Mr. Beacon Ambient IoT Podcast
Our digital and physical worlds are converging Understand the capabilities and limitations of what can be done & the structure of the emerging ecosystem
Proximity and location technologies are key to the Internet of Things (IoT) and are causing our digital and physical worlds to converge. Mr. Beacon is a series of interviews with the leaders of companies that are at the center of this revolution. Steve Statler wrote "Beacon Technologies", a survival guide for people that want to design solutions that use Bluetooth beacons to create experiences that combine location awareness with the power of cloud computing.
Episode #184
September 19, 2023
Networking the Real World: Exploring Nodle's Digital Revolution
This week on Mr. Beacon, we dive into the world of blockchain networks with Nodle. You might recognize the ...
Episode #183
September 05, 2023
Safer Plates: Navigating Food Traceability and Safety with Julie McGill
Welcome to the Mr. Beacon Ambient IoT Podcast, in this episode, I speak with Julie McGill, the Vice Preside...
Episode #182
August 22, 2023
Electronic Shelf Labels with Bluetooth SIG
This episode we have on the Senior Product Marketing Manager from Bluetooth SIG, Kayla Myrhow, and together...
Episode #181
August 08, 2023
5G and IEEE 802.11 Standards Updates with Amichai Sanderovich
Today on Mr. Beacon we're joined once again by Amichai Sanderovich, the Standards Representative from Wilio...
Episode #180
August 02, 2023
The FDA’s FSMA Section 204 Architect Frank Yiannas
This week’s episode of Mr. Beacon, we’re back into the world of food safety with a true pioneer in the fiel...
Episode #179
July 25, 2023
Ambient IoT using Backscatter and Wi-Fi
Welcome to the Mr. Beacon Podcast, where we delve into the world of cutting-edge technology and innovation,...
Episode #178
July 11, 2023
Indoor Location Services with IndoorAtlas
This week on Mr. Beacon we return to the world of indoor navigation with Erik Piehl, the CEO of IndoorAtlas...
Episode #177
June 27, 2023
Connecting Food Supply Chains with Farm To Plate
In this episode, we sit down with Bill Ritcey, the Senior Director of Strategy at Farm To Plate, a pioneeri...
Episode #176
June 13, 2023
The Internet of Packaging with WestRock
This week on Mr. Beacon we are talking with John Dwyer, the VP of Digital Solutions at WestRock, a sustaina...
Episode #175
May 30, 2023
Snapdragon Sound with Mike Canevaro
This week we have the Director, marketing, and head of Snapdragon Sound, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Mike C...
Episode #174
May 16, 2023
LoRaWAN - The Things Industries
In this episode, we delve into the world of LoRaWAN, a groundbreaking technology that is revolutionizing th...
Episode #173
May 02, 2023
Innovations in Wireless Charging with AirFuel
One of the keys to scaling ambient IoT is eliminating batteries and wires. In this week’s Mr. Beacon, we ex...
Episode #172
March 28, 2023
Forget Everything You Know About Sales - Machines Are the Customers Now
In this fascinating podcast episode, we dive into the future of commerce with Don Scheibenreif, author of "...
Episode #104
March 16, 2023
Addressing the IoT Security Challenge
How do you make the IoT secure? What happens when you don’t? What are some of the most powerful IoT compani...
Episode #171
March 13, 2023
An Interview with ChatGPT on Ambient IoT
In this fascinating podcast episode, we dive deep into the world of ambient IoT technology with none other ...
Episode #170
February 14, 2023
Transforming the Supply Chain with Ambient IoT
This week on Mr. Beacon we have Thaddeus Segura, who is the VP of the Data Business Unit at Wiliot. Thaddeu...
Episode #169
January 09, 2023
Mr. Beacon Ambient IoT News: CES 2023
This week on the Mr. Beacon Ambient IoT podcast, we’re launching our news segment with coverage from CES 20...
Episode #168
January 03, 2023
IoT Standards you need to know: Z-Wave versus Matter, Thread & Zigbee
In this week’s interview with Mitch Klein, Executive Director of the Z-Wave Alliance and leader of Silicon ...
Episode #167
December 07, 2022
Finding the Angle - The Bluetooth Angle-of-Arrival Tech Creates Competitive Rush
In the past, Bluetooth Angle of Arrival (AoA) was considered an exotic niche market, where high accuracy (s...
Episode #166
November 22, 2022
Funding Lessons for Entrepreneurs in a Flash
Dov Moran is a venture capitalist and very successful CEO. As well as being a great VC, he invented the USB...
Episode #165
November 08, 2022
Powering Ambient IoT Bluetooth Devices with Backscatter
There’s more than one way to get rid of batteries on an Ambient IoT device. Jeeva’s CEO explains their appr...
Episode #164
October 25, 2022
Food Safety Modernization Act - All Hype or Ready for Primetime?
This week on Mr. Beacon we speak with Ed Treacy, Vice President of Supply Chain and Sustainability at Inter...
Episode #163
October 10, 2022
The Energous Wireless Power Revolution
Cesar Johnston has a lot to say about the future of the IoT. Capturing wireless energy to power devices has...
Episode #162
September 27, 2022
6G and Ambient IoT
Bluetooth tags have been revolutionary in connecting our digital and physical worlds, but have yet to achie...
Episode #161
September 20, 2022
IFCO Sees All - How ESG and the IoT Are Joined at the Hip
Sustainability and ESG are becoming major drivers of IoT projects. As entrepreneurs and solutions designers...
Episode #160
September 12, 2022
How Companies Are Becoming More Sustainable
It's inspiring that SAP has bestowed the title of "VP - Futurism" on someone. And there is no better someo...
Episode #159
September 06, 2022
Solving Food Waste in Supply Chains
There are huge opportunities to make our food supply chains more efficient (that’s a polite way of saying w...
Episode #158
August 30, 2022
The New EPCIS 2.0 Standard
The new GS1 EPCIS 2.0 standard is set to have a dramatic impact on the way we manage supply chains. Its fun...
Episode #157
August 22, 2022
World-Friendly IoT
Can profit and planet ever agree? This week's episode proves they can - thanks to World Friendly IoT - and ...
Episode #156
August 16, 2022
Exploring Omlox
Interested in RTLS, asset tracking or Industrial IoT? You need to know about the new standard, Omlox, which...
Episode #155
August 09, 2022
Reinventing Apparel Retail with Real Time Inventory
We’re joined this week by Simon Molnar, who is the founder of Flagship, which is a company that is working ...
Episode #154
July 26, 2022
Tag Converters in the IoT
In their role as a “converter”, Tadbik have been at the forefront of creating tags and connected packaging ...
Episode #153
July 12, 2022
Cyber Security in the IoT
Companies are being hacked and ransomed all the time these days, and given the fact that billions of IoT de...
Episode #152
June 28, 2022
Understanding Serialization Platforms with Max Winograd
Does your product have a soul? We are heading into a future where more and more things are getting digital ...
Episode #151
May 31, 2022
Modernizing Supply Chains with Logistics
Logistics is pivotal in shaping modern business operations. As businesses compete and deal with supply chai...
Episode #150
May 17, 2022
Improving the Supply Chain with Serialized Inventory
This week we talk with the leader of the lab that is at the heart of RFID and Auto-ID, about tags in outer ...
Episode #149
May 03, 2022
The Internet of Trillions of Things (IoT2)
What’s going to happen to the world when the Internet explodes by a factor of 100 times, from billions to t...
Episode #148
April 19, 2022
Co-creating the IoT with the Wiliot Starter Kit
This week we switch things up as Steve puts his Wiliot hat on and shines a light on the inside story of Wil...
Episode #147
April 05, 2022
Superpower for Pallets - How Returnable Transport Items Can Help Save the World
This week we are joined by Mattan David, the UK Managing Director of Digipal, an innovator in the next gene...
Episode #146
March 22, 2022
The Two-Barrelled Retail Revolution: COVID + the IoT
We are thrilled that George Anderson - the all-seeing, all-knowing Editor-in-Chief of Retail Wire - will be...
Episode #145
March 08, 2022
Wiliot Version 2.0
This week we have a very special guest, the CEO of Wiliot Tal Tamir. We’ll talk about Wiliot’s latest relea...
Episode #144
February 22, 2022
Blyott’s Medical Asset Tracking Business
This week on The Mr. Beacon Podcast we’re talking with the CEO of Blyott, Gery Pollet. Healthcare is one of...
Episode #143
February 08, 2022
Supply Chain Issues and Writing Tech with Brielle Jaekel
This week on The Mr. Beacon Podcast we’re talking with Brielle Jaekel, who is the Managing Editor of Supply...
Episode #141
December 28, 2021
IoT Standards, Privacy and the Future of IoT
From the leading journalist and podcaster on IoT – Host of The Internet of Things Podcast, Stacey Higginbot...
Episode #140
December 14, 2021
Choosing an Indoor Location and Navigation System
This week we speak with one of the leaders in indoor navigation, Pointr sales leader Paul Dupont, who share...
Episode #139
November 09, 2021
Mr. Beacon Sits Down With Mr. Supply Chain
Suddenly, supply chain wonks are the most-in demand experts of the moment, and given that we were privilege...
Episode #137
October 12, 2021
How to Make IoT Businesses Successful
How is a technology like RFID stacking up against newer implementations like BLE over 2.4GHz? Find out this...
Episode #136
September 28, 2021
Digital Identity with Ramesh Kesanupalli
Today we’re talking with Ramesh Kesanupalli, who is the Co-Founder of the Accountable Digital Identity Asso...
Episode #135
September 14, 2021
Ultra Wideband Technologies for Car Factories
This episode we’re talking with Andy Ward, who is the Co-Founder and CTO of Ubisense, about various technol...
Episode #134
August 31, 2021
Reusable Packaging: Transforming Supply Chains & Business Models with IoT
This week we’ve brought on Tim Debus, who is the President and CEO of The Reusable Packaging Association, t...
Episode #133
August 17, 2021
Sustainable Fashion using IoT Pixels
This week we’re talking about the circular economy and the process of making fashion more sustainable with ...
Episode #132
August 03, 2021
IoT Branding with Adam Hanft
Today we have branding and advertising expert Adam Hanft, who has worked with the likes of Alan Kay and Bar...
Episode #131
June 30, 2021
Minew - The Real Manufacturer of Beacons
This week we will hear a unique perspective. Our guest is from Minew, a Chinese company that has focused on...
Episode #130
May 27, 2021
Inside the World’s Largest Indoor Location Services Platform - Cisco DNA Spaces
Can you guess what the world's largest indoor location services platform is?
Episode #129
May 04, 2021
Kontakt.io Update, IoT & Smart Building
Every day, Kontakt.io’s products touch millions of people in shopping malls, office buildings, and hospital...
Episode #128
April 20, 2021
IoSea
What is the state of IoT on the high seas? What can those of us on dry land learn from the evolution of thi...
Episode #127
March 23, 2021
GS1 - Everything you need to know but were afraid to ask
Do you know the global language of business? The language of Unique Product Codes (UPCs) that identify prod...
Episode #126
March 09, 2021
UWB BlueCats Social Distancing Real World Trial Results
For the first time on the Mr. Beacon Podcast, we have put the rubber to the road and experimented with a so...
Episode #125
February 18, 2021
Auto-ID with Invisible Barcodes
What does it mean to ‘modernize your supply chain’?
Episode #127
February 05, 2021
Understanding AIM
Success in IoT depends on understanding how the ecosystem operates. Auto-ID is a building block at the hear...
Episode #123
January 19, 2021
Turning Products into Platforms using NFC
The next time you a buy product, a purse or a pair of shoes, imagine the capabilities that could be unlocke...
Episode #122
December 16, 2020
The Decision Makers Handbook to Data Science
Why is it that decision makers should care about data science?
Episode #121
December 01, 2020
The Internet of Expensive Things - IoT in Luxury Retail
You’ve heard about the Amazon Go Store and all the big box retailers implementing technology to transform t...
Episode #120
November 10, 2020
The Contactless World Pre and Post COVID, Opportunities in the IoT Landscape
Why would you want Near Field Communication, or more commonly known as NFC, technology in soccer balls, han...
Episode #119
October 27, 2020
The Art of Scaling IoT
Even with the obvious benefits of illuminating your supply chain with IoT technology, assembling all the pi...
Episode #118
October 13, 2020
Forkbeard - Indoor Positioning with Ultra-Sound
IoT insiders know that Bluetooth is not just the wireless technology that we know and use on a daily basis,...
Episode #117
September 30, 2020
How to Make Friends and Influence People in Automotive IoT
What could possibly go wrong when huge businesses try to engage with startups? What should startups expect ...
Episode #116
September 10, 2020
The Future of Supply Chain - Connected, Continuous and Demand Signal Driven
Where are the dark spots in your supply chain? How could your business transform with digital twin of your ...
Episode #115
August 25, 2020
Indoor Location Solutions for COVID Safety
Before COVID, ‘social distancing’ and contact tracing’ were not common household topics, but now we conside...
Episode #108
May 06, 2020
IoT Analytics & SAS’ Event Stream Processing
SAS’ vision of transforming ‘a world of data into a world of intelligence’ seems more relevant than ever wi...
Episode #107
April 22, 2020
Bluetooth COVID 19 Contact Tracing
How are we going to deal with the pandemic at hand, and how do we return to ‘normal’? These are the questio...
Episode #106
April 07, 2020
Embracing and Learning from Failure
How do you feel about your failures? Do you fail enough? If we are all supposed to fail fast, what’s the be...
Episode #105
March 24, 2020
Successful Experience Design for IoT
This week we shift our focus from the usual suspects, Bluetooth & beacons, to the application experiences t...
Episode #104
March 16, 2020
Addressing the IoT Security Challenge
How do you make the IoT secure? What happens when you don’t? What are some of the most powerful IoT compani...
Episode #103
February 11, 2020
The State of the IoT with Deloitte
Following Mister Beacon's appearance on Coffee with Mr. IoT (Watch Here), we switch roles to host Robert Sc...
Episode #103
January 21, 2020
How to succeed at Asset Tracking while becoming a CTO
This week on Mr. Beacon we talk with Cognosos, an asset tracking SAS platform using both Low Power Wide Are...
Episode #101
December 29, 2019
Smart Lighting, Smart Cities
Lighting is everywhere and, conveniently, it’s always powered. This gives it the potential to be a network ...
Episode #100
December 10, 2019
Real Time Location Systems in Healthcare
Midmark is the 100+ year old company that “we all know, but don’t know”. The last time you were at the doct...
Episode #99
November 12, 2019
The Return of the Physical Web
The Physical Web: What is it, what happened to it, and what is the Physical Web Association’s response? Thi...
Episode #98
October 09, 2019
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) in the iPhone 11
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) in the iPhone 11 – What is it and what are the implications? A few months ago a la...
Episode #97
August 13, 2019
Optimizing Manufacturing with Bluetooth Pallet Tracking
There’s been a lot of talk about the new Bluetooth Angle of Arrival (AoA) standard. This week we have a fir...
Episode #96
July 30, 2019
The Internet of Apparel
‘Digital to physical convergence and the Internet of Apparel, with a sustainability twist!’ Dr. Kevin Doole...
Episode #95
July 16, 2019
Lessons and Growth in Bluetooth Angle of Arrival & Departure
A few weeks ago we heard about the new Bluetooth 5.1 specification, and notably two new exciting features: ...
Episode #94
June 25, 2019
Bluetooth Tags In Hockey Pucks
This one is for sports fans! Liiga, or Finnish Elite League in English, is the top professional league in F...
Episode #93
June 03, 2019
Inside Bluetooth 5.1 – Direction Finding and More
Think back to the days when we thought of Bluetooth as the connection between our wireless headphones, keyb...
Episode #92
May 13, 2019
Beacons & Food
We have all experienced the annoyance of a waiter that has disappeared, whether it’s because you need menus...
Episode #91
May 01, 2019
IoT & Apparel
Something we talk about often on the Mr. Beacon Podcast is physical to digital convergence. The world of fa...
Episode #90
April 08, 2019
Digital to Physical – The GS1 Digital Link standard
This week on Mr. Beacon, we welcome back Dominque Guinard, CTO of Evrything, this time in his capacity as c...
Episode #89
March 12, 2019
Full Stack Beacon Solutions
Imagine a full solution, created with such ease of set up that businesses big and small alike could have a ...
Episode #88
February 26, 2019
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi – The Industry Re-examined with Mist
This week we welcome Bob Friday, CTO of Mist, back to The Mr. Beacon Podcast! On this episode, Bob gives us...
Episode #87
February 15, 2019
Connecting IoT Devices with Bluetooth & Blockchain
This week on Mr. Beacon, we talk to Micha Benoliel, CEO of Nodle, a connectivity provider for the Internet ...
Episode #86
January 29, 2019
Special Edition: Wiliot - Battery-free Bluetooth Sensor Tags
This week we talk to the Wiliot engineers behind the first sticker sized battery free Bluetooth tag about h...
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