Smart homes revolution is coming!

09/17/20 • 40 min

Brand new connected home over IP (CHIP) standards from the Zigbee Alliance are set to give frustrated smart home owners the ease of use, security, and interoperability they demand. But not before Jeremy Cowan and his guests Steve Hanna of Infineon and journalist Dave Howell tackle the messy issues of Elon Musk and pigs’ brains, anti-COVID wearables, and ‘smart motorways’ that are just dumb!

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Nick Booth is a freelance technology journalist and author, who regularly
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artificial intelligence. www.transformainsights.com

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Transcript

Jeremy Cowan 0:04

Hi, and welcome to the latest Tech Trends podcast brought to you by VanillaPlus, IoT Now and The Evolving Enterprise. I'm Jeremy Cowan, and I'm so glad you could join us for today's sometimes serious, sometimes light-hearted look at digital transformation for enterprises.

Now in a moment, our guests are going to share the serious tech news that's interested them lately. Our first guest is a senior systems archit