I’m now blogging for Jack Morton Worldwide, and my inaugural post went online last night. Much has been said about Google’s $3.2 Billion purchase of NEST, but I was more interested in how they paid for it with your data.
Category: Internet of Things
iBeacons and WayFinding
So, I managed to get my hands on the Estimote development kit this week, and very exciting it is too. iBeacon is one of the lesser known additions that made it’s way into Apples iOS 7 release. Basically, Estimote Beacons are small, beautifully designed sensors that could be placed anywhere in the physical world. Once installed, […]
Talking about: Doing it for the kids
Today I got the opportunity to speak to a class of 8 year olds. Frightening! It was my son’s class, so how bad could it be? They’d been learning about circuits, and I had a few Electric Paint pens left over from the recent Bare Conductive and Moving Brands ‘InkHack’ – where I built the […]
InkHack and the Capacitive Safe
The InkHack day was hosted by Moving Brands and supported by Bare Conductive, makers of Electric Paint. It was a great opportunity to get my mitts on one of their KickStarter-funded TouchBoards months before release. So how could I resist?
DWT (Directors Want Tea)
Remember when ‘tea making skills’ were a part of every young person’s CV? What happened to that? Well, in the spirit of nostalgia and the love of a Cuppa, we’re bringing it back. So, I give you: DWT – Directors Want Tea!