Category: Internet of things

It’s that time of the year where people try to connect their Christmas lights to the internet. This used to be a rather maker-based endeavour but it’s taken on new heights with the past year’s corporate interest in the topic. So here are the top 5 connected Christmas lights projects: 1. OpenPicus lets you control… Continue reading A very merry internet of things Christmas

I’ve been asked to give a talk at BES Forum in Kuala Lumpur and  in addition to my slides I thought I’d try to blog about this one too. It’s an educational supplier conference, one where the British Council and UKTI boost the UK’s presence in education in Asia. It’s hard to think of these… Continue reading Building the internet of things near you.

Before I dashed off to Sydney I was invited by John Riley to organise an internet of things showcase as part of the Parliament and the Internet day, a yearly conference. We ended up showcasing a small selection of my pop-up shop the Good Night Lamp, the AirQualityEgg Makie dolls, a RepRap and John invited… Continue reading The Internet of Things in Parliament

Last July, I met Sam Lowe at the Internet of Things meetup I organise for Xively. He was working at British Gas at the time and we got talking. British Gas has a product development group called Connected Homes (they just launched their own #iot product called Hive) who were interested in organising a hackday but… Continue reading Growing the energy side of the internet of things

I’m sat in the darkest room since the LIFT conference days and I think the first time I’ve spoken at a proper web conference in some years. It’s kind of weird. Lots of talks about front end development techniques I have never heard of which I guess is a sign I’m hanging out with back… Continue reading Web Directions 2013

Two weeks ago I nearly lost my shit. Gartner, a trends research group (or science fiction that costs a lot more to subscribe to) published their yearly Hype Cycle Chart, describing the Internet of Things (which they’ve only started adding to their chart in 2010 after “mesh networks” was doing rather well) as being “more… Continue reading Against the culture of “meh” and the internet of things.

I was invited to attend the Digital Policy Alliance Internet of Things scoping meeting at the Houses of Parliament last month and put my hand up to try to help write up some part of a possible report to MPs about the Internet of Things. Here are some loose notes I wrote down on 2… Continue reading What the UK government should think about the Internet of Things.

I was invited at the Houses of Parliament to come and speak about the bottom-up internet of things community and as one of the only people below the age of 40, the only woman speaker and the only one not involved in a multi-billion pound organisation, it was easy to stand out. I’m very grateful… Continue reading Map of Internet of Things companies in the UK & Europe

I just came back from showcasing Good Night Lamp at the Launch Festival (thanks Jason for inviting us). If you don’t know it, it’s a fairly local San Francisco event for startups, and we were one of a handful of startups that had a physical component to them. Here are some quick thoughts on what… Continue reading Internet of Things: a European advantage?