There is money to be made in making the internet safe for IoT devices. Analysts at Beecham Research predicts that security and data management services for IoT devices could be generating $1.8bn by 2020. Mobile World Congress: Your Electronics Weekly guide » “Due to the growing complexity of IoT applications and trend to consumer-driven, multi-service environments such as smart cities, cars ...
Internet of Things
Electronics related to the Internet of Things (IoT), and all its associated sensors, comms, security, and embedded systems.
Comment: UK-based innovators could harvest 5G windfall
Denis Keseris, patent attorney at Withers & Rogers, considers how innovators are already developing concepts and technology – with particular respect to M2M capabilities – that may find their way into the 5G standard. UK-based innovators operating in fields outside of mobile telecommunications are already working towards a chance to benefit from the 5G standard, ahead of the introduction of ...
Comment: IoT RIP
One of the more interesting things to come from my trip to Electronica, Europe’s largest electronics trade fair, in Munich last week was the premature death of IoT. This is not to say that semiconductor suppliers are not excited by the potential of connecting up sensors in wireless networks which can be interrogated over the internet using an iPad. The ...
ST’s IoT design challenge
STMicroelectronics announced at an award ceremony during Electronica the two winning designs from the ST IoT Design Challenge.
Broadcom exits IoT standards body
Broadcom has pulled out of the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) set up by Intel as a rival to Qualcomm’s AllSeen Alliance using Qualcomm’s AllJoyn technology.
Smart sensors predict homeowners’ living patterns
Heriot Watt University is highlighting research by its Energy Academy into smart sensors that predict homeowners’ movements and living patterns. The idea is that this will help to reduce fuel bills. The research is being led by Dr Edward Owens and involves using multiple sensors to predict when a home or building is occupied. An algorithm is then used to ...
ARM OS and design system accelerates IoT deployment
ARM has announced software and a free OS to enable IoT products.
TSMC presents processes for IoT
TSMC has put together a package of processes aimed at the ultra-low power requirements of IoT and wearables.
Firms must prepare for IoT that will be hacked
Internet of things (IoT) technology will inevitably be hacked at some point in the future and suppliers of components, systems and software must develop technologies for regaining control of hacked systems.
Silicon Labs offers IoT development kits
Silicon Labs has produced development kits to accelerate the design of environmental and biometric sensing applications for a wide range of IoT products.