I love the Internet and the Open Source community! The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) recently offered a workshop on scientific applications for the Internet of Things and released a downloadable booklet with everything you need to know to deploy wireless sensor networks using the latest IoT technologies.… Read more
Check out one of the best research papers I have come across on the serious risks to our privacy at home and in our retail environments. In February 2016, the Policy and Research Group of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has published and released and easy to read and understand paper to help their citizens understand how their privacy will be affected by the “Internet of Things”.… Read more
Recently I have been doing some research to discover how to design and develop my own battery powered customised wireless sensors to monitor and report on various physical quantities such as temperature, smoke, and water level around my home. One of my key design requirements is long lasting battery power to minimise the regular cost and inconvenience of replacing batteries.… Read more