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Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Python IoTConnectSDK and BLE - part 3: Adding a Module (RSL10)

Jan Cumps

AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning the Python SDK and integrating BLE devices.In this post: the SDK plug-in functionality to ad...
- 10 May 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Python IoTConnectSDK and BLE - part 2: WiFi Provisioning

Jan Cumps

AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning the Python SDK and integrating BLE devices.In this post: the mechanism to enter your credent...
- 9 May 2021
In the next few hours − China's Long March 5B rocket is uncontrollably falling to Earth

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The Long March 5B rocket launched China's first core module Tianhe space station from Wenchang on Thursday local time. (Image Credit: CCTV) After its launch of the 22.5-metric-ton Tianhe space station module from Wenchang on Thursday local t...
- 7 May 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Python IoTConnectSDK and BLE - part 1: overview and goal

Jan Cumps

AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning the Python SDK and integrating BLE devices. In this post: what do I want to achieve, and...
- 7 May 2021
This Arque wearable robotic tail can help maintain your balance

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The Arque tail enhances the wearer’s balance and can be used to help the elderly keep their balance. (Image Credit: Yamen Saraiji) Long ago, humans possibly sported tails that didn’t have many purposes, but they eventually lost their tails due to evo...
- 6 May 2021
Meet Cassie, the bipedal robot who taught itself how to walk

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Cassie taught itself how to walk using reinforcement learning. After some accidents and spills, Cassie taught itself how to walk around. (Image credit: University of Berkley) If you're afraid of robots taking over the world, then you won't be ha...
- 30 Apr 2021
NASA’s Perseverance rover turns carbon dioxide into oxygen

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NASA’s new rover has a tool called MOXIE that produces oxygen from carbon dioxide. Could this be the key to having life on mars? (Photo from NASA) NASA’s new rover, Perseverance, is a six-wheeled robot looking for signs of ancient life on Mars. ...
- 27 Apr 2021
UMaine 3D-printed a 25-foot, 5,000-pound boat in just three days

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The 3D-printed patrol boat, called 3Dirigo, was tested in the Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Laboratory. (Image Credit: University of Maine) In 2019, the University of Maine developed the largest 25-foot, 5,000-pound 3D-printed boat, called 3...
- 23 Apr 2021
Robosen’s Optimus Prime robot toy transforms itself and responds to voice commands

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Robosen’s Optimus Prime toy robot transforms from a truck into a robot and responds to voice commands. (Image Credit: Robosen Robotics) Possibly one of the coolest robot toys out there available for consumers is a version of Optimus Prime, the T...
- 21 Apr 2021
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter successfully takes flight on Mars

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Ingenuity captured this Image of its shadow on Mar's surface. (Image Credit: NASA) Aerial exploration of Mars is officially underway! On April 19th, NASA lifted off its Ingenuity helicopter from Mars, marking the first performance of a powered, ...
- 20 Apr 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 9e: IIoT supply chain and Certificates - Test!

Jan Cumps

For context, check the intro post. Summary: How to use Signed Certificates in an IoT supply chain. Without giving away your private keys to your subcontractor.At the end of this post, you completed 90% of the end-to-end process.You, as subcontra...
- 14 Apr 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 9d: IIoT supply chain and Certificates - Subcontractor Generates a Thing Certificate for Your Device

Jan Cumps

For context, check the intro post. Summary: How to use Signed Certificates in an IoT supply chain. Without giving away your private keys to your subcontractor.At the end of this post, you completed 90% of the end-to-end process.You, as subcontra...
- 13 Apr 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 9c: IIoT supply chain and Certificates - Create an Intermediate CA Certificate for your Subcontractor

Jan Cumps

For context, check the intro post. Summary: How to use Signed Certificates in an IoT supply chain. Without giving away your private keys to your subcontractor.At the end of this post, you completed 60% of the end-to-end process.You will generate...
- 13 Apr 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 9b: IIoT supply chain and Certificates - Create Ca Root certificate, Load to IoTConnect Cloud and Validate

Jan Cumps

For context, check the intro post. Summary: How to use Signed Certificates in an IoT supply chain. Without giving away your private keys to your subcontractor.At the end of this post, you completed 33% of the end-to-end process.The IoTConnect.io...
- 11 Apr 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 9a: Outsource Certificate Signing in IIoT Supply Chain

Jan Cumps

AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning how to talk to it with Node-RED.In this post: How to use Signed Certificates in an IoT suppl...
- 11 Apr 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 8b: safer connect with CA certificates

Jan Cumps

AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning how to talk to it with Node-RED.In this post: authentication with a CA generated certificate...
- 10 Apr 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 8a: safer connect with Self Signed Certificates

Jan Cumps

AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning how to talk to it with Node-RED.In this post: authentication with a Self Signed Certificate....
- 9 Apr 2021
Genesis flew 3,281 drones in China, earning a Guinness World Record

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Genesis’ logo was unveiled in an aerial light show by 3,281 drones. (Image Credit: Genesis) On March 29th, Genesis announced its entry into China’s automotive market and broke a Guinness World Record in the process. The South Korean company made...
- 6 Apr 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 7: messages and commands from the cloud

Jan Cumps

AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard*. In this blog series I'm learning how to talk to it with Node-RED.In this post: Messages and commands from the cloud to the T...
- 31 Mar 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io (with Node-RED) - part 6: rules and alerts

Jan Cumps

AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard*. In this blog series I'm learning how to talk to it with Node-RED.In this post, no Node-RED. I'm testing rules and alerts. Se...
- 24 Mar 2021
Researchers create a computational model of the Antikythera mechanism

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An exploded view of the Antikythera mechanism. (Image Credit: Tony Freeth/UCL) Researchers at University College London (UCL) have created a computational model of the Antikythera mechanism, a 2,000year-old ancient Greek astronomical calculator....
- 23 Mar 2021
Researchers develop food-foraging swarm robots

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These robots are programmed to search for food similarly to bacteria. (Image Credit: L. Liu/Chongqing University) Researchers at Chongqing University in China have designed an analog experiment for bio-inspired robots, allowing them to explore ...
- 22 Mar 2021
Scientists in Tokyo developed a human-like robot with artificial muscles

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This robot can move around like a human and even eat a Cheeto. (Image Credit: Suzumori Endo Robotics Laboratory) Developing human-like robots is not an easy feat. For starters, they would need to be designed exactly like a human body, which has...
- 17 Mar 2021
Star Wars Fan Builds Full-Sized Replica of The Mandalorian's Razor Crest Ship

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The ship is made of wood and other materials and took just over a year to build with partial funding from other Star Wars fans. (Image credit: Ayaal Fedorov via Instagram) It's art, it's packed with electronics, it's cool. If I only had more ti...
- 15 Mar 2021
Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 5: online dashboard

Jan Cumps

AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard*. In this blog series I'm learning how to talk to it with Node-RED.In this post: the dashboard (live link). In the previo...
- 12 Mar 2021