Google is about to get into the smart home with new software called Brillo (http://nextmarket.co/blogs/smarthomeweekly/29309313-google-iot-os-brillo-effort-reports-to-barratt-targeting-home-routers) that will connect devices to a router. It won't be part of the Nest ecosystem of devices, but it will work with Nest devices, according to reports on the Google news. By the time the show airs, we should know more (http://www.zdnet.com/article/what-to-expect-for-android-and-chrome-at-google-io-2015/), but for now, we spend some time on this week's show discussing what another major entrant means for the smart home. It's mostly good news for consumers.
Kevin and I also explore a cool Kickstarter project that will ship in July for Microduinos, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/microduino/microduino-mcookie-the-smallest-electronic-modules/description) tiny sensors and modules that snap to LEGOs and work with your Arduino board.
They remind me of Little Bits, and are pretty intriguing. After we discuss that, Alarm.com's initial public offering (http://fortune.com/2015/05/22/alarm-com-ipo/) and a 5-minute review of Microsoft's Cortana, since it will soon be available on both Google Android and Apple's iOS (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/microsofts-cortana-coming-ios-android-devices/story?id=31316424), Joe Mann a UX designer at Artefact, a design consultancy discusses how we can expect the internet of things to change our travel experience. We start with the smart home, but move on to Disney, air travel and hotels, since those are the venues where many people will experience the joys of a connected experience for the first time.
