"Smart" internet-connected devices could indeed make life easier for us, but the things DO typically have to be equipped with battery-powered electronics. That may not necessarily be the case for much longer, however, if the Wi-Fi-based LiveTag system reaches fruition.
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Limiting the expansion, and ultimate ubiquity, of the Internet of Things has been the cost, power and size of the enabling electronics – all things that have been addressed by a new fabrication method for tiny, thin-film electronic circuits.
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Back in 2013, Udoo launched on Kickstarter with a new mini computer that promised four times the power of a Raspberry Pi and all the functionality of an Arduino. Now the team is back with a powerful maker board called the Bolt that's pitched as "ideal for AI, Computer Vision, AR, VR and IoT."
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With the proliferation of smart devices in our homes security researchers are constantly uncovering vulnerabilities in these off-the-shelf products. A new report has revealed that many of these devices are remarkably insecure and can be compromised easily in less than 30 minutes.
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If you haven't joined the Internet of Things (IoT) train yet, now's the perfect time to get on board. Smarts have been crammed into pretty much every household appliance, with more options than ever. New Atlas rounds up some of the best IoT gadgets to smarten up your home this holiday season.
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Israel's CompuLab has been making teeny fanless computers for home and business use for a number of years. Now the next generation fitlet has been launched, which is built around Intel's Apollo Lake system-on-a-chip architecture and designed for IoT applications.
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Over the last few years we've seen a big trend in regular household objects being turned into gravity-defying, levitating marvels. The latest device to float onto the scene is the Moon – a smart camera with a wide array of extra features.
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There’s a ton of trackers to find items that are always vanishing around the house, but most aren’t much good long-range. Samsung is now jumping into the tracker game with the Connect Tag, which uses a cellular connection to get a GPS readout essentially anywhere there’s a cell phone tower.
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After updating the lower end of its Fire tablet line earlier this year, Amazon has now refreshed the flagship model, the Fire HD 10. The new tablet sports a higher-resolution screen than its predecessor, more powerful internals, a new hands-free Alexa mode, and a lower price tag.
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For this year's Glastonbury Festival, EE is pitching a high-tech tent to keep festival-goers connected. Acting as a 4G Wi-Fi hotspot, the camper packs VR headsets, voice-activated mood-setting, livestreams of performances, a solar-powered boot warmer and a fridge that reminds you to restock it.
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