Outdated. In 2017 we should

Arduino Blog – Control this Ohio home’s Christmas lights from the Internet

https://blog.arduino.cc/2016/12/22/control-this-ohio-homes-christmas-lights-over-the-internet/ As seen on Good Morning America, Hammond recently put up a Christmas display that can be controlled via a simple online interface between the hours of 5pm and midnight (EST). The setup consists of an Arduino Mega along with a Raspberry Pi running Falcon Player, while the animations were created using xLights. Ohio Man Lets the Internet Control His Home’s Christmas Lights

IPv6 connected tree

http://ipv6tree.bitnet.be/ This is a Christmas tree with IoT connected lights in it. Anyone with IPv6 Internet connection can control the lights with “ping” packet. The results are streamed to YouTube.