Adam Lesser
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Has Samsung finally changed its tune on the smart home?
When Samsung first got interested in the smart home, and IoT more generally, it approached the endeavor from the usual consumer electronics direction—create a → Read More
Employing Industrial IoT: A Framework for CIOs
Today’s CIO is very aware of the need to move toward a more connected enterprise, but a lack of industry-wide knowledge and effective use cases are inhibiting implementation and even strategy. → Read More
What will happen to the smart home hub?
Last week’s acquisition of UK-based smart home platform provider AlertMe capped off a smart-home acquisition spree that includes Nest picking up Revolv in → Read More
Industrial IoT and the complexity of semiconductor fabrication
Over the past couple weeks I’ve been looking at the importance of standards to industrial IoT as well as examining the complexity of implementing IoT in industrial settings. Last week I discussed IoT concerns at power plants. This week we’ll have a look at one of the most […] → Read More
Declining sensor costs open up new consumer applications
One of the factors in the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT)—the networking of the physical world within existing Internet infrastructure—is the rapid decline in the cost of sensors. Sensors are critical to IoT. Consider a connected thermostat: Without motion, humidity and temperature sensors, there […] → Read More
Is location sharing a path into the smart home?
If having a third party app track your location via your smart phone 24 hours a day creates an instantaneous creepy factor reaction, consider that location sharing app Life360 is nearing 50 million families using its app. Now the key word in that sentence is “families.” While […] → Read More
Building awareness in Silicon Valley for agtech
When thinking about the next hot sector ripe for innovation, we might think of the efforts in the share economy or even next generation technologies like 3D printing or robotics that will be applied to manufacturing. But we don’t generally think of farming. But for those […] → Read More
Smart locks: the next smart-home winner?
Nest paved the way for the smart home, showing investors that consumers would pay $249 for a next-generation thermostat. Now many are wondering what other connected-home products could become breakout success stories. In 2015, smart locks, and security related products in general, are the most promising. For a smart-home […] → Read More
Outlook: Internet of things in 2015
The smart home, smart grid, IoT platforms, and industrial IoT applications are key sectors that will lead in innovation. → Read More
Smart locks: a market overview
The smart lock looks to be one of the most promising smart-home technologies in 2015, thanks to technology improvements, user convenience, and lower costs. → Read More
Is security the next piece of the smart home puzzle?
After the success of connected thermostats in the home, many are wondering what the next major point application success could be. I’ve looked at everything from connected water heaters to connected lighting to connected refrigerators. But the application that looks most promising right now is security. Has […] → Read More
Can fuel cells find a home in the data center?
Hydrogen fuel cells are inching closer to bringing sustainable power to the data center at a competitive price. → Read More
The connected water heater: The next energy saver in the home?
The success of connected thermostats in the smart home had much to do with Nest’s great design but also had a lot to do with the fact that heating and cooling is the greatest energy hog in the home. The thermostat has the greatest energy (and […] → Read More
Fuel cells in the data center
As data center operators hone in on power options that increase reliability and provide power cost predictability over decades-long time scales, fuel cells have advantages that will allow them to compete. → Read More
The battle to be the smart home platform of choice is on
If there was any belief that the big IT players and hardware manufacturers weren’t intending to battle it out to be the gateway to the connected home, that thought was further erased a few weeks ago when Nest snapped up hub maker Revolv. Terms of the […] → Read More
Efficiency and the third wave of the internet
It seems that everyone these days, from Steve Case to Goldman Sachs analyst Simona Jankowski, is talking about the “third wave” of the internet. In this model, the first wave was the building of internet infrastructure in the 90s, and the second wave was the dual […] → Read More
How the smart home will evolve
The next phase of smart home adoption will depend on capabilities and control moving from the hardware into a software layer. → Read More
Big data and big agriculture
As the global population increases, weather volatility grows, and fuel prices surge, there will be more incentives to use data and analytics on the farm to increase yields and minimize risks. → Read More
Projecting the technology path to the smart home
The shift from point solutions to an integrated smart home platform will bring benefits to both businesses and consumers. → Read More
IoT platforms and the product iteration argument
Will connectivity make consumer products better by influencing product design? It can’t hurt. Not everybody can have Nest’s design team. → Read More