Search Results: IoT

While developers focus on securing network communications, the silent vulnerability of insecure local data storage in IoT companion apps leaves sensitive credentials and operational data exposed. This deep dive examines how architectural flaws in mobile apps can compromise entire IoT ecosystems, using a smart lock companion app as a case study.

Discover how a simple, affordable hardware hack can transform a decades-old intercom into a remote-controlled smart device. This DIY project demonstrates the power of IoT integration without costly upgrades, emphasizing sustainability and technical ingenuity.

CoreLathe's Micro-RLE delivers a groundbreaking sub-264-byte stream compressor using drift-aware RLE-XOR encoding, slashing UART bandwidth by 33-70% for Cortex-M microcontrollers. With deterministic 6-14 cycle/byte performance and zero heap dependency, it solves critical data transmission bottlenecks in sensor networks and IoT devices.

Raspberry Pi and similar tools have revolutionized IoT prototyping, allowing developers to quickly build functional devices with minimal resources. Yet, scaling these prototypes into secure, certified, and mass-producible products involves formidable challenges like regulatory compliance, automated manufacturing, and embedded security. This article examines the hurdles in IoT productization and how emerging platforms aim to streamline the path from tinkering to market.

By leveraging KVM acceleration and a custom bootloader, developers achieved 5,000 concurrent virtual Nerves (Erlang/Elixir) devices on Ampere's 192-core ARM server. This breakthrough demonstrates how hardware virtualization transforms large-scale IoT simulations while revealing critical memory optimization techniques for embedded systems.

SpaceX's cellular Starlink technology is now connecting IoT devices in remote locations, beginning with real-time beehive monitoring in New Zealand. The expansion leverages new spectrum allocations and signals a major leap in satellite-powered IoT connectivity, with T-Mobile confirming similar capabilities are coming to the US market.