The Smart World Series With SiliconANGLE

This week’s Smart World Series features an online retail giant’s entrance into the smart home market, park benches to tell if you need to lose weight, and a new smart water solution to power intelligent cities.

For those who missed last week’s Smart World Series, here’s a chance to catch up on the exciting developments in the connected world.  Each week, SiliconANGLE rounds up the top news trends regarding smart homes and cars, smart data centers and IT, smart infrastructure and all things related to the Internet of Things.

What’s Amazon want from the smart home market?

Being a successful online retailer is not enough for Amazon.com Inc.  as it’s now aiming to enter the connected home market. According to reports, Amazon is investing a great deal of money to increase the manpower of its secretive research and development lab, Lab126, which is now working on a WiFi device that can be installed in the home to allow users to order groceries and other household items with the push of a button.

Find out more about Amazon’s alleged effort in the smart home market in our Smart Living roundup.

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Smart park bench tells if you need to lose weight

A park in Moscow may soon be a haven for people who want to get fit, or a hell hole for people who are in denial that they need to start losing weight. Local park officials will soon be installing benches that tell sitters their weight. The smart benches will also deliver information on the nearest fitness club, along with helpful health tips.

Find out more about this smart park bench and the inspiration behind it in our Smart Health roundup.

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Fresh smart water solutions make for intelligent cities

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. enhanced smart water solution aims to improve water metering for multi-service municipal utilities. The  company will be integrating its standards-based IPv6 network with multiple modules from Master Meter Inc. to deliver its two-way advanced water solutions for municipal and co-op utilities.

Find out more about this enhanced smart water solution as well as other partnerships that has the potential to improve municipalities in our Smart City roundup.

Tune in next week for more interesting stories, discoveries and innovations in the world of smart and connected things.