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Peter Hoddie Talks About His Internet of Things Construction Kit (Video)
You remember Peter Hoddie, right? He was one of the original QuickTime developers at Apple. He left in 2002 to help found a startup called Kinoma, which started life developing multimedia players and browsers for mobile devices. Kinoma was acquired in 2011 by Marvell Semiconductor, whose management kept it as a separate entity.
The latest creation from Peter and his crew is the 'Kinoma Create,' AKA the 'JavaScript-Powered Internet of Things Construction Kit.' With it, they say, you can 'quickly and easily create personal projects, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things prototypes.' EE Times mentioned it in March, and they're not the only ones to notice this product. Quite a few developers and companies are jumping on the 'Internet of Things' bandwagon, so there may be a decent -- and growing -- market for something like this. (Alternate Video Link)
The latest creation from Peter and his crew is the 'Kinoma Create,' AKA the 'JavaScript-Powered Internet of Things Construction Kit.' With it, they say, you can 'quickly and easily create personal projects, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things prototypes.' EE Times mentioned it in March, and they're not the only ones to notice this product. Quite a few developers and companies are jumping on the 'Internet of Things' bandwagon, so there may be a decent -- and growing -- market for something like this. (Alternate Video Link)
Like... before the Battle of Hastings??
I know Quicktime is a little long in the tooth, but I didn't know it was THAT old.
1002? wow, that was a while ago
Left in 1002?
Of course I did develop it...no bias of course!
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No thanks. The "Internet of Things" isn't happening, your shitty video isn't getting played, and some shitty product isn't getting my attention.
And for future reference, all thigns on the internet are things - the internet is already an internet of things.
In fact, everything is a thing, and no thing is nothing. So please go Fuck Yourselves as a Service on the Cloud you rode in on, you worthless marketing fucks.
Wow... Well devices are in fact going to become internet enabled, your fridge, your watch, your car, etc. That is the internet of things. It is happening. Also a nifty product.
Does anyone else loathe the "Internet of Things" buzz word?
He was one of the original QuickTime developers
I stopped reading or caring about anything he had to say or had done after that line. I can't be the only person with a deep loathing of quicktime?
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yet another unplayable video. I always click the "Alternate video" link in the summary in vague hope, but it is always the same video!
html5, html5, html5 please!
You remember Peter Hoddie, right? He was one of the original QuickTime developers at Apple.
No. Never heard of him.
With TVs it turned out to be useless, though. At first it seemed cool (whoa, my TV is playing files right off the server!), then you realized the TV's software was fucking ancient, pathetic, broken, etc compared to what was running on the machine on the other end of the HDMI cable. (It plays this file, but not this one.) So we had dumb TVs, then smart TVs, and then went back to using smart TVs like dumb TVs. TV is an excellent example of how most of these ideas are stupid, and don't make things work any better.
Most. I'm not saying everything should lack connectivity, but TVs showed that big manufacturers are definitely sometimes putting networking into things where it doesn't make sense.
If Bill Budge had gotten around to finishing Construction Set Construction Set. Oh, well.
TV, Phones, and Radio are not inherently bad. People originally saw broadcast media as a way of sharing knowledge. A voice with further range.
That said, just like speaking it also has the potential to be misused and harm the public. I'll argue that it has been used for exactly that purpose for decades as well, with the last couple of decades reaching an absurd level of hypnotizing the public and keeping them away from reality.
As we see with other forms of broadcast, the "Internet" has also been abused for the same purposes. You only need to look into why Wikimedia started blocking congressional IPs from anonymous edits to know that it's not just "conspiracy wackos" trying to mislead people. It should also be obvious that this media format has been used for more nefarious purposes than simply misleading or providing false information. Once again, you can point to government agencies as the largest culprits.
Given what we know about people abusing media and technology, why the hell would you want your toaster and fridge connected to the internet? In nearly every case, the risk drastically outweighs any potential benefit of having the device internet accessible in my opinion. Not only do you have to worry about an insurance company looking at your fridge and increasing your rates because you have too many high carb foods (which is on track to be 100% government controlled), but you also have to worry about a hacker turning up the temperature so your food spoils. Even better, automatically ordering food for you when that gets plugged in (already being touted as why you should have a fridge on the internet), because you can probably afford $68,000.00 worth of steak right?
Nobody cares what you do, but at least stop bullshitting people and using fallacy to make yourself look better than someone who has weighed the risks and does not want this type of technology invading their home.
Currently there is nothing from stopping you from rigging up your house and appliances in numerous fashions to have all your "stuff" shared on the internet. Do it up, just don't bitch when your "stuff" gets destroyed or stolen. More importantly, stop trying to imply it's a great idea and everyone should do it.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
Either a sock puppet account trying to make sure people are getting messages about how "cool" the concept is. Or. Someone nerd raging and believing everything technology is cool. Or Finally. The person chose an offensive vocabulary to express their thoughts.
I'll lean toward the last thing, mixed with the middle.
I will state that the rating of "Troll" is wrong also, and it agrees with my thoughts (though I'd have expressed them differently). If "Fuck the CIA" can get modded insightful (in a thread yesterday), so can this.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
If you want to quickly try something out this sounds like a great device. I often have ideas I want to try, but when I sit down & look at all the steps I have to go through to just to see if it's a good idea or not, I almost always put it back on the "when I have time shelf". It would also be an easy way for kids to be able to make something that works within their limited attention span. I plan to get one when they come out.