Tag Archives: Security

Geek Week: M2M Enables Intel to be Inside a Smarter Home

By Eric Mantion on March 20, 2012

The “Smart Home” is not a new concept. For years, the likes of Popular Mechanics & other similar media outlets would highlight the latest advancement to make your home smarter. But many of those solutions had issues. Recently, Intel worked with Kontron to develop an incredibly small Digital Nexus that can work with a number of M2M devices, all while using very standard interfaces, like 3G, Wi-Fi, and ZigBee Read more >

What’s Security Got to Do with It?

By Eric Mantion on March 8, 2012

The promise of Intelligent Systems is that things all around us will get smarter & make our lives easier. Great! But, as things get smarter, and more connected, the simply MUST also get more secure. Or else, the result is like a jet-powered skateboard – it is only Fun or Funny in the cartoons. In real life, it is dangerous! Read more >