{"id":46943,"date":"2023-10-20T15:51:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/australias-10-internet-of-things-companies-to-watch-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:51:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:51:51","slug":"australias-10-internet-of-things-companies-to-watch-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/australias-10-internet-of-things-companies-to-watch-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s 10 Internet of Things companies to watch – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
Everybody is talking about the Internet of Things.<\/p>\n
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Australia\u2019s emerging maker movement is the \u201clight behind the storm clouds\u201d for the Australian manufacturing industry, according to a recently released Deloitte research paper.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe emerging maker movement is the new mineral to mine and the future of industry in Australia,\u201d the paper says.<\/p>\n
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Alfred Lo of Optus Innov8 seed, organisers of a recent Internet of Things event at Sydney\u2019s Vivid Idea\u2019s Festival says the traditional barriers to entry like the cost of tools and prototyping are becoming smaller and making IoT more accessible<\/a>. Apple\u2019s announcement around HomeKit also got people excited.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And we\u2019re now seeing new hardware co-working spaces popping up, like this one in Sydney<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So here are our top 10 Australian companies to watch in this space.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. LIFX: A Wi-Fi enabled, multi-colour energy efficient LED light bulb that can be controlled with your smartphone. It recently won<\/a> the top award for smart systems in the consumer goods category at the 2014 Edison Awards. It also remains one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns ever run.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Smash Wearables: The world\u2019s first digital tennis coach. The company has developed a lightweight wristband which is worn whilst playing tennis and feeds information back to an app which provides technique analysis and personalised recommendations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Moore\u2019s Cloud: Has developed Holiday, the world\u2019s first connected, intelligent set of holiday lights. The lights can display countless patterns and can be controlled by apps available on a smartphone, tablet or web browser.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n