Blog Post Saltbox Studio to Merge With Cardinal Peak LAFAYETTE, Colo. — Principals from Cardinal Peak, a leading engineering services firm that helps clients bring internet of things and audio/video products to market, and Saltbox Studio, a digital user experience design firm, announced a merger of the two companies. The merged company will retain the Cardinal Peak name.
Read More Blog Post Security Best Practices: From IoT to HIPAA A couple weeks ago, Kevin Gross posted about the myth of a hacker-proof IoT. His post gave a great high-level overview of ways to make the IoT as secure as possible, and it got me thinking about some more in-depth methods for attempting to attain the security we crave in the IoT industry, especially where…
View Article Read More Blog Post The Myth of a Hacker-Proof IoT I was recently invited to give a presentation on security for Internet of Things networking at infocomm 16. While I discussed the topic and scope with the organizers, I didn’t have a good catchy title prepared, so the organizers took it upon themselves to submit one for me: “Hacker-Proof IoT.” Easy, right? While I would…
View Article Read More Blog Post How to Make the IoT Make Sense for You “IoT-enabling” usually involves taking an everyday product — a kitchen appliance, say — and adding the necessary communication hardware, connecting it to a cloud service, and developing apps for either end-users or installers. What are the common reasons for doing this?
Read More Blog Post The New Elegance: Have the Guts to Leave Something Out I sat recently through a long, multiple-day design review for a major appliance manufacturer. This company —my customer — has a competitor who recently launched an IoT version of their product. In response, my customer is planning a large IoT offering, with a complex app that will support every possible option that their product offers….
View Article Read More Blog Post An Ode to Simplicity Originally this was going to be a blog post ranting about remote controls for home entertainment systems. For the most part, they have way too many buttons! I don’t think I have a particularly high-end setup at home — but I still had to type up instructions so that the rest of the family could…
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