The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing at a rapid pace, with connected devices and white goods entering our domestic and working environments faster than ever before. Now, thanks to the advent of Wi-Fi, what we once deemed to be white goods are increasingly becoming connected and ‘smart’. It’s now possible to order a pizza, […]

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Announced last week by Amazon, Alexa Guard turns any Amazon Echo into a security device, using what the company calls “guard mode.” Once in guard mode, Echo devices will send an alert and audio recording to the user’s mobile phone, if it “hears” the sound of breaking glass or if a smoke alarm or carbon-dioxide detector […]

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Announced last week by Amazon, Alexa Guard turns any Amazon Echo into a security device, using what the company calls “guard mode.”
Once in guard mode, Echo devices will send an alert and audio recording to the user’s mobile phone, if it “hears” the so…
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The Volkswagen Group recognised that with ever more digital and software-based components in vehicles, smoothing and securing its customers’ experience smooth and secure was crucial. As consumers are used to managing their lives on their smart devices, smartphone-based virtual car keys were the logical next step. Security must be married with accessibility if consumers are […]

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By 2020 the Internet of Things is expected to have exceeded 50 billion devices but based upon previous predictions it is likely that this will be smashed by some margin. For those who are tech-savvy, the idea behind an IoT world is both exciting and logical but for many, the concept simply does not compute. Can current technology produce […]

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InfluxData, the open source platform that aims to let developers build next-generation monitoring, analytics and IoT applications, reports that its real-time collection and analysis of time series data is bringing the benefits of machine learning systems, including real-time decision making and self-healing of systems. Machine learning solutions are only as good as the real-time data collected and available to […]

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Designers seeking to enable continuous monitoring of various health parameters can now quickly create unique, highly accurate wearable solutions using Health Sensor Platform 2.0 (HSP 2.0) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
This next-generation rapid …
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IBM has introduced new Watson solutions and services pre-trained for a variety of industries and professions including agriculture, customer service, human resources, supply chain, manufacturing, building management, automotive, marketing, and advertis…
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