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Dean Anthony Gratton

The Smart Home: A “Matter” of Simplicity

The smart home, as a concept, has endured a rollercoaster ride for over half-a-century – yes, smart home technology has been touted as...

Dean Anthony Gratton

Have we lost our faith in algorithms?

I suppose the term “algorithm” conjures up a lot of things for most people, but my focus in this month’s column is software – an...

Dean Anthony Gratton

Achieving true Wireless Broadband with Cellular

It was all quite unexpected! You see, I have become familiar with more traditional backhaul technologies such as Ethernet, xDSL, fiber...

Dean Anthony Gratton

Artificial Intelligence: I think, therefore I am?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been bandied around for the last few decades or so and, I’m sure, most of us are still wondering: What...

Dean Anthony Gratton

Introducing the holographic virtual assistant

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a spectacular start to the New Year! Yes, 2017 should have received a...

Dean Anthony Gratton

What’s in your smart home this Christmas?

In the UK, we have now seemingly adopted the US’s Black Friday following their Thanksgiving holiday, as well as their Cyber Monday retail...

Telefonica IoT

The two differences between internet connected devices and IoT things are purpose and scalability

We spoke to technology author and columnist Dean Anthony Gratton about the present and future of the Internet of Things. This expert in...

Dean Anthony Gratton

Beam me up Alexa: Delivering the Smart Home

I covered a story back in July, “The Smart home: Is this is as good as it gets?” and pondered the state of play with regards to smart...

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