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Coming, Ready or Not: Cell Phones as Sensors
By Laurence Cruz In the Mexican city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez in Chiapas state, an interesting experiment is unfolding that could be an early forerunner of a future trend—the use of cell phones as sensors....
View ArticleMakerSwarm Aims to Open the Internet of Everything to Everyone
The Internet of Things is about lots of things. Not just the Internet of your things, or five or seven of some company’s things that don’t really play well with any other company’s things. It’s about...
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More Connected Worlds May Threaten Personal Security
Image via Shutterstock What will happen when hackers break into the “Internet of Things”? A growing number of Internet-connected home devices are hitting the market, but two security researchers are...
View ArticleWhy Designers and Engineers Need Chances to Cross-Pollinate
Understanding and making the most of disruptive technologies such as genomics, robotics, the Internet of Things, and synthetic biology will be a challenge best met by a mix of engineers and designers,...
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Weibo, Hisense Explore Internet of Things
Social networking apps (SNS) have become the flavor of the day among Chinese Internet firms, especially in the mobile space, and it’s rare to go more than a week or two without reports of a big new...
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Which System Will Dominate the Programmable Household?
Nest says you won’t want to remove the batteries from its new Wi-Fi connected smoke alarm. On the path to the programmable, interconnected household, two startups are pioneering the way. One is Nest,...
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Beyond Things: The Internet of Everything Takes Connections to the Power of Four
By Dave Evans Over the last year, I (and many of my colleagues) have spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of Everything (IoE) and how it’s transforming our world. I thought, however, it would...
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Are We There Yet? Delivering a Contextually Aware Networked Vehicle
“Networked vehicle” image via Shutterstock Businesses and consumers are embracing a mobile experience for entertainment and information nearly everywhere, from devices and applications to the connected...
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Pew Survey: Internet of Things Offers Promise, but Concerns Linger
Last year’s Techonomy Lab in Menlo Park, Calif., addressed the impending impact of the Internet of Things. Your houseplant emails you when it wants to be watered. Your baby’s diaper texts you when it...
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Domesticating the Internet of Things
In 2012, serial entrepreneur Alex Hawkinson launched SmartThings. The company’s signature product is a WiFi-enabled hub that connects gadgets to sensors, allowing users to monitor their devices, and...
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Ten Ways Connected Devices Will Impact Every Organization
(Image via Shutterstock) This year, the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the world’s population. To survive the coming decade, most organizations will have to respond in some way to the...
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Making Dumb Things Smart
In the move from bits to atoms, people will be the glue. (Image via Shutterstock) “Complexity is cheap now,” says Ted Hall, CEO of ShopBot Tools, which designs and manufactures digital fabrication...
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Manufacturers Struggle to Turn Data Into Insight
While many types of factory equipment produce real-time production data, the data is short-lived and little-used. Here, a tray of bolts goes into a heat treater for hardening. (Image from Sight Machine...
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Baby Wearables: The Next Big Thing in “Smart” Parenting?
http://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000003268525/the-connected-baby.html?src=me The Owlet Smart Sock transmits your baby’s vitals to your smartphone via Bluetooth. With the seemingly endless...
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Techonomy’s Most-Read Articles of 2014
As 2014 winds down, we look back on a productive and impactful year at Techonomy. Our events and publishing projects continued the dialogue about the centrality of technology in modern life and its...
View ArticleManufacturing Intelligent Devices That Could Save Your Life
With 200,000 employees across 30 countries, Flextronics is probably the biggest company you’ve never heard of. The American electronics-manufacturing giant is the second largest manufacturer of any...
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How the Internet of Things Can Enhance Human Relationships
(Image via Shutterstock) A white-coated primary care physician walks into an exam room and greets a waiting patient, who promptly lists his symptoms. The doctor listens attentively and maintains eye...
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The IoT of Health: Big Data Can Make Us Healthier
(Image via Shutterstock) The fact that you can now use your smartphone to unlock your front door, turn on the lights, adjust your thermostat, and set your DVR is all thanks to the unprecedented levels...
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As Consumers Access Health Data, a New Market Emerges
From left, Stephanie Lee, Jennifer Tye, Walter De Brouwer, Ajay Royyuru, and Steve Axelrod. (Photo by Rebecca Greenfield) Whether by gathering data from your gut, your womb, or your head, new digital...
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Reflections from Ross on Techonomy Policy 2015
Simone Ross onstage at Techonomy Policy 2015. (Photo by Rebecca Greenfield) “What is it we want to borrow from the tech world? The tech itself? Or a fundamentally different way of approaching...
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