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The Internet of smart packaging?…

Cate Lawrence looks at how smart packaging has arrived, from advertisements incorporated into disposable coffee cups, to embedded food expiry dates to help reduce food waste, it’s a potentially massive market for the IoT.

Consider the number of the packaged products in the world, and that the possibility that each could be interactive either within the supply chain as part of the manufacturing process or as a retail product that interacts with the retailer and/or consumer.

All of a sudden the size of the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes unimaginably big…

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Serious security problems in Samsung’s SmartThings say Researchers

Samsung Smart Things

Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a number of security vulnerabilities in Samsung’s SmartThings platform that allowed them to remotely unlock doors, set off smoke alarms, and perform other malicious actions through the use of overprivileged apps. The discovery casts doubt over what functions in the home we should be allowing our smart home platforms control over. Ashley Carman at the Verge reveals all.

but most pressing are the privileges given to apps, many of which they don’t need to function. A smart lock might only need the ability to lock itself remotely, for instance, but the SmartThings API bundles that command with the unlock command, which an attacker can leverage to carry out a physical attack

Samsung were quick to respond on their smart things blog.

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10 billion items of connected clothing… within 3 years

A partnership between Avery Dennison, a global leader in branding, labelling and RFID solutions, and Internet of Things platform EVRYTHNG could lead to 10 billion products in the apparel, accessories and footwear market being individually digitally connected within three years. Rachel Arthur explains.

Essentially our physical wares will come with digital applications accessible via our phones. We will indeed be able to find our shoes when we’ve lost them, but also do such things as figure out how to wash clothes properly, look for style tips on how to wear items, even search for how to buy a new version of the same piece.

Read the full article on Forbes

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The best connected devices and more

Jim Hill at T3 offers a nice little introduction to the Internet of Things and tells us about some of the best gear available right now.

What began in 1982 with an internet connected Coca-Cola machine that could order its own refills, now includes dishwashers, cars, robots, traffic lights, and anything else that might benefit from collecting and acting on shared data. Experts predict that, by 2020, 50 billion such devices will have joined the IoT. But to fit this feature onto six pages, we’ll focus on the smart home and wearables, because that’s where the IoT is having its most immediate and beneficial impact.

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Why the Internet of Things could fail

Jamie Carter at TechRadar questions the hype around the Internet of Things – are all the predictions and forecasts surrounding the growth of IoT over-optimistic?

despite the hype, the IoT will only catch on if it makes efficiency savings, and if the services it creates are in demand. In short, when it comes to the IoT, the jury is out.

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Tesco launches IFTTT channel to bring IoT retail into the home

Retail giant Tesco is bringing IoT to your home with the launch of its own channel on the IFTTT platform. Malek Murison explores what this means for their customers.

Shopping through the Tesco channel on IFTTT, users can now select a range of triggers and consequences. For example, if the weather forecast is due to be sunny this weekend, they can arrange for barbeque supplies to be added to the basket. Or more simply, if the price of beef drops below a certain amount, IFTTT will add it to the basket.

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Students tap Internet of Things

A new course on The Internet of Things at the Singapore Management University (SMU) is enabling students to conceive and develop practical IoT solutions to everyday real-world problems.

In the future, when Wi-Fi access becomes more pervasive, society may stand to benefit from the increased interconnectivity, with volunteer welfare organisations, for example, being able to track food distribution to needy families, or the visually handicapped being able to use an app to navigate their indoor surroundings.

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Are we crazy to buy into the Internet of Things?

In 2014, Google’s Nest Labs acquired Revolv, the maker of a hub for controlling devices such as lights, alarms and doors. But next month they’re shutting down the web service that powers the device – customers are understandably annoyed. Klint Finley at WIRED questions if it’s too early to adopt IoT, and looks at what lessons can be learned from this.

Nest’s decision sends a pretty clear signal that you just can’t rely on “Internet of Things” things.

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The solution is fairly simple: make it possible for the devices to work independently of their cloud services over WiFi or Bluetooth.

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