How Drones Help During Emergencies and Natural Disasters
Image Source: Unsplash While the idea of drones delivering your laundry or Amazon order sounds great, it’s way more astounding that drones are already being used to save human lives and the environment. Like some of the Internet of Things (IoT) mobile apps that control them, drones are a technology with potential far beyond what we’ve seen so […]
How AI Will Disrupt Your Industry
Image Source: HubSpot You’ve probably heard some of the doomsday talk about artificial intelligence (AI). Most people think of a future where the machines are taking over everything. Elon Musk thinks AI could start World War III, and some Internet of Things app developer actually share similar sentiments. But the outlook for AI isn’t as gloomy as […]
Mobile Tech Helping Hurricane Relief Efforts
Image Source: Lockheed Martin Deep down inside, mobile technology creators want to believe that they’re contributing value to the world. Mobile app developers want you to feel secure and in-control when using their interface. E-commerce app designers make the process of purchasing something as simple as possible. But as recent events have shown, mobile technology can […]
Amazon Designed a Mobile Platform for Its Delivery Drones
Amazon clearly believes that drones are key to the online shopping giant’s continued success and evolution. But any internet of things app developer with experience working on drones will tell you that we are still in the Wild West phase of drone development. Laws and regulations regarding drone air traffic are still being worked out, […]
Senators Want More Secure IoT Devices for the Government
Internet of things app developers are excited about the possibilities generated by our current IoT boom (and about their potential to make a whole heap of money). Worldwide IoT spending is expected to reach $1.4 trillion by 2021, but not everything is rosy in the world of connected devices. Events like last year’s Mirai botnet […]
MIT to the Rescue with the New Jungle Hawk Owl Drone
It should be no surprise that MIT — you know, that school that’s basically synonymous with innovation — is doing amazing work with drones. Boston IoT app developers may already be aware of the autonomous, AI-assisted camera drones being tested by researchers at the school’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Now the brilliant engineers […]
Expert Sessions: Dogtown Co-Founder Rob Pope on IoT Security
Last month, Dogtown Media’s co-founder and CTO Rob Pope live-hacked his “botnet in a box” in the middle of the Santa Clara Convention Center. It was the climax of his Internet of Things World talk entitled “Internet of Scary Things: My Toaster Is (Not) Spying on Me.” Rob’s grounded analysis gave the IoT app developers […]
Project Wing Tackles the Issue of Drone Air Traffic Control
As we reported last month, consumer drones sales increased a whooping 117% in between February 2016 and February 2017. Amazon is itching to launch its PrimeAir drone delivery project on a mass scale, and other companies are going to want to follow suit. So it’s high time that the world prepare for a proliferation of […]
The HomePod is Apple’s Smart Speaker (Emphasis on Speaker)
Most iPad app developers were expecting big news about a Siri speaker at this year’s WWDC, and that’s (sort of) what they got with yesterday’s announcement of the brand new HomePod. Apple developers and fanatics felt such an announcement was long overdue. While the Amazon Echo and Google Home have become surprise hits, pushing smart […]
MIT’s New Camera Drone System Uses AI to Frame a Shot
Before drones, the stunning aerial shots in Hollywood movies were accomplished by a small crew in a helicopter. Even with the arrival of drones, crew members were still needed to plan the shots with painstaking precision and operate the drones. But researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have engineered a new […]