I was recently asked how to categorize the Internet of Things. IoT is so broad and multi-dimensional that I am not sure if there is one easy answer or set of categories. However, here is my current thinking… 1. IoT Hardware A lot of the excitement in IoT and the...
The Rapiro is a nice open-hardware robot, controlled by an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi. Earlier this week, I decided that he’d be nice if I could run Eclipse Orion directly on the robot, allowing me to write an app that would bridge the Rapiro to the Internet (there’s a...
It has been a while since I’ve posted a summary of links to interesting news in the IoT industry. A lot of interesting stuff is happening, so it is now time to get back into the habit. 1. Micorsoft and IoT Microsoft has made some very interesting announcements about their...
Last week we added a new feature to the Eclipse Project Management Infrastructure: we automatically generate a bug list for each release. The bug list is generated by matching the “target milestones” from Bugzilla to the name of the release record. So, a release named “3.5” will automatically match bugs...
The most difficult aspect of developing an IoT solution is probably that one has to deal with the –embedded– hardware that will eventually run the application that talks to the sensors, thermostats, car entertainment, etc. Embedded is definitely complex: the resources are limited, the development tooling usually sets you back...
I’m very happy to introduce the Eclipse Foundation’s newest staff member, Richard Burcher. Richard will be helping me with “project stuff”. If you take a quick look at Richard’s blog or Twitter feed, you’ll notice that he’s got a an affinity for location/geo-sorts of things in particular and open source...
Thank you to everyone who attended EclipseCon, especially our speakers. The speakers spend a lot of time preparing for the conference and make the event a huge success. Therefore, I’d like to highlight some of the more popular sessions and speakers. Most popular sessions (based on attendance) New Features in...
The is a LOT of hype around the Internet of Things (IoT). Lots of vendors selling proprietary solutions that have very little to do with the Internet of Things but everything to do with locking customers into a single solution. If we are going to have a truly open Internet...
On March 19, we were very lucky to host a great IoT event during EclipseCon 2014. I think everybody in the room that day learnt a lot about the current challenges for IoT, and our speakers really did a good job at presenting the challenges for building an open, interoperable...
You may already know that April 9 is the International IoT Day, with events organized all around the world. Together with Postscapes, we are organizing an online conference called IoT Live that very same day, with a great lineup of speakers from all around the world! I am really looking...