UKFast Blog: Internet of Things

If there’s one thing that makes me feel a bit murdery, it’s chopsticks. OK, one of the things that make me feel a bit murdery. But luckily not everyone harbours the same - mildly deranged - feelings as I do, because those twin sticks of evil have found a way to redeem themselves. Chopsticks, as it turns out, are set to become the next piece of smart tech, and a weapon for saving lives (instead of destroying them). ‘Smart tech’ is a buzzy new umbrella term for tech that connects to the internet or communicates M2M (machine-to-machine), and it’s taking…

Post-Snowden (and more recent allegations about the British government being rascals with our webcams), our security concerns have gone into overdrive; and yet we continue to develop tech that could turn on us (The Internet of Things should be called…