IoT

http://www.open-electronics.org/eclipse-foundation-releases-iot-projects-the-universal-frameworks-for-iot-apps/ Eclipse Foundation announced the release of a number of Internet of Things projects. These include: Eclipse Kura (a framework for building IoT gateways); Eclipse Paho (implementations of MQTT protocols); Eclipse OM2M (an open source implementation of the SmartM2M and oneM2M standard) and Eclipse SmartHome (an open source framework for building smart home solutions). The Eclipse Kura 2.0 provides a way →

Expressif has released a new WiFi chip. It is not that interesting ESP32 that I have written about earlier, and should be available soon. The new ESP8285 went into mass production in March. Hackaday article describes it as ESP8266-Killer, but I I think that this kind of headline is clickbaiting. What could possible make it →

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/your-coffeemaker-is-watching-you/485597/?utm_source=atlfb In future house full of IoT gadgets you are never alone because technology is constantly watching you – for good and bad. →

Last year BBC introduced Micro:bit development board  Intended to allow children to get creative with technology. The Micro:bit is one of the cornerstones of the BBC’s “Make it Digital” campaign. With Micro:bit BBC tries to get a million preteens into embedded development world as Micro:bit will be given to every 11 or 12 year old child →

https://reaktor.com/blog/garden-variety-iot-with-big-data-and-frp/ IoT home automation story. →

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/06/tech-firms-want-to-save-the-auto-industry-and-the-connected-car-from-itself/ Symantec has security software that monitors car’s CAN bus operation because connected cars need to be made more secure. →

Here is some very interesting reading related to the obvious buzzword of the year, The Internet of Things.  This article series I was tipped to take a look is about embedded firmware hacking and reverse engineering of an IoT device, a TomTom Runner GPS Smartwatch. Hacking Smartwatches – the TomTom Runner, part 1 article introduces →

http://www.geek.com/news/asus-announces-the-600-zenbo-home-robot-1656642/ Reasonably priced but limited home robot. Someone needs to invent killer application for this, or this end to be  just tablet on wheels. →

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/the-privacy-problem-with-digital-assistants/483950/?utm_source=atlfb Digital assistants will quickly get more information on you than you might expect or want them to get. That’s one price of convience they offer. →

Using JavaScript is a new approach for embedded development, especially with node.js platform. But there are also other interesting JavaScript platforms worth to check out. I read about Finnish developed the open source “duct tape” and thought to check that out: Duktape is an embeddable Javascript engine, with a focus on portability and compact footprint. →