How to Design and Build Connected Devices, Accelerating the Arrival of Connected Cars, and What IoT Can Learn from FinTech

The best podcast episodes and articles from this week, curated by the IoT For All Team.

Michael Wedd
IoT For All
3 min readApr 19, 2019

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Our Latest Podcast Episode

Podcast E023: How to Design and Build Connected Devices

On this #AskIoT episode, Wai Loong-Lim, founder and CEO of Y Studios, joins us to discuss the design challenges associated with building connected devices. We talk about how to bring a product to life and the emerging technologies influencing the product design process. Listen Now.

Our Top Reads This Week

Connected Cars: Five Keys to Accelerating Their Arrival

As consumer expectations shift, connectivity is evolving from a feature to necessity. With insights from 126 automotive decision-makers, we take a closer look at how connected cars will drive the future of the automotive industry. For automakers wanting to leverage new technologies, step one is to adopt a new mindset.

What IoT Needs to Learn From the Financial Services Industry

The financial services industry has learned many lessons in its time. The IoT industry has a lot to learn, specifically when it comes to device and data security. IoT leaders should model their security practices after the protocols that FinTech companies use to safeguard sensitive information successfully in the digital age.

From Neolithic Privacy to Smart City Privacy

This article is the latest installment in Susan Morrow’s series on privacy in emerging smart cities. It explores what we can learn about urban privacy from Neolithic cultures and built environments. Privacy seems to be an intrinsic human need. Will Smart City data break down the invisible walls we construct around ourselves and our lives?

Five Things We’re Reading

1—MIT Tech Review: Machines need an exact digital replica of our world if we’re going to get true, location-specific AR — or accurate robot food deliveries.

2—The Verge: Despite having sold their facial recognition technology to a US prison, Microsoft denied California police their tech, citing human rights concerns.

3—RCR Wireless: Ericsson and Swisscom have switched on what is reportedly the first large-scale 5G network in Europe for commercially available smartphones.

4—Stacey on IoT: A true digital twin has several layers, ranging from the machine’s original CAD drawings to detailed data around how it was manufactured.

5—Reuters: BMW and Deutsche Telekom warned the German gov’t against an EU proposal that, as 5G rolls out, would standardize WiFi 802.11p for connected cars.

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Michael Wedd
IoT For All

I’m a Senior Editor at IoT For All. I focus on expanding the platform so that everyone can benefit from the IoT revolution.