Episode 303: Everything from CES 2021 and a bit about LoRa

This week’s show is mostly about CES 2021, starting with an array of interesting devices that were launched. We covered a lot of them here, but we also mentioned a $3,000 pet door, an energy harvesting NB-IoT modem demonstration, and Kevin’s take on where we are with the smart home based on what he saw. We also discussed Ring’s encryption news explaining what it does and does not mean. And because I love semiconductors we gave a quick mention to Intel’s new CEO and Qualcomm’s acquisition of Nuvia. The Qualcomm deal represents a huge shift for server and computing CPUs and is likely why Intel felt it needed the skills of Pat Gelsinger in the executive chair.  We end the show by answering a question about Lutron and Apple’s adaptive lighting. The MyQ Pup portal is quite the pet door. Image courtesy of Chamberlain MyQ. Our guest this week is Wienke Giezeman, CEO and co-founder of The Things Network. He is here to talk about how to build a business around LoRa networks and give his thoughts on why enterprises might need one. We also talk about consumer LoRa networks and Amazon’s Sidewalk network. Will that ever be an open option? Giezeman shares case studies and a discount code if anyone listening wants to learn more about LoRa at The Things Conference, a weeklong virtual event all about LoRa that starts Jan. 25. That discount code we mention is TTC21-I-KNOW-STACEY. Enjoy the show. Hosts: Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel Guest: Wienke Giezeman, CEO and co-founder of The Things Network Sponsors: TeraCode and Techmeme CES had half the vendors and some weird tech Smart home tech is in a period of refinement right now Big news in the chip world How many low power WANs do we need? Let’s check out of LoRa in action The post Episode 303: Everything from CES 2021 and a bit about LoRa appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.