SmartWorld Weekly: Smart Highways, Cool New Devices + More
If you missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s your chance to catch up on the exciting developments happening in the connected world. Each week, we round up the best of apps and services for health and fitness, smart homes, smart cars and anything related to the Internet of Things.
This week’s SmartWorld Series features an app gateway for home automation solutions, fashion-forward quantified self gadgets, the UK’s first smart highway, and smart gadgets from crowdfunding sites.
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Ikanos’ App Gateway Boosts Home Automation
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SmartHome Monday featured Ikano’s application gateway, which hosts a range of energy management applications from the Energy@home Association using a single gateway processor. We also covered Dropcam’s plan to enter the home automation market, and Samsung’s HomeSync media center that aims to dethrone the Apple TV.
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Fashion-Forward Fitness Trackers : From Fitbug to RISR
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Quantified Self Tuesday featured an array of fitness trackers, starting with Fitbug Orb which is small enough to be worn on any part of the body. We also looked at the fashion-forward Core 2 from BodyMedia, and the RISR, a project that explores the future of medical technology.
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SmartCar Weekly: UK to Build its First Smart Highway + More
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The United Kingdom will be transforming the highway that connects Birmingham and Felixstowe into a super highway, by connecting it to the internet. So how is this possible? SmartCar Wednesday explains how, plus other news regarding the future of connected cars.
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Smart Sensors Take Over Bike Locks + 3D Scanners
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And finally, SmartDevice Thursday features new smart devices, such as the BitLock smart lock for bikes, the Structure Sensor device, which delivers augmented reality to mobile devices, and the thingCHARGER, which declutters your charging station.
Tune in next week for more interesting stories, discoveries, and innovation in the world of smart and connected things.
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