Every month the Cincy IoT group talks about the biggest updates in the world of the Internet of Things. Brandon Cannaday, @thereddest, talks about the important stuff. Topics include: Growth of Connected Devices by 2020 The Intel Curie P&G Adopting the Nest Thread Protocol LPWAN Updates Matrix Device on Kickstarter

1. this month in
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Brandon Cannaday
@TheReddest
@GetStructure
Cincy IoT
Nov. 12, 2015

2. 20 Billion Things
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3165317
2014 2015 2016 2020
3.8B
4.9B
6.4B
20.7B
Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 6.4 billion
connected things will be in use
worldwide in 2016, up 30 percent from
2015, and will reach 20.8 billion by
2020. In 2016, 5.5 million new things
will get connected every day.
Today

3. INTEL CURIE
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wearables/wearable-soc.html
A highly integrated hardware module
that can power a solution the size of a
button.
• Low Power, 32-bit, Intel Quark
• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Accelerometer & Gyroscope
• Battery charging circuitry

4. P&G ADOPTS THREAD
http://threadgroup.org
http://fortune.com/2015/11/11/procter-gamble-smart-home/
Goldstein says that P&G settled on
Thread as the standard of choice because
it was purpose-built for the Internet of
things in the residential setting and
offered elements that the consumer
products firm deemed important.

5. LPWAN 802.15.4
A new category of radios has emerged
which breaks this paradigm, delivering both
miles of range and years of battery life.
• Standardized in 2003
• Behind Zigbee and Thread
• 10 meter, 250 kbit/s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.15.4
https://medium.com/@dconrad/how-new-long-range-radios-will-change-the-internet-of-things-
ed8e6b5e367f

6. KICKSTARTER - MATRIX
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2061039712/matrix-the-internet-of-things-for-everyonetm
MATRIX lets you explore the world of
limitless Internet of Things applications.
• 15ish sensors (really 11)
• Programmable in JavaScript
• App store
• ~$200

7. this month in
THINGS
Brandon Cannaday
@TheReddest
@GetStructure
November