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NEWS: IoT visualization tools

One of the biggest benefits of IoT and connected devices is continuous data acquisition since by analyzing this data companies can predict equipment failures, identify bottlenecks or overstaffing and many other useful informations. However, there are more than 8 billion IoT devices around the world generating huge amounts of data so apart from problems with data acquisition, storage and analysis, one of the issues to be addressed is how to effectively interpret and present this data. In the following article, there is a brief but good explanation how to come from raw data to actionable insights, how to extract value…

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September 23, 2018

All posts / IOT 101

WiFi in the IoT world

We’ve been writing about WiFi in IoT connectivity post, but what I’ve noticed lately is that everybody is talking about the NB-IoT, LTE-M, LoRa, Sigfox or BLE, ZigBee, Z-Wave - so I wonder, what’s happening with the good old WiFi? As written in our earlier post, WiFi in it’s latest ac version can provide more than 1 Gbps, but the range is limited to typically 100 meters, even less than this indoors. Additionally, there are new WiFi standards developed for IoT: WiFi HaLow (802.11ah) published in Q4 2017 and HEW (802.11ax) that’s expected to be finalized in 2019. For…

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September 14, 2018

All posts / IoT news

NEWS: Outside the classroom STEM resources

Netokracija brings interesting article regarding STEM resources available outside of the classroom that you can introduce to your kids. Article is focused on the courses available in Croatia, but there's also the part covering DIY sets and some online videos and platforms, useful for those of you that are not from Croatia. Even though in Croatia there is a lot of talk about the curricular reform in schools - in the end it was more talk and less action. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that the situation is pretty similar in the rest of our SEE region. So in the meanwhile,…

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September 13, 2018

All posts / Entrepreneurship

Why IoT projects fail?

With this post I decided to cover the failures of IoT projects - inspiration for the post came when I stumbled on a list of failed IoT companies. According to Cisco’s survey nearly 75% of IoT projects fail - I believe the main reason why this figure is so high lies in the fact that at this moment IoT is still overhyped and almost everybody is trying to do something and get a chunk of that big opportunity. Anyhow, this number definitely should warn us that we have to be very realistic in self assessment but also in favor of…

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September 10, 2018

All posts / Entrepreneurship / Personal development

The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy – book review

Introduction This book is the best personal development book that I have read so far. There are many reasons for this. First it is not too long and there are no parts that are typically found in books to just fill up the space, I recommend no skipping. Also, there are so many practical tips, so a few of them I have started using right away. There are also a lot of aha moments and also a lot of moments where author have just confirmed my previous opinions about what is important. This is the book I highly recommend to…

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September 10, 2018

All posts / Smart city

What is a smart city?

Introduction The idea of the smart city is quite old, but due to lowered price of sensors and technology just similar to IoT it has gained a big momentum in the market. Smart cities are now being developed to improve environmental, financial, and social aspects and quality of urban life for both citizens and visitors. Other names can also be intelligent cities or data driven cities. Since more than 60% of total population is expected to live in cities worldwide by 2050. Smart cities are very important step for assuring a higher quality of life. However, there are major challenges…

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September 2, 2018