CES Asia was a lot of fun last week. Judging by the dizzying array of robots, autos, drones, and smart home devices on display, the China IoT market is in a robust and healthy state. The days when the country’s tech industry was a follower are well and truly over. Now its startups, manufacturers, and Internet giants are starting to set the pace for innovation and are set to make massive inroads in global markets. Continue reading CES Asia 2017
Computex is just over a week away. During the show, I’ll be speaking at a half-day seminar being held by III (Institute for Information Industry) and OCF (Open Connectivity Foundation) aimed at accelerating the development of a common smart home framework for Taiwan.
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If you’re planning to attend IoT Asia 2017 on March 29 and 30, you are more than welcome to stop by the Open Connectivity Foundation booth located at E27 in Hall 1 of the Singapore Expo. Continue reading Open Connectivity Foundation at IoT Asia 2017
When I went through all the photos I took at CES earlier today, I was struck by how many pictures I shot of smart beds and related sleeping aids. I can’t for the life of me remember why I did this. Perhaps it was because I was subconsciously drawn to the soothing images of restful slumber by the dreadful jet lag I was suffering, or perhaps it was simply because the booths displaying them were close to mine. Continue reading Smart slumber at CES 2017
A tour of the smart health and wellness section at CES 2017 yesterday brought home to me the importance of interoperability between IoT devices far more effectively than trawling through a mountain of articles and presentations on the subject. Continue reading Smart health and wellness: the need for interoperability
Since I have no understanding at all of the mysteries of the beauty business, I have no way of judging whether the Kérastase Hair Coach that has been launched at CES will be a success or not. However, I’m pretty confident that having seen the announcement more than a few companies in Shenzhen will already be working on similar smart brushes and will probably beat L’Oreal to market with significantly cheaper devices. Continue reading Kérastase Hair Coach: the smart brush arrives
It’s difficult to know where to start when writing about the Enterprise IoT market. While it promises to be huge in volume and dollar terms, it’s a very different beast than previous ones that have driven the IT industry’s phenomenal growth over the past three decades. Continue reading Enterprise IoT: from meat cleavers to swiss army knives
In October last year, Gartner forecast that by 2017 50% of IoT solutions will originate in startups less than three-years old – pointing out: “Individuals and small companies that span the globe are developing IoT solutions to real-world, often niche problems. They are taking advantage of low-cost electronics, traditional manufacturing and 3D printing tools, and open- and closed-source hardware and software to create IoT devices that improve processes and lives.”
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It’s always a great pleasure to catch up with David Li, founder of the XinCheJian (新车间) Hacker Space, whenever I’m in Shanghai. He has a truly unique ability to identify and synthesize technology innovation trends far in advance of others and predict their potential impact in China and the rest of the world. Continue reading Emotional objects
Although at nowhere near the level of Computex or other major tech tradeshows, the IoT China Expo 2015 in Wuxi provided some useful pointers of the directions that IoT technology and business in China are heading in. Continue reading IoT China Expo 2015