Four new open source releases for building Internet of Things (IoT) projects have been launched by a working group hosted at the Eclipse Foundation, known for its popular, extensible IDE for Java ...

What is the Internet of Things? The Internet of Things, or IoT, refers to the billions of physical devices around the world that are now connected to the internet, all collecting and sharing data.

Sensor power loss is the scourge of IoT. Deploying millions of sensors is pretty much a useless endeavor if the devices continually run out of power. IoT sensors can’t collect or transmit data without ...

The so-called ‘smart home’ often comes across looking incredibly dumb. Either you have to shell out lots of money to replace perfectly functional appliances for their Internet-connected equivalents — ...

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Imagine a construction site where materials are tracked in real time, and potential equipment failures are predicted before they happen. This isn’t the future—it’s happening now, thanks to the ...

Industrial internet of things applications, like connected farms, could drive interest in Microsoft’s new Project Kinect for Azure. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft is bringing Kinect back this week at its ...

WaveLogix, a startup technology company that is commercializing an Internet of Things sensing system for infrastructure monitoring, has received a six-month SBIR Phase I grant worth $255,996 from the ...

Unlike traditional homes, where electronic devices operate independently of each other, in a smart home, there is an infrastructure that connects all the sensors and can access the internet via ...

The UN projects that the world's population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050, which will cause global agricultural production to rise 69% between 2010 and 2050. To meet the growing demand, farmers and ...