http://gigaom.com/2012/08/23/smartthings-kickstarter-project-lets-developers-hack-the-real-world/ Sat, 25 May 2013 16:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2012/08/23/smartthings-kickstarter-project-lets-developers-hack-the-real-world/#comment-938002 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:47:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=556309#comment-938002 Let’s let the Darwinian stew of innovation work for a while before we invite the standards folks into the kitchen. Eventually this will settle down to a couple of reasonable and well-funded approaches, and they’ll be better than a committee could have produced.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/08/23/smartthings-kickstarter-project-lets-developers-hack-the-real-world/#comment-937612 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:36:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=556309#comment-937612 I agree. Where’s the IEEE? :)

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/08/23/smartthings-kickstarter-project-lets-developers-hack-the-real-world/#comment-936935 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:47:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=556309#comment-936935 I’ve seen a number of such projects come up on Kickstarter over the past couple of years, including Twine, Node, Sensordrone, and others, using a variety of interfaces, including Wifi, physical connection, various generations of Bluetooth and such. In addition, there are previous efforts, like the various sensors available for the Lego NXT, the Arudino and others. Unfortunately, the lack of standard connections between each of these projects is an issue … let’s hope standardization happens pretty soon, otherwise we’re going to end up with some serious interop difficulties.

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