AWS IoT is a managed cloud platform that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud applications and other devices. AWS IoT can support billions of devices and trillions of messages, and can process and route those messages to AWS endpoints and to other devices reliably and securely. With AWS IoT, your applications can keep track of and communicate with all your devices, all the time, even when they aren’t connected.
AWS CodeCommit Introduces Commit Visualizer Graph View
You can now view visual representations of the commits made to your AWS CodeCommit repositories. The Commit Visualizer is a graphical view which helps you see the sequence of commits to a branch, the relationship between parent and child commits, and merges into the branch. You can filter by branch or re-render the graph by a specific commit. You can click each commit to view details such as commit ID, parent ID(s), date, committer name, and commit message.
Raspberry Pi org launches its own Starter Kit
The Raspberry Pi foundation celebrates a 10 million sales landmark by launching a premium Starter Kit
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The Ten (+10) Smartest Companies In 2016
Thanks to the MIT Technology Review for this – the 20 smartest companies in 2016: Amazon Baidu Illumina Tesla Motors Aquion Energy MobileMe 23andMe Alphabet Spark Therapeutics Huawei First Solar Nvidia Cellectis Enlisting Facebook SpaceX Toyota Airware IDE Technologies TenCent
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TI supports sub-GHz and Bluetooth on one MCU
Texas Instruments has announced a microcontroller with radios for both sub-GHz and Bluetooth low energy, claiming it to be the lowest power dual-band MCU yet. Called the CC1350 wireless MCU, it offers a range of up to 20km on a coin cell for building automation, factory automation, alarms, security, smart grid, asset tracking and wireless …
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Did Intel Fall For A Techno-Ponzi Scheme?
Did Intel management fall for that decades old Techno-Ponzi scheme – phase change memory. A hilarious piece in Semiaccurate points out that on launch in July 2015 the claim for 3D XPoint was: 1000x faster than NAND, 1000x the endurance of NAND, and 10x denser than DRAM. Intel’s Xpoint is pretty much broken By IDF …
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Self-defeating remote water meter
I have a water meter. Because it is in the back garden, the water company fitter a wireless reading head. The meter is about 60cm underground, and it is at the bottom of a plastic tube (~20cm dia) buried in the earth. The transmit head is located (ish, see below) near the top of this …
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Tech sector wants a voice in Brexit talks, says techUK
We talk to Paul Hide, director of operations and private sector programmes, techUK, about challenges and opportunities facing the UK tech sector in the light of the Brexit vote
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Where now for ARM?
ARM has become one of the world’s most impressive technology success stories of the last 25 years, David Manners considers what its future may be under new ownership.
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Tiny energy storage cell for IoT nodes lasts for years
Murata has created an energy storage component specifically for wireless sensor nodes powered by energy harvesting.
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