Arrayent's Internet Connect Kit on Dr Dobb's

Mike Riley of Dr. Dobb's reviewed our Internet Development Kit. See the article here.

Mobile Browser predictions

From ABI research: More than 60% of Handsets Will Have Mobile Browsers in 2015. See the report titled Mobile Browsers.

Smart phones will become the universal remote. Your products will need to be compatible. The common technology tying all these devices together will the be World Wide Web. Proprietary remote controls end up filling the kitchen drawer, and consumers will not want more.

The Trillion-node network

An oldie but a goodie: The Trillion-node network by Peter Lucas of Maya Design.

McKinsey Report

Internet of Things mentioned in McKinsey's Ten tech business trends to watch quarterly report (requires registration).

Also included is a podcast by Kristopher Pister, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, on why a new generation of sensors and location technologies will endow the Internet of Things with much greater intelligence. https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/High_Tech/Strategy_Analysis//spContent/audio/zippedaudio/Kris_Pister.zip

Connecting the Internet to your Things

ReadWriteWeb has a short article on 6 ways to Internet connect your things.

6 Geeky Devices Connecting the Internet to Your Things

ABI Research on Home Automation trends

ABI Research's study on home automation trends: http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1003235-042110

Pretty much the same as other people:

The home automation systems market will grow from approximately 204,000 home automation systems shipped in 2009 to over 9.5 million systems shipped in 2015. Home automation has been a niche market for 30 years, but looks to be at an inflection point and about to become a mass-market technology. ABI Research believes that the majority of growth from 2010 onwards will come from the new mainstream and managed home automation market segments.

ABI Research Home Automation Study

ABI Research's report on Home Automation here: http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1003235

Tells us:

Revenue from shipments of home automation systems will exceed $11.8 billion in 2015. That number includes all four categories of home automation: Luxury, Mainstream, DIY and Managed. The luxury segment will deliver the greatest revenue.

The home automation market is approaching an inflection point beyond which its growth rate will increase significantly.

The reason for them thinking the Luxury market will deliver the greatest revenue is the belief that adding "automation" will continue to be expensive and labor intensive.

Obviously they are reflecting what the current trends are. No one is expecting a revolution :-)