Alasdair Allan

2 months ago | hackster.io | Alasdair Allan

Eight years after the demise of the both the watch, and the company behind it, the Pebble smartwatch is coming back from the dead. 3 minutes ago • Wearables / Machine Learning & AIEight years after the demise of the both the watch, and the company behind it, at the tail end of last month we learned that the Pebble smartwatch is coming back from the dead. Back in 2016 amongst rumours of Fitbit buying Pebble for “a small amount,” I wrote about the coming demise of Pebble as a platform.

Nov 13, 2024 | aallan.medium.com | Alasdair Allan

It’s not as if machine learning models aren’t incredibly easy to fool? Alasdair Allan·Follow18 min read·--The transcript of a keynote I gave at the Future of Cyber Security conference held at Prospero House in London in November 2024, during which I talked about machine learning, the internet of things, edge computing, and how the new attack surfaces introduced by the arrival of artificial intelligence changes things.

Nov 8, 2024 | dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Terry Murden |Alasdair Allan |Jamie Johnston

A proposed ban on wood-burning stoves in new-build homes has been lifted following a backlash from rural communities. Restrictions on their installation were put in place in September following regulations known as the New Build Heat Standard which came into effect in April. They permitted wood burning stoves in new homes and buildings only for emergency heating. But they will be lifted altogether from 1 January.

Nov 3, 2024 | hackster.io | Alasdair Allan

Have products like the Humane AI Pin or Rabbit R1 failed? Or are they the next underlying model around which our computing will be built? Alasdair Allan3 seconds ago • Internet of Things / Wearables / Machine Learning & AIThe transcript of a talk I gave at the Particle Spectraconference in 2024 during, which I talked about machine learning, edge computing, technological readiness, and how abstraction changes computing.

Oct 1, 2024 | hackster.io | Alasdair Allan

Products overtook platforms, and solutions now seem to have now overtaken products. LoRaWAN has moved past the platform problem. Last week in Amsterdam The Things Network, who have arguably been one of the main driving forces behind the adoption of LoRaWAN, held this year's edition of their annual conference, The Things Conference. The winner of the standards war around wide area networking protocols for the Internet of Things, LoRaWAN is a low-powered, low-bandwidth, and long-range protocol.