week# 41, 2o14, Stardate 92377
Hola!
It’s been very exciting weeks for the entire IoT industry vigorously rolling eyes, as the ShellShock 0-day vulnerability hits a lionpart of devices carrying a bash *NIX shell somewhere deep inside. The AllSeen Alliance have taken a step forward announcing an effort to standardise lighting control and home automation, and ARM have stepped up to the plate with a bare bones approach to making competent embedded systems sans Linux.
Recently, our CTO Aaron took a good look at it and summarized his findings on the threat posed by the Shellshock vulnerability in a post a while ago:
//evothings.com/shellshock-exactly-what-is-the-impact-to-iot/
The AllSeen Alliance is determined to take a serious look at home automation and lighting control, thereby giving players pushing more proprietary systems like Philips and Osram a run for their money.
http://news.techworld.com/applications/3575709/allseen-alliances-iot-crusade-takes-aim-at-smart-lighting/
Another player joining in by announcing an IoT ecosystem, this time ARM with the mbed OS. Building from scratch with the components you really need, is especially topical these days when ready-made OS alternatives are contain unknowns prone to introduce vulnerabilities.
http://www.ardiri.com/blog/arm_announces_mbed_os_roadmap_for_iot_ecosystem
In preparation for his upcoming house erection project, our CTO Aaron is looking at security cam solutions using standard components, here a fine blogpost using the Yun along with a PIR motion sensor to take mounds of pictures as soon as there’s some action on the scene: https://learn.adafruit.com/wireless-security-camera-arduino-yun/
Getting started with mobile IoT development is very fast at Evothings, here’s your 90 second Hello World tutorial story, as told by our Lead Architect Mikael Kindborg. We hope you’ll like the simplicty and the ultra-short make-ready time, making proper apps by editing web pages.
//evothings.com/getting-started-with-evothings-studio-in-90-seconds/
Last but least, some IoT for human conditioning. With this Pavlak tracker (and jolting whacker) bracelet for people who just can’t take a hint:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pavlok-the-habit-changing-device-that-shocks-you
That’s all we had for now, have a great week-end and if you have something IoTish to share with the rest of us, don’t be shy to share as we love a good story!
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Live long and prosper
The Evo team