DeveloperWeek 2017

When creating an Internet of Things (IoT) application, many developers start thinking about connectivity, sensors, or even the user interface first. But what about the Data Model, i.e. the basic structure of your information and how you store, manipulate, and interact with it? Often, this is left to later stages with the hopes that it grows organically out of the application’s needs. ThingWorx believes that this approach is backwards. Start with the Data Model. Decide who needs to interact with the data and what specific requirements they’ll have. Think about reusability. Think about updating it in the future. How will it scale? How will it interact with future features which you haven’t even thought about yet? We’ll talk about these items and more in ThingWorx’s Data Modeling for the Internet of Things. 

A strong foundation of hardware assisted security can be found below the OS in firmware instruction set APIs and security engines that are shipped with each device processor. Historically, only specialized developers or device OEMs have utilized the trusted execution environments available in silicon to strengthen their application security.  IoT presents a new set of demands where M2M or remote IoT platforms need to attest software and device identity, ensure protected boot and storage, and create trusted execution environments secured by the platform. In this presentation, Intel presents an overview of the core platform security capabilities and suggests a unifying solution for end-to-end IoT security.

If you're interested in learning about how robots in homes around the world are enabling us to realize the vision we all have of a useable and truly smart Smart Home, then come check out this talk!  We'll be talking about how robots already in homes today, like the iRobot Roomba and its home mapping capabilities, will play a integral role in the Smart Home ecosystem.