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Guest post by Fred de Haro on October 31, 2016 Having spent an amazing 2 days in Edinburgh with back to back speeches/presentations, its easy to understand how I have yet to come off this incredible buzz. Firstly, Edinburgh University. A few words which would best describe such a forward thinking University? Simple: Pioneers and visionaries! It did not take much to convince us to join their recent Hackathon using the newly released triple bearer network LoPy modules.
Guest post By Rob Dobson on April 1, 2016 Things related to the coming day are forgotten pretty routinely in the morning rush, especially in relation to children. I’ve made a couple of things to help with this in the past (a calendar-printer and projected calendar) – but both of these assume that parents or children bother to look at them in the morning. Recently that hasn’t been happening and we’ve missed a few music lessons and the like which occur at irregular times during the week.
Posted By Simon Montford on Feb 17, 2016 IoT Tech Expo took place in London, 10-11 February 2016. The event covered many different industry sectors including Manufacturing, Transport, Health, Logistics, Government, Energy and Automotive. Exhibitors from across Europe showcased cutting edge technologies, and over 200 speakers shared industry knowledge and insights. As an official media partner, I attended on behalf of WEB3//IOT. Here are my highlights of the two day event.
Posted By Simon Montford on Dec 23, 2015 A Hungarian startup called Codie, that successfully raised $96,306 back in May 2015 via crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, has started shipping its robotic toy. The device offers a fun way to teach kids how to code. The campaign was so successful that it raised one third of its funding goal in only two days, and ended up exceeding it by 115%.
Posted By Nicola Osborne on Oct 29 2015 18:15 - 18:20 Simon Montford (WEB3//IOT) @simonmontford
The theme tonight is the maker revolution – the opening up of industrial technologies to amateaur makers. Maker Culture contributes 30 billion to the global economy, so this is a big and growing thing, with Internet of Things at the centre (the recorded livestream can be viewed here). Posted By Domantas Cibas on July 13, 2015 The IOT//EDI Hackathon happened quite some time ago, but finally I decided to sit down and write about it. So, here’s a brief overview of how it went for me and the team. Finally, Edinburgh got its very first hardware hackathon, which took place on 28-29th May (the second day of the hackathon took place alongside the IOT//EDI Conference on 29th May).
Posted By Simon Montford on March 12, 2015 Last weekend I attended one of a series of Intel Hardware Hackathons, sponsored by IBM (BlueMix), Intel (Edison), and RSComponents, which took place at FabLab in London. The event was part of a multi-city initiative by Intel to raise awareness of the IoT among the startup community by bringing together software engineers (aka "Hackers") and connected hardware enthusiasts (aka "Makers"). It is hoped that by doing so, innovative prototypes that use Intel's "Do-It-Yourself" Edison circuit board, will be developed that showcase the UK's talent for all things IoT, as well as the board's capabilities.
Posted By Simon Montford on Feb 10, 2015 Kits aimed at novice hardware enthusiasts are becoming increasingly popular. They aim to make "hardware hacking" really simple and easy, because up until recently experimenting and building connected devices has involved a soldering iron and a lot of technical knowledge. Examples of kits that are available to purchase include SAM, Bitalino, LittleBits, and Wunderbar (for a more extensive list of kits and component suppliers check out our directory). This week another IOT kit, called MESH, has appeared on Indiegogo.
Guest Post By Harry Fielder on Nov 27, 2014 As a web developer and general tech enthusiast, I felt it was about time I dipped my toe into the exciting and rapidly growing area of the ‘Internet of Things’. I am a relative newbie to hardware hacking, so my aim is not to offer a deep dive review, but instead simply alleviate any concerns you may have about rolling up your sleeves and giving the Spark Core a go.
Posted By Simon Montford on Nov 28, 2014 Okay it may look like something out of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory but the "WunderBar" is the easiest way to start developing apps for the Internet of Things. The German startup behind this well-connected device, that looks like a chocolate bar, is Relayr. The startup was able to put itss into production after a successful crowdfunding campaign earlier this year.
Posted By Simon Montford on Nov 27, 2014 The Bit By Bit (B3) is a device the size of a mini-tablet that is aimed at kids as well as adults to help them design simple web enabled things like toy phones, internet-based music players, time-lapse cameras or even drones.
Posted By Simon Montford on Nov 18, 2014 LittleBits launched its cloudBit device earlier this year. It allows users to control electrical devices around their home remotely and receive notifications via the LittleBits smartphone app. For example, you can remotely control heaters or air conditioning units or receive a notification whenever the doorbell is pressed.
Posted By Simon Montford on Nov 18, 2014 This product is clearly aimed at hackers, students and hobbyists who want to create their own connected devices (hence the below Kickstarter video, which features two geeks competing in a hackathon).
Posted By Simon Montford on Nov 13, 2014 The new Raspberry Pi Model A+ is on sale now for $20/£15.50.
Here are the specs taken directly from raspberrypi.org: The Model A+ uses the BCM2835 application processor and has 256MB RAM, but it is significantly smaller (65mm in length, versus 86mm for the Model A), consumes less power, and inherits the many improvements that made to the Model B+, including: Posted By Simon Montford on Nov 8, 2014 Watch out Raspberry PI there is a new kid in town! Manufactured in China, Banana Pi is very similar apart from the fact that it is much more powerful. It uses Allwinner’s A20 chip with a 1GHz dual core ARM Cortex-A7, has 1Gbyte of DDR3 RAM, and an ARM Mali400MP2 graphics processor. Banana Pi can boot up with Debian Linux, Raspbien, Android, and Arch Linux.
Posted By Simon Montford on Oct 31, 2014 Maker Club's mission is to make robots fun and accessible to everyone. This is the reason why Maker Club have launched an Indiegogo campaign to get 3D printed robot kits into the hands of "Makers". They will be powered by an Arduino chip which will enable Makers to control their creations via their smartphones.
Posted By Simon Montford on Oct 12, 2014  According to a recent announcement on Twitter, 3.8 million Raspberry Pis have been sold. The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, open source microcomputer that is being increasingly used to operate connected devices that make up the IOT. According to the Pi Foundation, the creators originally expected to sell a total of 10,000 devices - how wrong they were!
Although popular in the West, there is a big push by the Pi Foundation to get the juicy little low-cost devices into the hands of consumers, particularly kids, in low-to-middle income countries. Subscribe to our newsletter and you’ll receive product updates as well as the latest IOT news delivered straight to your inbox. Posted By Simon Montford on Oct 2, 2014 SAM is the first electronics development kit that seamlessly integrates Hardware, Software and the Internet. It’s the easiest way to learn about engineering, electronics, the Internet of Things, and coding by doing. Check it out on Kickstarter.
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