Solar panels are undergoing rapid evolution in the last ten years. I’ve written about this in previous posts in the blog (see for example the forecast that we’ll have flying cars by 2035, which is largely dependent on the sun providing us with an abundance of electricity). The graph below is pretty much saying it […]
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Since this past December I have been testing Amazon’s Alexa service via an Amazon Echo Dot ($49.99 at Amazon). Over these last few months I have focused on using Alexa for news, weather, music streaming, calendar services, and other information retrieval scenarios. I have not yet ventured into making purchases through the Echo Dot and
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by Phillip Moyer and Jami Seymore Ryan Eldridge of The Squirrel Collective has all of the best gadgets to make your home smarter. (Jillian Lopez | KSNV) LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) — If you’re ready to make your home smarter, Ryan Eldridge of The Squirrel Collective is here with tips for getting started with smart
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A recent case concerning a dead body in a hot tub raised an ethical question about homeowners’ privacy versus a mart home equipped with Echo. The recordings of the smart home device were to be used in court to determine the guilt of the homeowner James Andrew Bates over the death of Victor Collins. This
Intel Corp. announced an agreement to buy Israel-based Mobileye N.V., a maker of automotive vision technology used for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and fully autonomous vehicles. The deal, valued at $15.3 billion, would set up Intel as the premier provider of autonomous vehicle chip and machine-vision technology for the ADAS industry, which the company
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While no one was looking, a partnership between Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (CCE Tompkins), local volunteers, and a Trumansburg electronics company vaulted Ithaca into the forefront of an international technology movement. Known as “The Things Network,” this grassroots initiative supports the creation of free, community-owned data gathering networks that allow anyone to connect inexpensive
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“Although the secure by design approach is the right one to adopt, it is rarely applied in the Internet of Things development process.” Companies that integrate Internet of Things solutions into their working practices must make testing a priority, especially if they want to reduce the chances of a security breach. A recent report by global consulting
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Owners of “smart homes” are officially ahead of the curve. A new survey by respected technology analyst firm Gartner Inc. of almost 10,000 homeowners in Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. shows smart home technologies are still in the early adopter phase worldwide. Currently, only around ten percent of homes in those countries have connected
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Apple’s list of HomeKit-compatible devices just got a whole lot better. While Apple has offered a list on its website that tracked which devices work with HomeKit, the new version (as first spotted by 9to5Mac) is far more useful. It now sorts products by category instead of brand, and notes whether or not the devices
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