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Traveling made easy with IoT

BluesmartTraveling can either be a terrible or an amazing experience. While some things like a turbulent flight or first class can’t be fixed by IoT, IoT can help make other parts of traveling so much simpler. Whether you’re a regular traveler racking up miles or only traveling for a family wedding every now and then, […]

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How IoT will change Sleep

Chrona SleepMy life, just like everyone else’s revolves around sleep. If I get a good night’s sleep I’m up and ready for the day. If I get a bad night’s sleep I’m tired and grumpy until I get some coffee. The hardest thing about getting a good night sleep is figuring out what is wrong with […]

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Analytics for Sigfox: meet thethings.iO

Analytics for Sigfox with thethings.iOIf you are an Internet of Things enthusiast, you must know Sigfox. In case you don’t, keep reading. Nevertheless, this post is not only about the incredible things you can make with Sigfox but also how you can integrate it with an IoT platform such as thethings.iO. What’s Sigfox? Sigfox is a cellular style telecom that […]

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Connect esp8266 to the Internet at thethings.iO

The ESP8266 is a little board that can be used as an Arduino WiFi module using serial communication and AT commands. But since it features a processor, memory, GPIOs and much more, there are more interesting uses to it than a simple shield to connect your Arduino to the Internet. It can be used as […]

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How IoT will change Schools

Just as the IoT is shaping the future of homes, sports, and music, IoT is going to literally shape the future it self! (…Because the children are the future…Queue the 1985 song ‘We are the World’) Schools will be managed in a whole new way. IoT is making a big impact on managing the school […]

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thethings.iO at October 2015

Hackathon 'Todos Incluídos'October means lots of things: it represents the definitive goodbye to the summer, the celebration of the Oktoberfest in Munich, or the arrival of a new season in the technological field. More events, more posts, more work… more thethings.iO! So what’s this October bringing to us? First of all, we want to express our sadness […]

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thethings.iO in ‘El Mundo’

thethings.iO teamLast 25th of September, we appeared at the Spanish Newspaper ‘El Mundo’. They explained what we do at thethings.iO as well as introduced the concept ‘Internet of Things’. The article says… Coming from the old concept of domotics, popped up the Internet of Things. The old domotics showed up a problem: with the system used, […]

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thethings.iO at the IOTSWC15

IOTSWC15 BarcelonaLast week, it took place for the first time in Barcelona, the IOT Solutions World Congress Barcelona 2015, and thethings.iO team was there! This event, held at Fira de Barcelona on September 16th, 17th and 18th, hopes to become an annual Internet of Things’ date. There, we shared space with some of the most important technological companies from […]

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How IoT will change Music

How IoT will change MusicWelcome to the most harmonious post of thethings.iO. This is about music. We can listen to it, play or even sing it; but what about feeling and living the song you love the most? No matter if you prefer jazz, electro, indie, heavy metal, or whatever, there’s always an IoT device or wearable that suits you perfectly. And […]

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How IoT will change our gardens

In this blog, we have had a quick look at different ways that Internet of Things is going to change our lives soon, like houses, cities, workplaces and even animals! As you see, Internet of Things is going to change absolutely everything, and your garden could not be less. In this post, we are going […]