Ubuntu for the Internet of Things
From home control to drones, robots and industrial systems, Ubuntu Core provides robust security, app stores and reliable updates. Ubuntu makes development easy, and snap packages make Ubuntu Core secure and reliable for widely distributed devices.
Digital signage
A small footprint and full OpenGL with reliable updates across a diverse range of hardware make Ubuntu Core a perfect platform for millions of digital signs.
Robotics
With ROS and snapcraft, it’s easy to enable apps on robots and drones, creating new ecosystems and business models.
Gateways
Rich networking and protocol support make Ubuntu Core the perfect choice for your industrial gateways. Create the next wave of industrial control and intelligence with Ubuntu Core.
Ammbr-Block-chain Routers
Ammbr and Verif-y Cut Deal to Bring Self-Sovereign Digital Identity to Emerging Markets
The Ammbr Network is a multi-frequency mesh network which is being deployed globally. Ammbr utilizes an innovative mesh router that supports Wi Fi, LTE-U, and a variety of others such as Sigfox and LoRa are all supported from the one router, allowing Ammbr to scale elegantly. Ammbr is also underpinned by its own blockchain, with each router also acting as a blockchain node. The Ammbr Blockchain native cryptocurrency is AMMBR, which allows each Ammbr router owner to participate in a decentralized marketplace for broadband connectivity. Users can load the Ammbr app on their smart phones or PCs, and pay for fast Internet connectivity using Ammbr.
Verif‑y’s identity solution addresses the notion that a strong and reliable digital identity is necessary in order for the global digital blockchain economies to continue their expansions. To meet this fast-growing identification demand, Verif‑y is expanding the development of the blockchain-based, digital identity solution layer of its commercially available credential and employment verification platform. Verif‑y’s services improve the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (‘PII’), which in today’s world define our identity.
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Source: Ammbr and Verif-y Cut Deal to Bring Self-Sovereign Digital Identity to Emerging Markets
Nodio, the Blockchain-Based WiFi Router – Bitcoin News
Nodio can combine different Blockchains together in a single solution and create mesh networks to spread the Internet for miles beyond its original coverage, this two features alone make the device stand out. What we like the most is that the future of Nodio doesn’t depend on us alone, but also on people who will invest their skills and creativity to build new solutions based on this remarkable device.
Source: A Glimpse at Nodio, the Blockchain-Based Router – Bitcoin News
15-Year Old Kelvin Doe Wows M.I.T.
15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus. Kelvin became the youngest person in history to be invited to the “Visiting Practitioner’s Program” at MIT. THNKR had exclusive access to Kelvin and his life-changing journey – experiencing the US for the first time, exploring incredible opportunities, contending with homesickness, and mapping out his future.