Mozilla debuts implementation of WebThings Gateway open-source router firmware

Post by nathancahill » Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 12:24 AM UTC

SamuelAdams wrote: post #60

m12k wrote: post #16

What's HN's thoughts on IoT? To me it looks like yet another buzzword from the "wouldn't it be neat?" crowd (the same people who previously gave us a lot of hype about Semantic Web and P2P social networks) but as before none of the applications are actually worth the hassle, this prevents critical mass from ever being reached, and in reality it's mostly just a way for appliance companies who are already overcharging…

It's a great idea, but companies are building products that no one wants. Here's a few ideas of products / services / suites of items I would actually buy for my home: - Machine to completely do my dishes. End to end. It puts them from the sink to the dishwasher. Runs the dishwasher. Takes them out of the dishwasher and puts them in the cabinet. I do not care if this takes 5 hours - it can run overnight. I just don't…

Post by vineyardmike » Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 12:43 AM UTC

godelski wrote: post #130

garmaine wrote: post #123

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It is encrypted on the device. How are you going to get access to it?

My confusion is that I think there has to be a command that is encryptThisDataToBeSent(data). Can't you just look at data? Before it is encrypted? Or is data encrypted at all times? But if that's true, then the difference of sending encrypted data is kinda moot.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 2:34 AM UTC

FridgeSeal wrote: post #164

icebraining wrote: post #32

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IoT is a great success - in industry. At home, from what I can tell, it mostly divides into: - People who apparently live in warzones and need military-level surveillance of their home - People who want to feel like they're living in the Star Trek universe - People with very specific needs, who might take advantage of a commercial IoT device or two in their overall setup

> - People who want to feel like they're living in the Star Trek universe I mean, do you not want to feel like that?

Post by SturgeonsLaw » Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 4:59 AM UTC

clairity wrote: post #158

ivelostn wrote: post #132

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The dogs not alone. It has the robot. The robot could let you peer in remotely and say hi. The robot could comfort your dog for you while you’re away. The robot is there for your dog while you can’t be. The robot could 3D print dog friendly toys for it and feed it too.

so it's the robot's dog then?

Post by d21d3q » Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 1:19 PM UTC

samirm wrote: post #83

sudoaza wrote: post #71

HTTP for IOT is super heavy, on one side it may be simpler for developer to hop in, but performance wise this shouldn't be used for anything large scale or where power/bandwidth constrains are an issue. Something like ble/lora/zigbee for device-gateway comunication and mqtt or similar for gateway-collector is the best for me.

the problem with ble/lora/zigbee is they all require extra hardware (radio)