What does 2016 hold for the Internet of Things (IoT)? Every week we round up the latest developments in the Smart World, from new developer platforms to smart city initiatives around the world. Here’s what you missed in the Smart World:

Pentaho’s Quentin Gallivan predicts Big Data will get to work in 2016

Pentaho Corp. CEO Quentin Gallivan shared his predictions on the what we can expect in IoT in 2016. He believes that what’s driving innovations in the connected world include Predictive Maintenance, Smart Cities and Smart Homes. And he added that those who refuse to step into the Industrial Internet will risk getting left behind.

Read more about Gallivan’s predictions here.

Nuance Mix brings voice control to IoT developers

Nuance Communications, Inc. announced the beta launch of Nuance Mix, a new tool that would help developers add speech recognition to their apps, mobile devices and even IoT devices. This allows for voice recognition to be naturally a part of the device or app, and not just an add-on feature that may or may not work smoothly with the app or device.

Read more about Nuance Mix here.

Walli is a crowdfunded smart wallet that alerts you if you leave your wallet or card behind

A wallet not only holds cash and cards, but also important identification cards, thus losing a wallet can be quite devastating. If you’re prone to losing your wallet, Walli — a smart wallet being crowdfunded on Indiegogo — may be the answer to your prayers. It connects to your smartphone’s Bluetooth and reminds you when you have left your wallet behind.

Read more about Walli’s features here.

Afero aims to address fragmentation and insecurity in IoT

Veterans from Google, Apple and Nest have banded together and developed Afero (Afero, Inc.), a platform for IoT that incorporates a secure Bluetooth Smart module, scalable cloud services, mobile apps and a range of development tools.

Read more about what Afero offers here.

New luxury appliances, map generator, smart wallet to debut at CES 2016 | #CES2016

The year is about to end and news is ripe about what we can expect in the first major tech trade show for 2016. For CES 2016, we can look forward to luxury appliances, a smart wallet, crowdsourced map generator, new smartphones and even virtual reality goggles.

Read more about these devices here.

Three things that should never have been connected to the Internet: Weapons, trucks and medical devices

It seems there’s no escaping IoT-connected devices, and with hackers at large, and of course software bugs, there are certain things that are riskier to connect to the Internet. Just imagine the devastating results of a hacked trailer truck or military weapon?

Read more about risky connected devices here.

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