This week we don't have a guest on the show, but we covered a lot of great stuff starting with the week's news about The thread Group releasing its code and Qualcomm joining the group touting the wireless protocol (http://for.tn/1RwffOm). We also spent a considerable amount of time covering Target's new retail concept for the internet of things (http://fortune.com/2015/07/09/target-open-house/). The retailer has opened up a store in San Francisco that stocks connected devices from 50 vendors and shows people how these products work in a simulated home and how they work together.
Listen up to hear how Target plans to use the store as a lab to learn about how to sell the internet of things. After that we talk about using connected devices in sports, specifically tennis (http://www.tiauknews.org/news/2014/12/11/babolat-set-to-grow-connected-tennis). Since Wimbledon just wrapped up we pulled data on connected tennis rackets on Babolat from IBM (http://ibmcai.com/2015/07/09/can-the-internet-of-things-make-tennis-smarter/) and discussed how better data might change the way the sport is played and how it may influence the rules of the game. Kevin also referenced a scary NASCAR crash that you can see here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84hz9w2GlV4).
Finally, our 5-minute review this week is on the Vivint doorbell camera.