Internet of Things

The Internet of Things refers to uniquely identifiable objects (things) and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. The term Internet of Things was first used by Kevin Ashton in 1999. The concept of the Internet of Things first became popular through the Auto-ID Center and related market analysts publications. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is often seen as a prerequisite for the Internet of Things. If all objects and people in daily life were equipped with radio tags, they could be identified and inventoried by computers. However, unique identification of things may be achieved through other means such as barcodes or 2D-codes as well.

Equipping all objects in the world with minuscule identifying devices could be transformative of daily life. For instance, business may no longer run out of stock or generate waste products, as involved parties would know which products are required and consumed. One's ability to interact with objects could be altered remotely based on immediate or present needs, in accordance with existing end-user agreements.

In this section I will be tracking on news and companies that are doing interesting things APIs and the internet of things, while also sharing blog analysis as well.

News
  • 05/17/2013 - Big Data, IoT, API … Newer technologies protected by older security. (blog.programmableweb.com)
  • 05/17/2013 - Pebble receives $15 mil in funding, releases SDK and Sports API | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (www.tuaw.com)
  • 05/17/2013 - Big Data, IoT, API … Newer technologies protected by older security. (blog.programmableweb.com)
  • 05/17/2013 - Google Sensors Are Data Mining I/O Attendees - And They Don't Care (readwrite.com)
  • 05/17/2013 - I/O 2013: Google Glass designers predict possibilities for wearable tech market (www.zdnet.com)
  • 05/16/2013 - Pebble releases updated Pebblekit SDK & Sports API with full support for iOS & Android apps | 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
  • 05/12/2013 - Google Glass will soon be invisible – and the new normal (feedproxy.google.com)
  • 05/10/2013 - Alarm.com buys energy software startup EnergyHub (gigaom.com)
  • 05/09/2013 - Using Google Glass, Twilio, Ruby, and Sinatra to Send and Receive SMS Messages (www.twilio.com)
  • 05/07/2013 - Daily Report: The Google Glass Resistance (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
  • 05/07/2013 - Google Glass update adds Google+ notifications, saves on resources by limiting background downloads (feedproxy.google.com)
  • 05/07/2013 - Lace up your sneakers, Pebble watch owners, you’ve got RunKeeper! (feedproxy.google.com)
  • 05/07/2013 - The one big factor Google Glass is missing (feedproxy.google.com)
  • 05/06/2013 - Google Glass Picks Up Early Signal: Keep Out (www.nytimes.com)
  • 05/06/2013 - Meet BRCK, a piece of hardware that will bring you the Internet when all lights go out (thenextweb.com)
  • 05/03/2013 - Google Glass Battery Life (abcnews.go.com)
  • 05/03/2013 - Google Glass Users Can Now Upload Directly To YouTube With Fullscreen BEAM (readwrite.com)
  • 05/03/2013 - How will we measure the internet of things? (gigaom.com)
  • 05/03/2013 - Shine Starts to Wear Off a Little for Google Glass (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
  • 05/02/2013 - Google Glass Developer Writes an App to Snap Photos With Just a Wink (arstechnica.com)

    • Analysis
  • 05/07/2013 - API Enabled Toys For Our Children
  • 09/13/2011 - Unified Data APIs for Geo, Weather and Beyond
  • 08/02/2011 - Will REST Accommodate Our API Needs in the Future?
  • 07/25/2011 - INRIX Raises $37 Million to Deliver Traffic Data
  • 05/28/2011 - You Think There Are a Lot of APIs Now? Wait Until Evrythng Has An API!

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