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Google I/O: Brillo
Brillo ist ein abgespeckte Version von Android für das Internet der Dinge.
Brillo is “derived” from Android but “polished” to just the lower levels. It supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and other Android things.
Gute Anmerkung von Ben Bajarin auf Twitter:
For Google’s Brillo to succeed we have to believe they have more OEM influence than the semiconductor companies with their own IoT platforms
Weave is the communication layer that sits between Brillo devices, the cloud and devices like phones or tablets. This allows devices to talk to each other. Since Brillo and Weave are built around Android, it allowed Google to design a new way to set up these devices.When Brillo products hit the market, Android will provide a common setup screen between devices. Brillo door locks will be setup in a similar way as Brillo coffee makers.
Developer Preview soll im dritten Quartal 2015 erscheinen.
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Google I/O: Weave
Zu Brillo gehörend hat Google ebenfalls das eigene IoT-Protokoll Weave vorgestellt:
Weave is the communication layer that sits between Brillo devices, the cloud and devices like phones or tablets. This allows devices to talk to each other. Since Brillo and Weave are built around Android, it allowed Google to design a new way to set up these devices.
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Google I/O: Now on Tap
Google erweitert Google Now auf alle Apps. Mit “Now on Tap” wird jede Android-App um kontextbezogene Sprachausgaben erweitert. Das ist extrem reichweitend: Google kann auf diesen Weg künftig in Apps schauen, kann sie je nach Einsatzzweck nicht nur um Funktionen erweitern sondern auch (unbeabsichtigt aber auch schulterzuckend) um Teile ihrer Erlösströme bringen.
“Now on Tap” könnte beispielsweise künftig jede Steuerungsapp im Smart Home nicht nur kontextbezogen erweitern sondern auch für Googles eigene Plattform nutzbar machen/verbinden.
“Now on Tap” ist für App-Entwickler vor allem auch ein Kontrollverlust. Wie groß dieser sein wird, wird sich noch zeigen.
Google über Google Now On Tap:
When you tap and hold the home button, Google gives you options that are a best guess of what might be helpful to you in the moment. But if you need something specific, you can also get Google to help by saying “Ok Google” from any screen, and any app. For example, if you’re listening to Twenty One Pilots on Spotify, you can say “Ok Google, who’s the lead singer” and get your answer right away.
Intel kauft Altera für 16,7 Milliarden $
Fortune anlässlich der Übernahme von Altera über die Veränderungen in der Halbleiterbranche:
The semiconductor industry is experiencing a period of consolidation as cloud computing and the so-called Internet of things place extraordinary pressure on chipmakers to bulk up and broaden their expertise. It’s no surprise, then, that Avago and Broadcom reportedly seek to merge to the tune of $37 billion; nor is it a shock that ARM, which designs computer chips but does not make them, is reportedly in talks to buy Sansa, an Israeli mobile security company, for about $80 million. In the chip-making world, the new mandate is: Harder (business conditions), faster (chips), better (expertise), stronger (market presence).
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Smartwatches & andere Wearables
Tooteko: Smarter Ring für Blinde
Tooteko ist ein Ring, der über NFC Oberflächen mit relvanten Audioinhalten verbinden kann:
Tooteko is a smart ring that allows to navigate any 3D surface with your finger tips and get in return an audio content that is relevant in relation to which part of the surface you are touching in that moment.Tooteko is made of three elements:
1- a high-tech ring that detects and reads the NFC tags and communicates in wireless mode with the smart device
2- a tactile surface tagged with NFC sensors
3- an app for tablet or smartphone
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Asus ZenWatch 2: Android Wear in unterschiedlichen Ausführungen
Wie zu erwarten war, wird die Welt der Android Wear (wie bei den Smartphones) reichhaltiger und orientiert sich an Apple. The Verge:
The ZenWatch 2 is, however, the first Android Wear smartwatch to offer a choice of sizes, letting you pick between a 49mm-tall stainless steel case (with an interchangeable 22mm strap) or a 45mm one (with an 18mm strap), echoing Apple’s 42mm and 38mm options. (..) Silver, gunmetal, or rose gold are the color options for each case, and can be color-matched with a stainless steel strap, similarly to Motorola’s Moto 360. With the addition of brightly colored rubber straps and a number of leather options — yes, khaki is included — Asus offers a total of 18 different combinations of materials and colors for the ZenWatch 2. Plus, thanks to a partnership with Swarovski, there’s also “a gorgeous leather strap with an embossed diamond pattern and tastefully accented with Swarovski crystals.”
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Blocks Wearables
Blocks, der modulare Smartwatch-Ansatz, der auf der CES erstmals vorgestellt wurde, wird im Sommer erste Vorbestellungen via aufnehmen. The Verge:
Specifically, the main watch face “module” will include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, something not altogether different from what you’ll find in a number of Android Wear smartwatches. What Blocks promises will set its watch apart is the concept of modules — you’ll be able to snap different hardward bits into the band to enhance the watch’s functionality, if all goes according to plan. At CES, the company said it would build modules for extended batteries, GPS, cellular connectivity, contactless payments, or a heart-rate monitoring link.
Die Smartwatch soll als OS ein komplettes Android Lollipop erhalten.
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Anmerkungen zum Fitbit-IPO
Der Analyst Jan Dawson hat einige lesenswerte Anmerkungen zum Fitbit-Börsengang. Schon etwas älter, weil ich vergessen hatte, es früher zu verlinken. Fitbit plant aktuell einen IPO-Aktienpreis von 14 bis 16$.
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Smart Home
Elgato Eve
Elgato wird auf der IFA Eve vorstellen, ein Smart-Home-System, das mit Apples HomeKit kompatibel ist:
Elgato wird das neue Home-Tracking-System Eve erstmals bei der IFA präsentieren. Es besteht aus verschiedenen Sensoren, die die Umgebung erfassen, analysieren und ihre Daten an eine App weiterleiten. Temperatur, Luftqualität, Luftfeuchtigkeit, Luftdruck, Energie- und Wasserverbrauch sowie ein Rauchmelder sind in der ersten Ankündigung bereits zu sehen - die Einzelheiten behält sich Elgato allerdings für die in dieser Woche startenden IFA vor.
Die Wetter-Station und die Funk-Steckdose kosten jeweils 50 Euro, der Preis des Luftqualitätsmessers Eve Room liegt bei knapp 80 Euro. Eve Door & Window ist für 40 Euro erhältlich – die Vorbestellung ist bei verschiedenen Händlern wie Amazon oder Saturn möglich. Weitere HomeKit-Sensoren sollen noch im Verlauf des Jahres folgen.
Mehr auf auf der Site von Elgato.
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Weitere Apple-HomeKit-Geräte
MacRumors mit einer Übersicht:
The first three companies to announce completed HomeKit-compatible products that will be available for purchase shortly are Lutron, iHome, and Elgato. Lutron is debuting its Caséta Wireless Lighting Starter Kit with Smart Bridge, while iHome is announcing its iSP5 SmartPlug, and Elgato is launching its “Eve” connected home sensors. Ecobee and Insteonalso announced new HomeKit-compatible products today.
Canary sammelt 30 Mio. $ in Series B ein
TechCrunch über die Finanzierungsrunde von Canary:
Canary, the smart home monitoring system, has just closed on $30 million in Series B funding led by Walden Riverwood Ventures, with participation from Cota Capital, Khosla ventures, Flextronics, Two Sigma Ventures and WTI.Canary is a small device, packed with sensors and cameras, that sits in the home and monitors everything from temperature to air quality to home security. Users are notified via a smartphone app each time the Canary detects something off in the home, and users can view recorded clips of the disturbance from anywhere in the world.
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Selbstfahrende Autos
Rasante öffentliche Akzeptanz möglich
Faszinierender Erfahrungsbericht eines kalifornischen Bürgers:
Overall, I would say that I’m impressed with how these things operate. I actually do feel safer around a self-driving car than most other California drivers.
I think that, inevitably, non-self driving cars will eventually be banned from the roads to let SD cars operate at their full potential (which personally I’m not thrilled about as I’m a car-nut and I love to drive).
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Analysen & Berichte
Eine neue Wellness-Branche: “Internet of Living Things”
O’Reilly über den vielleicht bevorstehenden Umbruch der Gesundheitsbranche, weg von “sick care” hin zu “wellness”:
Wellness services require an entirely new kind of organization with an entirely new kind of financial model in support of a wellness management service. The business value is clear: the majority of the $2.7 trillion spent on sick care today is spent on treating chronic ailments that took decades to become symptomatic. Making better day-to-day health decisions is by far the least costly way to avoid spending trillions on late-life care. Further, much of people’s health-related suffering can be significantly reduced or eliminated by making better lifestyle choices earlier in life. The IoLT could represent an equal or greater commercial opportunity when compared to the IoT.
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ARM-Pressekonferenz
Berichte von der Pressekonferenz, auf der ARM sein neues IoT-Subsystem für die Cortex-M-Prozessoren vorgestellt hat, findet man unter anderem auf Anandtech und Mobile Geeks. Anandtech:
Today at Computex ARM is announcing a new ‘IoT Subsystem’ for developers: ARM Cortex-M with ARM Cordio radio IP (see below) with full integration with mBed OS. The principle behind this licencable IP block is to allow developers an end-point to integrated sensors and other peripherals on the route to design a complete SoC.
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Smart Home vs. Einbrecher
Freddy Mini, CEO von Netvibes (das selbst eine Art IoT-Dashboard werden möchte (siehe Vernetzte Welt #1)), auf Venturebeat:
In March, we saw how connected devices made an enormous difference for a Minnesota woman who frequently travels out of state. Using two smart motion sensors and a camera phone, she could keep an eye on her home anywhere her smartphone could get a signal. When a burglar broke into her home, she was notified so fast that the police were called soon enough to catch the perpetrator hiding in his van in the driveway. That she was 700 miles away made no difference.With stories like this, nobody can contest the progress these connected devices represent. But even so, such devices have limitations. For starters, the setup in the above example depended on the user being connected to the Internet — a morning subway commute would have meant payday for the robber.
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Bosch sieht “3S” im IoT: Sensors, Software, und Services
Guy Maugis, Präsident von Bosch France im Interview mit dem französischen Technologie-Blog Rude Baguette: “In the connectivity business, there is a new ’3S’: sensors, software, and services”:
In the connectivity business, there is a new “3S”: sensors, software, and services. Bosch is the leading global manufacturer of micromechanical sensors, more commonly known as MEMS sensors. This year, we will manufacture 1.6 billion of these “sensory organs,” nearly 25 percent more than in the previous year. Moreover, for some years now, we’ve been expanding our software competence. Today, one in three of the 45,700 associates working in research and development at Bosch is a software engineer. Three thousand engineers are working on the internet of things alone.As underscored by our CEO Volkmar Denner “For Bosch, software expertise is a key competence for the future. Embedded software is already one of our strong points, and we are successively adding to this with IT software know-how.” Only recently, we acquired the connectivity specialist ProSyst, a supplier of gateway software and middleware. In smart homes, ProSyst’s software acts as an interpreter for the devices of different manufacturers.
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“‘Connected Conference’ will highlight IoT ambitions of France and Europe”
Speaking of Rude Baguette. Anlässlich der ‘Connected Conference’ sprach Venturebeat mit Liam Boogar, dem Gründer von Rude Baguette:
Boogar falls squarely in the camp of people who believe that IoT has the potential to cause an even greater wave of disruption that what we’ve seen with mobile and the Internet over the past two decades.
“What we’re seeing is this second wave of the Internet coming through,” Boogar said. “And anyone who was safe in the first wave is now at risk of being disrupted by this next wave. That’s what we call the Internet-enabled economy.”
That includes cars, medical devices, sports, appliances just about any industry that involves some piece of hardware than can now be embedded with a sensor and connected to the Internet. Boogar agrees that Europe has some advantages in this area because of its history of building things like cars and refrigerators.
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Von statisch zu dynamisch
Interessante Perspektive von Daniel Miessler:
The IoT isn’t about smart gadgets or connecting more things to the Internet. It changes the world from static to dynamic, turning everything in the world into a machine-readable and fully interactive object. It will enable algorithms to continuously optimize the interactions between everyone and everything in the world, and make it so that the environment around humans constantly adjusts based on presence, preference, and desire.
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