IoT devices

4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 28, 2017 by Kevin Fu · across every show →

Everything said about IoT devices, oldest first

Jul 28, 2017
Insight
Fu: IoT security fails because devices blindly trust raw sensor data
“So the lesson on sensors is basically trust but verify. A lot of IoT devices are taking in sensor data, and they're just acting on it blindly, but you need a way to verify that what you're sensing is actually a real physical phenomena.”
Kevin Fu Jul 28, 2017 ▶ 15:34 Kevin Fu
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Evans: Consumers buy solutions, not underlying component technologies like electric motors
“Our grandparents could have told you how many electric motors they owned. You know, there was one in the car, and one in the refrigerator, and one in the vacuum cleaner. And now there's probably a dozen in your wing mirror, and you've got dozens of different e…”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:52 a16z Podcast | The Technology is Ready, So Where is the Internet of Things?
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Insight
Evans: Drones and smart thermostats are essentially smartphones with wings
“An awful lot of this stuff is it's actually smartphone components. I mean, it's obviously like a thermostat or a drone or all of those kinds of things are basically just smartphones with wings.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:44 a16z Podcast | What Comes After the Smartphone
Dec 30, 2019 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chen: Scaling IoT devices to hundreds will require UX design breakthroughs
“And so we're going to need a breakthrough in usability design that makes the experience of upgrading software for all of the devices in our house, every light bulb, every plug, every shirt, so that we're not getting prompted all the time. And we're definitely …”
Frank Chen Dec 30, 2019 ▶ 23:33 Imagining Our Future Through Tech
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