Blog Posts

Last week, AUDI, BMW and Daimler announced they are joining forces to form the Eclipse openMDM Working Group to create a new open source community to develop and distribute tools for managing automotive test data. These leading automotive OEMs will be joined in the group by Canoo Engineering AG, GIGATRONIK...

I recently attended a conference session on the topic of getting user feedback. One of the key takeaways for me was that people lie about how they use software. It’s not that they’re trying to be misleading, it’s more that it’s easy to misrepresent yourself out of context. The speaker...

Last week at Google I/O, the Android Wear platform was officially launched, together with two smart watches from LG and Samsung. I wanted to play around with the new APIs for Wear devices for an upcoming blog post on how to use MQTT with you smart watch, but I had...

I am a big believer that the maker/open hardware community is and will be a huge engine of innovation for the Internet of Things (IoT). Devices like, Arduino, BeagleBone and Raspberry Pi’s make it so easy to prototype and create new IoT solutions. Of course with open source software for...

Last week I spoke at the IoT World event in Palo Alto. It was one of the best IoT events I’ve attended with lots of interesting speakers and attendees. Here are some links and highlights: 1. IoT Market Segmentation. Patrick Moorehead, an industry analyst, did a presentation on the market...

We have published the results of the Eclipse Community Survey 2014. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey this year. The complete results and data are available for anyone to download [ xls] [ ods]. As in other years, I think the results provide an interesting perspective on...

We have launched the new www.eclipse.org web site. The goal is to have a more modern looking and simplified experience for individuals coming to eclipse.org. The feedback we received on the beta was very positive, so I think we have achieved the goal. I personally think the new site looks...

In just about a week is EclipseCon France, and here’s one more reason why it’s going to be awesome! This year you will all be actors of a real-world Internet of Things setup, that leverages several Eclipse IoT technologies. We’ve been wanting to do this for a couple years, and...

Interesting links for the IoT industry this past week. 1. Part of the recent Apple announcement was their entry into the home automation market with HomeKit. Lots of excitement from the Apple fans. I would expect Google with have something similar to announce at Google I/O later this month. Home...

Some interesting links to IoT articles and news from the last 2 weeks. 1. The Economist seems to be getting tired of the hype around the Internet of Things, and it is just getting started. The article titled ‘The internet of nothings’ focuses mostly on the consumer side of IoT...