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Samsung, Arm and Nest launch Thread Group to tie home IoT devices together |
July 15, 2014
Google’s Nest subsidiary and heavy hitters including Samsung Electronics and Arm Holdings are launching the latest bid to make sensors, cameras, appliances and other devices in homes easily talk to each other.Machines are already communicating around consumers’ homes, while others are chatting in factories and power grids. But what’s out there today is more a collection of different networks than the Internet of Things that’s supposed to transform our lives. The point of IoT is the data points it collects and the things it can control. The more of those that come into play, the more useful it will be.That’s the purpose of the new specification, called Thread, which was announced on Tuesday and is expected to appear in certified products starting next year. But it’s jumping into a game where there are already several technologies in use, including ZigBee, Z-Wave and Bluetooth Smart.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2454120/samsung-arm-and-nest-launch-thread-group-to-tie-home-iot-devices-together.html#tk.rss_all
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