This week’s Smart DevOps roundup features a boot camp for Internet of Things (IoT) developers, a new biometrics security software developer kit (SDK) for IoT, and safer school zones thanks to connected warning signals.

Arrow Electronic’s IoT boot camp

Arrow Electronics, Inc. has partnered with Skookum Digital Works to offer the “Innovation Launch Pad,” a five-day, immersive-learning “boot camp” for companies looking to bring innovative and profitable IoT ideas to market.

The boot camp is designed to help participants get their ideas off the ground. Participants will have access to best-in-class Arrow design engineers and a team of innovative developers, hardware hackers and product designers from Skookum. After the five-day boot camp, participants will leave with a tangible proof-of-concept, prototype, demonstration or business plan for IoT technology.

No news yet as to when the Innovation Launch Pad boot camp will happen.

HYPR rolls out biometric SDK for mobile and IoT

HYPR Corp., a company that specializes in biometric security, announced that its HYPR Biometric Tokenization Software Development Kit (SDK) is now available to the public for third-party integration. The SDK will allow any organization to easily implement next-gen identity management in any application, as it supports all compatible biometric devices, such as mobile phones and tablets, that have built-in support for biometric sensors. The SDK can be used for fingerprint scanning and facial or voice recognition, to name a few implementations.

The HYPR platform allows third parties to authenticate users without the need to transmit biometric data across the Internet. By keeping the biometric data securely offline, it will not be an easy target for hackers.

Numerex partners with RTC Manufacturing to keep schools safer

Numerex Corp. announced a collaboration with RTC Manufacturing, Inc., a leading provider of school zone safety equipment, to provide remote connectivity to school-zone warning flashers for enhanced student safety.

Warning flashers alert drivers of the presence of children, especially in low-visibility conditions, but the problem with these devices is that they need to be updated manually at each school. The switching is based on the school calendar, but when something unexpected occurs, such as weather-related events that requires children to be dismissed early, the warning signals would have to be adjusted manually. This takes a lot of time and effort and could cause serious injuries when not properly addressed.

The IoT solution that will be implemented will utilize remote, two-way communications between the school district’s central traffic office and an embedded electronic device in the flasher signal signs. With the implementation, flasher schedules can be easily changed across the entire school district with one simple update. This will give administration personnel more time to assist students in instances that they need to be dismissed early rather than manually updating the flashers.

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