ARM is betting on the Internet of Things with new mbed OS October 1, 2014 ARM, the uk chipmaker which makes processors for most of the world’s smartphones and tablets, is creating a new operating system for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The mbed OS is designed to use as little battery and memory as possible and will work in devices which use its own chips in a bid to [...]
What is the internet of things? August 18, 2014 There’s a new wave of technology entering our daily lives and its impact will turn them upside down. The internet of things is predicted to cause the same disruption to society as the transformational impact of the printing press in the 15th Century and the internet-induced information revolution in the late 20th Century. [...]
3 ways Nest Labs and the internet of things are about to make your life easier June 24, 2014 Nest, the Google-owned smart home company, has revealed a whole host of tie-ups with household names such as Mercedes and Whirlpool to create the home of the future. The partnerships will give developers access to Nest’s API- the code it designed for controlling household thermostats and smoke detectors- and other products such as cars and [...]
Internet of things to be worth $7 trillion by the end of 2020 June 4, 2014 THE GLOBAL market for the so-called internet of things, a growing network of household devices that can be controlled through your smartphone, is expected to balloon to a value of over $7 trillion (£4.2 trillion) by 2020, according to the International Data Corporation. The IDC believes that market revenues could be expected to grow by [...]
Bottom Line: Internet of things has no room for tradition May 15, 2014 LAST month, my aunt and uncle upgraded their Aga. The new model fits perfectly into their country kitchen – a tasteful pastel exterior and exposed, rustic hob – but there’s one big difference: this is an iAga, which can be controlled remotely by text or from a laptop (it even replies to tell you it’s [...]
Which surprise stocks will see the biggest wins from an Internet of Things? April 3, 2014 Hot on the heels of a 75-page paper from analysts at Barclays dubbed the ‘Hyperconnected World: The digital invasion” comes another mammoth paper from banking analysts on the invasion of the internet. Morgan Stanley have published a 96-page tome detailing in great precision on the Internet of Things, or IoT in short, and its impact [...]