Telematics: The Evolution of Connected Vehicles, The Modern Smart City Comes of Age, and the Value of Real-Time Location Tracking for Hospitals

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

Michael Wedd
IoT For All
3 min readMay 3, 2019

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Our Latest Podcast Episode

(E025) Telematics: The Evolution of Connected Vehicles

On this podcast episode, we sit down with Hope Bovenzi, General Manager of Automotive Infotainment at Texas Instruments, to discuss telematics, its history and the role it plays in bringing society closer to autonomous driving. Listen Now.

This Week’s Best Reads

The Modern Smart City Comes of Age

As smart cities dawn on the horizon, and we stride headfirst into a new era of urbanization and industry, we should learn lessons from the first industrial revolution about privacy and space allocation.

Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) for Hospitals

Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) can solve many problems in hospitals. In an environment where every second is crucial, pinpointing where people and things are can save precious time and drastically reduce operating costs.

LPWAN 101: 10 Network Requirements for IoT Deployments

Despite their excellent range, power and cost, not all Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) are created equal. There are advantages and disadvantages to each one. This article provides you with 10 criteria by which to evaluate the various LPWAN technologies you will encounter.

Five Things We’re Reading

1—RCR Wireless: FCC Commissioner O’Reilly said CBRS could be operational within weeks and called for government agencies to free up more mid-band spectrum.

2—Fierce Wireless: The FCC gave the OK to Google, Federated Wireless and CommScope to use CBRS for their Environmental Sensing Capabilities (ESCs).

3—MIT Tech Review: A new AI chip presented at Amazon’s MARS event is much more efficient at running deep learning algorithms than conventional silicon chips. //

4—Smart Cities Dive: Sidewalk Labs, Google’s smart cities arm, released design principles to make streets safer and more efficient as new mobility technologies emerge.

5—Krebs on Security: A peer-to-peer (P2P) technology built into millions of security cameras and other consumer tech includes several critical security flaws.

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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.