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Aside from cool cat feeders, it is possible to find multiple maker projects for controlling garage doors, blind windows, smart locks, tracking cars, control temperature and humidity levels, and so on. However, the security aspect of these devices needs to take some extra attention, starting from the connection between the device and the Cloud infrastructure. Most microcontrollers today are not powerful enough to handle secure connections, like SSL or TLS, so all the communication between the device and the server is open to attacks, like sniffing values, tacking device credentials, faking values, granting unauthorized access to physical facilities, unlocking doors, and many other possibilities. This way, securing the communications for all the Internet-connected devices should be a priority, especially if they can jeopardize our security or privacy.
The security of the Internet of Things does not only rely on secure communications, but it is a great start. The maker community must be aware of the security concerns of untrusted communications, and must have the appropriate resources to handle it. This way it is common to see different alternatives to offer secure communications in the microcontrollers, like porting SSL/TLS libraries to cheap devices like ESP8266, or device vendors that already integrates a crypto chip that process all this stuff by hardware, like the recent Arduino MKR1000.
In thinger.io we are concerned about this security aspect, so our cloud supports secure connections for any device with this capability. In the recent Arduino library update, starting from version 2.4.1, we have introduced support for the Arduino MKR1000, including secure TLS connections by default. Just start with the following sample sketch for the MKR1000, and you will have encrypted connections by default. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=ARDUINO https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=IoT
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We continue to bask in the glory of the information technology revolution, now a three-decade-long event, which has reshaping the jobs of professionals and corporate staffs across the globe. However, it seems most workers have actually been left out of the equation -- the so-called firstline workforce, consisting of field technicians, healthcare providers, retail clerks, drivers, and so on. They're called "firstline" for a reason -- they're the people with whom your customers are most likely to have first and only contact. If they can't deliver the goods or services because they are missing out on technology, then your company is seen as unable to deliver, simple as that.
With the rise of the Internet of Things and associated artificial intelligence, it's more important than ever that firstline workers receive the training, support and technology tools they need to deliver on meeting their customers' needs. Manufacturers, in particular, are seeing a dramatic shift in their business models, with more revenue coming from aftermarket service and support, especially as they develop the ability to monitor products and run analytics for predictive maintenance.
More than 80 percent of executives in a recent survey from Forbes Insights and Microsoft agree that empowering firstline workers with the tools and platforms they need has a direct impact on customer satisfaction, growth and worker job satisfaction,. In this survey, which I helped design and analyze, we found that this important component of the workforce continues to be overlooked.
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The solution for Smeets and his team though is not to pile on extra layers of authentication, but rather to distribute them. And that's where blockchain comes it. Because the blockchain functions via a distributed and encrypted ledger shared across all of a network's users and devices, it creates a network of authentication that is verifiable and not easily hacked. With blockchain implemented, a device cannot access a network unless it is verified through the entire ledger. In this scenario attacks like Mirai become significantly more difficult, if not impossible, because a hacker would need to modify the entire ledger, and not just the credentials of any one device.
Ericcson Research demonstrated a proof-of-concept of this idea at the 2017 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this past March. The researchers set up a small WiFi network that used blockchain authentication instead of a typical username/password setup. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=blockchain
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Der Begriff „Internet der Dinge“ ist bereits Ende des vorigen Jahrhunderts zum ersten Mal gefallen. Heute treibt das IoT (Internet of Things) nahezu alle Branchen und Industriezweige um. Wer mit der Digitalisierung nicht Schritt hält, hat wenig Chancen auch in Zukunft zu bestehen – davon sind inzwischen fast alle Vertreter führender Industrie-Unternehmen in Europa überzeugt. Doch in jeder Branche gibt es spezielle Herausforderungen, wie die digitale Transformation am besten umgesetzt werden kann. In Berlin kamen in dieser Woche über 1.000 Vertreter führender Industrie-Unternehmen in Europa zusammen, um auf der „Industry of Things World“ über die aktuellen Herausforderungen zu diskutierten. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Internet+of+Things http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Digital+transformation
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Say you want to create the next generation of voice recognition-enabled, AI-ensmartened, buzzword-laden gadget. The fist thing you need to do is pick a platform. Arduino isn’t powerful enough. The Raspberry Pi works great for prototyping, but going from Pi to production is a many-step process. Next Thing‘s Chip Pro is stepping up to fill the gap with a smart development kit for IoT creators. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Internet+of+Things
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Cities are undoubtedly getting larger, especially in developing countries. This increase in size accelerates the consumption of resources and adapting will no longer suffice, they must develop sustainable economic strategies. To achieve this, a strong investment in human capital, social capital, urbanism and ICT infrastructure must be made. All over Europe start-ups are partnering up with governing bodies to innovate city infrastructure. Among others, this includes the smart use of data acquired by tech companies and by the government, improved mobility, energy efficiency and advanced connectivity, more commonly known as Internet of Things (IoT). Towards a smarter economy
A smarter economy is a crucial aspect to the Smart City movement. The notion has a broad meaning however Smart Cities Berkeley break it down into three different components; how Smart Cities technologies are changing urban commerce, the Smart City as an economic driver and the economics behind Smart Cities.
There is a lot of buzz at the moment about digitalising our economy, starting with payments. A clear illustration is the recent emergence of bitcoin or more broadly, mobile payments and e-wallets. Furthermore, there is a rise in the use of QR code technology or NFC (near field communication) for point of sale transactions. Indeed, mobile payments are at the heart of improving areas such as mass customisation retail, personalised tourism, enhanced mobility as well as peer to peer interactions. The end-game is to have a solution which digitalises the entire customer experience seamlessly. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Smart+Cities
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Want to make your project talk to the Internet? Connect your existing project to the Internet to log, stream, and interact with the data it produces? What about all this Internet-of-Things (IoT) stuff?
Adafruit IO is a platform designed (by us!) to display, respond, and interact with your project's data. We also keep your data private (data feeds are private by default) and secure (we will never sell or give this data away to another company) for you. It's the internet of things - for everyone!
Why We Built Adafruit IO
Here at Adafruit, we sell all of these amazing components, but we couldn't find a good way to interact with them over the Internet. There are certainly a lot of great services out there for datalogging, or communicating with your microcontroller over the web, but these services are either too complicated to get started, or they aren't particularly fun to use. So, we decided to experiment with our own system, and that's Adafruit IO. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Coding https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=ARDUINO https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Internet+of+Things
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In this project we will learn how to interfacing ESP8266 module with MAX7219 matrix display to scrolling text message from web user interface. We will use Arduino IDE to program ESP module in this project. I am using MajicDesigns MD_MAX72xx library for running this project, also the code is very similar to included example in the library with some improvements in web user interface html code.
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There is no doubt that companies of all shapes and sizes are increasing their spend in internet-of-things (IoT) technology. In fact, IDC projects this to be a $1.4 trillion market by 2021. With the increased spend and demand by consumers for low-price and high-value IoT devices, makers of these connected technologies have put a premium on affordability. The race to the bottom on price has inadvertently created major risks for organizations and consumers, according to PwC’s “Uncovering the Potential of the Internet of Things” report.
The pressure is on, and we see many makers of connected devices that produce IoT products as inexpensively as possible skipping important steps such as the design of security and privacy protections. This is generating significant new risks that are not widely understood during a time when consumers are more concerned about price than privacy and security. Risks include physical, software, encryption and network attacks, all of which could have wide-ranging effects on our daily lives, from taking over a connected car to obtaining sensitive data from a connected home to accessing a private network via a wearable device. Also, there are societal concerns, including getting access to valuable intellectual property, sabotage to companies or governments and espionage. Consumer-focused companies need to ensure they are meeting their customers’ concerns. Simply put, the proper cybersecurity and privacy measures can aid businesses in seeing the full potential of IoT. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=IoT http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=iot
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Did we learn nothing from Arthur C. Clarke's 1968 sci-fi epic, 2001: A Space Odyssey?
In the film, astronauts on a mission to Jupiter discover that the HAL 9000 artificial intelligence computer that controls and automates all functions on the spacecraft starts seriously glitching. The astronauts get worried, HAL gets paranoid -- yada, yada, yada -- HAL kills everyone on the ship.
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The moral of the story is that when lives depend on fully automated systems, it's a good idea to keep an eye on those systems anyway. (And if that's not the moral of the story, it should have been.)
How do you use something that's fully automatic, anyway? What is the responsibility of the "user"? Can we just hand over control to the bots?
Recent events in the news suggest that when it comes to using our automatic products and features, some people are doing it wrong. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Artificial+Intelligence http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?q=iot
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This tutorial shows how to use Server-Sent Events (SSE) in an ESP8266 NodeMCU Web Server programmed with Arduino IDE. SSE allows the browser to receive automatic updates from a server via HTTP connection. This is useful to send updated sensor readings to the browser, for example. Whenever a new reading is available, the ESP8266 sends it to the client and the web page can be updated automatically without the need to make additional requests.
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