Explore real-world applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) from across the globe and industry vertical among creator projects and expert partners of HWTrek’s hardware development ecosystem community platform as well as interesting curated IoT stories.

Q&A with Peter Kaempf: The Startup within 160-Year-Old STABILO & the Making of Digipen

I recently reconnected with Peter Kaempf, a member of the innovative creator community on the HWTrek platform, who I had met at SXSW in Austin last year and who my co-workers ran into at the Intel Partner Summit at Embedded World in Nuremberg. Peter is Head of Special Product Development at STABILO International GmbH. Fortunately for [...]

By |2023-12-15T14:28:59+00:00May 11th, 2017|Feature Story, IoT Case Studies, Medical, Medical/IoMT|Comments Off on Q&A with Peter Kaempf: The Startup within 160-Year-Old STABILO & the Making of Digipen

Q&A: Steven Zhang, Lead Engineer for CALM.—a Wearable ECG Device Serving Unmet Mobile Health Needs

I touched base with a member of HWTrek's community of creators,  Steven Zhang, who is the lead engineer for CALM., to learn more about the project and its development. CALM. is currently available for pre-order via Indiegogo, where the team has successfully raised about $39,000 (390% of its goal) and has been certified by Arrow [...]

By |2023-12-15T14:30:18+00:00April 26th, 2017|Health/Sport devices, IoT Case Studies, Lifestyle Technology, Medical, Medical/IoMT|Comments Off on Q&A: Steven Zhang, Lead Engineer for CALM.—a Wearable ECG Device Serving Unmet Mobile Health Needs

A Chat with Lisa Kikuchi of SenSprout — How Smart Agriculture Sensors Will Transform Farming

Through a mutual connection among the wonderful community of IoT hardware innovators on the HWTrek platform, I recently caught up with Lisa Kikuchi, Manager at Tokyo-based SenSprout Inc., to learn more about the company and the low-cost smart agriculture sensor that they’ve developed. SenSprout successfully raised $169,931 for its Indiegogo campaign on a goal of $10,000. [...]

By |2023-12-13T00:23:39+00:00February 26th, 2017|Agriculture/Smart Farming, Creators, IoT Case Studies|Comments Off on A Chat with Lisa Kikuchi of SenSprout — How Smart Agriculture Sensors Will Transform Farming

How Portable Gaming Wearables Create a Truly Immersive Experience

VR headsets, such as Facebook’s Oculus Rift, HTC’s Vive or Sony’s PlayStation VR are probably the first things to come to mind when thinking about gaming wearables. Despite the literally game-changing immersive experience they offer, VR headsets lack important features of truly wearable devices, such as portability, usability, and a fashionable design, which create additional [...]

By |2017-02-22T22:01:09+00:00February 22nd, 2017|A/V IoT devices, IoT Case Studies, Lifestyle Technology|Comments Off on How Portable Gaming Wearables Create a Truly Immersive Experience

Creator Profile: Federico Rodriguez, Founder of FRETX—now on Indiegogo

We reached out to a participant in our second Asia Innovation Tour, Federico Rodriguez  (Founder of FRETX) who joined the HWTrek Asia Innovation Tour, August 2015, to learn more about his project and his insights. FRETX launched its Indiegogo campaign on November 2, 2016. Over the course of the past two and a half years, HWTrek hosted 100 [...]

By |2016-11-02T23:11:11+00:00November 2nd, 2016|A/V IoT devices, Creators, Feature Story, IoT Case Studies|Comments Off on Creator Profile: Federico Rodriguez, Founder of FRETX—now on Indiegogo

Interview with IDT—Oregon Scientific and the Oregon Air Smart Air Monitor

We interviewed a member of the HWTrek expert community, IDT, about their Oregon Air Smart Air Monitor, a product developed under their Oregon Scientific brand. IDT is an ODM/OEM provider of lifestyle products in three major product groups. They are experienced in areas of sensors, digital imaging, digital voice and music technology, smart home, and [...]

By |2016-10-18T22:01:34+00:00October 18th, 2016|Feature Story, Health and well-being, Health/Sport devices, IoT Case Studies|Comments Off on Interview with IDT—Oregon Scientific and the Oregon Air Smart Air Monitor

Interview with Serge Didenko and Alireza Tahmasebzedah, Co-Founders of BLOCKS Wearables

We reached out to a participant in our first tour HWTrek Asia Innovation Tour (Spring 2014), Serge Didenko, and his fellow co-founder, Alireza  Tahmasebzedah, of BLOCKS Wearables, to learn more about their project and insights. Over the course of the past two years, HWTrek hosted 80 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen [...]

By |2016-09-26T22:01:56+00:00September 26th, 2016|Creators, Feature Story, Health/Sport devices, IoT Case Studies|Comments Off on Interview with Serge Didenko and Alireza Tahmasebzedah, Co-Founders of BLOCKS Wearables

Interview with Anton Zriaschev, CEO & Founder of Glance Clock—Now on Indiegogo

Over the course of the past two years, HWTrek hosted 80 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen on Asia Innovation Tour 2016 (April), Asia Innovation Tour 2015 (August), and also on the first tour in April 2014. We’re organizing the next tour in November 2016 to Shenzhen, Osaka, and Kyoto. You can register on the HWTrek platform and create a project to [...]

By |2016-09-19T22:01:11+00:00September 19th, 2016|Creators, Feature Story, IoT Case Studies, Smart Home|Comments Off on Interview with Anton Zriaschev, CEO & Founder of Glance Clock—Now on Indiegogo

Interview with CTO of Betternet about Betterspot—Launches on Kickstarter September 14

Over the course of the past two years, HWTrek hosted 80 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen on Asia Innovation Tour 2016 (April), Asia Innovation Tour 2015 (August), and also on the first tour in April 2014. We’re organizing the next tour in November 2016 to Shenzhen, Osaka, and Kyoto. You can register on the HWTrek platform and create a project to [...]

By |2016-09-12T22:01:17+00:00September 12th, 2016|Creators, IoT Case Studies, IoT Security, Security|Comments Off on Interview with CTO of Betternet about Betterspot—Launches on Kickstarter September 14

Interview with Johann Kok, Founder of SeeBox

Over the course of the past two years, HWTrek hosted 80 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen on Asia Innovation Tour 2016 (April), Asia Innovation Tour 2015 (August), and also on the first tour in April 2014. We’re organizing the next tour in November 2016 to Shenzhen, Osaka, and Kyoto. You can register on the HWTrek platform and create a project to [...]

By |2016-09-06T22:01:22+00:00September 6th, 2016|Creators, Feature Story, IoT Case Studies, Lifestyle Technology|Comments Off on Interview with Johann Kok, Founder of SeeBox
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