5 Top Internet of Things videos
The Amsterdam Beacon Mile is a two kilometer route through Amsterdam, from the Central Station to the Marineterrein. It is lined with beacons and LoRa sensor beacons that enable developers and solution providers with a testing ground for Internet of Things applications. Imagine testing public way finding apps, tourist routes and augmenting existing apps with additional proximity data. It went live in 2015 and is a project from Glimworm who created the Internet of Things infrastructure for the city of Amsterdam.
Diageo and Thinfilm Unveil the Connected Smart Bottle Printed Electronics Technology
Diageo and Thinfilm Unveil the Connected Smart Bottle Printed Electronics Technology
WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “Sensors on this whiskey bottle register whether a bottle has been opened, where it is in the supply chain and send info to the customers.”IoT company Thinfilm and the world’s largest producer of spirits Daigeo have teamed up to make this cool Johnnie Walker connected whiskey bottle. The electronic sensors on this bottle can register whether a bottle has been opened, where it is in the supply chain and provide additional content (cocktail recipes for example!) to the consumers. You can see the market potential for exclusive consumer products!
Zest Labs
Zest Labs
WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “Zest Labs helps retailers cut to 18% of produce waste, by constantly monitoring produce at pallet level and providing real-time feedback.”Food waste is a huge problem around the world; this video from Zest Labs even mentions that in the USA nearly thirty percent of all food products is thrown away. Zest Labs implements IoT-technology on a pallet-level. This will give the producers and retailers real-time information about the quality of the produce on the pallet, can help prioritizing and would eventually help to cut waste with 18 percent!
Introducing Daptly
Introducing Daptly
WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “Daptly is aiming to build a smart home assistant with a gesture and voice-controlled display that seamlessly blends home devices.”Are you pleased with Siri? Lyrical about Alexa? Meet Daptly, a voice-controlled AND gesture-controlled digital assistant for your smart home. The technology is built into a picture frame or a mirror and allows facial recognition, which in turn leads to personalized information. Daptly incorporates Amazon Alexa and is aimed at seamlessly blending all apps and smart phone appliances into your home, making the home your interface.
Meet Dojo By Bullguard
Meet Dojo By Bullguard
WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “Dojo is a smart device that acts as a barrier between security threats and all the things connected to the internet in your home.”If there’s one major issue that’s potentially hindering a large-scale adoption of IoT smart home products, is security and privacy issues. Alexa turning on the music when you’re not home, Samsung listening in on your conversations with their smart TVs and kids toys (smart? teddy bears) doing the exact same. Dojo by Bullguard might be the solution, as the security device acts as an barrier that protects the smart devices in your home. It promises to protect personal information from malware, cyber-attacks and viruses.