The Moorebot Scout was once a promising Kickstarter project — an autonomous surveillance robot for the home. But it failed to deliver.
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All the things that didnt’t end well
The Moorebot Scout was once a promising Kickstarter project — an autonomous surveillance robot for the home. But it failed to deliver.
According to a report from The Register, IBM is pulling the plug of its Watson IoT platform. The company informed its customers in an email that on Dec. 1, 2023, access to the platform’s APIs would no longer be available.
French network operator SigFox is in financial trouble. The company specializing in low-power networks for Internet of Things applications has been placed in receivership. SigFox CEO Jeremy Prince requested the judicial recovery procedure on January 26 at the commercial court of Toulouse, as reported by notretemps.
Electronic waste or “e-waste” generates about 50 million tons waste every year, or the equivalent of throwing away 1000 laptops every second. Part of the waste is due to electronic lifecycle decreasing over the past decade and many companies discontinuing their products and device compatibility after a few years.
Apple’s smart speaker “HomePod” is being discontinued. As Techcrunch magazine reported, the company will focus on the further development of the HomePod mini in the future. Apple is thus discontinuing the large speaker after about four years of market availability in favor of the cheaper model.
Smart lamps, cameras, loudspeakers, air filters, vacuum cleaners: The Internet of Things is home to a lot of nice smart products. But a reckless update policy of manufacturers, who deliberately turn faultless products into electronic waste after only a few […]
Digital is not always smart. Even smart is not always smart: The running gag of the energy industry are digital electricity meters that have to be flashed with a flashlight in order to elicit meter readings. But even in the Smart Home, you can tussle your hair in the meantime.
