The Internet of Things controlled by smartphone
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Australia now has the second-highest smartphone penetration in the world, ahead of the US, the UK, and Japan, according to Google.
"Now that smartphones are ubiquitous, we're going to start to build devices that anticipate the existence of a smartphone in a person's life," Pesce says on this week's Patch Monday podcast.
"The smartphone is now no longer just a device, but it's actually going to be the platform for the Internet of Things ... people are going to have all these fancy new devices that they can control from their smartphones."
Those devices could include the Light by Moore'sCloud, the Linux-based lamp containing 52 LEDs for which Pesce and his team are currently seeking AU$700,000 funding via Kickstarter.
Pesce's previous appearance on Patch Monday was in mid August, when he discussed the future of business as a Lego-like everything as a service. Following positive feedback on that episode, he returns to highlight events that indicate how the future might evolve.
As well as the Internet of Things, in today's episode, Pesce discusses Syria's internet blackout, Australia's confidence in building the Overland Telegraph between Darwin and Adelaide, the information graphics of Edward Tufte, and the future of drones.
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Running time: 46 minutes, 02 seconds