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Someone took Amazon's Alexa speaker and a Big Mouth Billy Bass and literally created a monster

5 November 2016 7:06 PM While we’ve all been busy worrying about whether robots will eventually take over the world, or debating whether we’re all living in the Matrix, one man has taken everyday technology that we already know and love and created an actual monster. Developer Brad Kane managed to hack into his Alexa, […]

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Security Is Fast Becoming The Achilles Heel of Consumer Internet of Things

Despite increased consumer interest, new scenarios, and multi-million-dollar investments, Internet of Things is still struggling with one of the worst problems of the hi-tech industry – security. The recent DDoS attack on DynDNS where hackers exploited insecure cameras and DVRs is just an indication of what can potentially go wrong in the world of connected

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Putting Alexa on a Raspberry Pi

Every geek worth his nerdiness has wanted to be able to converse with their computer since we saw Star Trek’s Data Captain Kirk talk to the Enterprise’s computer back in the 1960s [my mistake regarding the correct character was pointed about with amazing swiftness by reader Mark Wing]. For most of the time since then, having

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3D printed electronics on stickers could diversify IoT

Nov 5, 2016 | By Benedict Researchers at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a new method for 3D printing high-performance electronic decals for Internet of Things applications. The method involves printing complex CMOS circuits using advanced nanofabrication techniques. Stickers can serve many purposes. For kids, filling up a

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Haiku Home Haiku Light review:

There are plenty of smart lighting options that you can control with an app or even with your voice, but you’ll find few perfect solutions for smartening up an all-in-one, built-in recessed fixture. In many cases, there might not be any bulb at all to swap out, and most smart switches won’t let you dim

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