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Member Spotlight: WPR Services
July’s member spotlight is WPR Services, a member of the IoT Lab since 2018 and founded in 2016 by Chris Harris. They specialize in data gathering and analytics to empower business within manufacturing and Industry 4.0. Over the past few years, we have seen exciting...
Member Spotlight: Levisonics
Levisonics joined the Indiana IoT Lab in 2022, when they relocated to Fishers from Louisiana. The company was created from a partnership between CEO Nithya Kasireddy and researchers from Tulane University and Boston University. Levisonics developed and engineered a...
Member Spotlight: Pierce Aerospace
We are back with a new member spotlight with one of our long-standing members: Pierce Aerospace! They are innovators in the remote identification industry for unmanned aircraft and monitoring low-altitude airspace. When we last shone the spotlight on them, they were...
Indiana IoT Lab Names Community Manager
The Indiana IoT Lab Names Community Manager Oct 31, 2022 (Fishers, IN) The Indiana IoT Lab has named Doug Applegate as Community Manager. The Community Manager role is focused on supporting the Indiana IoT Lab member's and partners' needs and creating a lasting impact...
Exciting News: We’re Hiring a Community Manager!
We're Hiring A Community Manager! Are you a people person with experience in coworking and/or makerspaces? We’re looking for a Community Manager! The Indiana IoT lab was designed to connect Indiana’s entrepreneurs, startups, and established partners to bring exciting...
Wechsler to step down from Launch Fishers, Indiana IoT Lab
Launch Fishers and Indiana IoT Lab founder/CEO John Wechsler said planning his departure as CEO has been a decade in the making. He recently announced he would step down from his position at both companies effective July 1.
Member Spotlight: LHP IoT & Analytics
Learn how lab member LHP IoT & Analytics drives its clients’ results by making the most out of their data with its agile approach to tailoring custom IoT solutions that deliver high-end user satisfaction.
Welcome to the KODEX Corner
With KODEX’s simple, online platform for creating and managing unique interactive experiences as the main attraction: Welcome to the Indiana IoT Lab’s KODEX Corner.
5 Fishers Startups to Watch in 2022 – ThisisFishers
The Indiana IoT Lab is a hub for innovation. In true Fishers entrepreneurial style, the innovators at the IoT lab are challenging the status quo and collaborating to introduce new Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and physical products to a variety of markets.
The Indiana IoT Lab Celebrates 3rd Anniversary and Releases State of IoT Report Featuring Hoosier Innovators
The Indiana IoT Lab celebrates its third anniversary and release of the State of IoT 2021 report.
Member Spotlight: Photon Automation
Photon Automation joins the lab as a custom laser system integrator with turnkey solutions for manufacturing applications that need to be automated.
Member Spotlight: Triple T Academy
Triple T Academy joins the Lab as they strive to provide an alternative to secondary education for under-served HS graduates through training programs.
Rabbit Tractors: Autonomous Vehicles in Agriculture
Learn how Rabbit Tractors uses autonomous driving technologies to remove design constraint and re- envision farm management practices.
Indiana IoT Lab Reopening Strategy
As an organization, we are staying on top of recommendations directed from the CDC, State Department of Health, and the City of Fishers. With these considerations, we have outlined our plan to reopen.
The Indiana IoT Lab Celebrates 2nd Anniversary and Release of State of IoT Report 2020
The Indiana IoT Lab is hosting a virtual gathering on Tuesday, March 31st at 2pm to celebrate its second anniversary and release of the State of IoT 2020 report.
Member Spotlight: Project Process
Lab member Project Process is a company founded on the idea that process can be improved with technology and product innovation. Their methodologies and industry experience provides clients with market validation, customer discovery, and data collection and analysis.
PerceptIn to launch an autonomous vehicle pilot in Indiana in early 2020 – Venture Beat
PerceptIn to launch an autonomous vehicle pilot in Indiana in early 2020. The startup today announced that it’s relocating its headquarters to the IoT Lab accelerator in Fishers, a suburb of Indianapolis, to launch an autonomous vehicles pilot program, creating 50 new jobs by 2022.
Member Spotlight: CSpring
Indiana IoT Lab member CSpring is a technology consulting company focusing on data-driven solutions to align business goals with technology to make information accessible, reliable, and engaging.
Member Spotlight: Shaun Greene
Shaun has found a home at the IoT Lab, where hardware, software, and new technology intersect, and companies come together to move the community forward.
Member Spotlight: Novel Bits
Novel Bits is dedicated to educating embedded developers on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to make the technology more achievable.
Indiana Festival of Autonomy Highlights the State’s Commitment to Tech
Hands-on activities, exhibits, demos, and more during this celebration of autonomous technology at the Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers, Indiana.
Member Spotlight: Pierce Aerospace
By partnering with key companies such as Pierce Aerospace, the Indiana IoT Lab is enabling key Indiana industries to adapt to the autonomous landscape.
Member Spotlight: Outside Source
Indiana IoT Lab member Outside Source delivers the apps, integrations and strategy that power connected user experiences.
Member Spotlight: Qumulex
Qumulex will be officially launching their Cloud and IoT-based Video Surveillance and Access Control platform at GSX, September 10 – 12, 2019, in Chicago.
Member Spotlight: Perceive, Inc
Indiana IoT Lab member Everett Berry, CEO of Perceive, Inc., is revolutionizing an industry in need of disruption by pairing artificial intelligence with camera technology.
Turning Hardware Driven Startups Into Manufacturing Enterprises Through Education
Can we get the software and hardware folks in the same boat, rowing in the same direction? Thomas James, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Rose-Hulman, explores.
Building Smarter and Safer Homes
The smart home market, its challenges and opportunities, and a look into the future: an excerpt from the State of IoT by Lee Odess of Allegion.
Indiana IoT Lab Celebrates Year One and the First State of IoT Report
The State of IoT focuses on the core economic pillars in Indiana: manufacturing, logistics, and agriculture. Representing a huge share of the Indiana economy, the report evaluates their current state, challenges ahead for each, and how IoT is making an impact, as well as how the Indiana IoT Lab is working to future-proof these industries.
‘State of IoT’ to Showcase Indiana’s IoT Strength – Inside Indiana Business
The Indiana IoT Lab is releasing its first State of IoT report. The Fishers-based lab says the nearly 100-page report focuses on the core economic pillars in Indiana: manufacturing, logistics, and agriculture.
IoT Lab at One: ‘Exceeding Expectations’ – Inside Indiana Business
As the Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers approaches its first birthday, founder John Wechsler says it is outperforming some of the most optimistic expectations.
Fishers, Indiana Launches the State’s First IoT Lab – State Tech
When Scott Fadness assumed his role as the first mayor of Fishers, Ind., three years ago, he wanted to make sure that the city’s government and residents wouldn’t be left behind by technology growth and adoption.
IBJ Podcast: Why IoT is something every company needs to be thinking about
The Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers has been open roughly one year and already its membership roster is almost full.
Fishers IoT Lab nearly maxed out in less than a year – Indianapolis Business journal
The Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers has fast become an oasis for tech firms big and small, as well as freelancers seeking to help companies turn their ideas about internet-connected devices into products.
Indiana IOT News Update – January 18, 2019
Training has begun for IoT lab members-only interested in using the laser cutter, CNC router, 3D printers, or the myriad of other prototyping equipment we have available!
Members are required to go through our training program before building their IoT prototypes, and will be notified via email and our Slack channel with registration information.
Member Spotlight: 1st Maker Space
As the “making experts” at the Indiana IoT Lab, 1st Maker Space assists members building products for various uses such as demonstrations, proofs of concept, marketing, or fund raising.
Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine Talks Tech in the Kitchen at Indiana IoT Lab: Fishers
The Indiana IoT Lab is proud to host an evening of culinary creativity and kitchen modernization on Thursday, September 13 with celebrity chef Robert Irvine. Find out how you can enter to win tickets!
How an Indiana IoT lab is digitally transforming manufacturing and agriculture – TechRepublic
At the Indiana IoT Lab, founder John Wechsler discussed how companies can break into the Internet of Things space.
Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers helps small tech firms think big – Indianapolis Business Journal
The Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers is becoming an oasis for small tech firms and freelancers seeking to help companies turn their ideas about internet-connected devices into products.
Photos: An inside look at the Indiana IoT Lab – Tech Republic
The Indiana IoT Lab connects established industries statewide with local tech companies specializing in the Internet of Things. Here’s a tour of the space.
Indiana can be the crossroads of IoT innovation
Originally published in the Indiana Business Journal In March, we celebrated the grand opening of the Indiana IoT Lab. About 1,000 guests helped us kick off a new era for innovation in Indiana, signaling an important shift for Indiana’s economy. Even though the paint...
Webinar: Connected Experiences
If you have an IoT product in the works, how do you create the right user experience to bring it to market?
Ice Miller Hosting Internet of (Legal) Things Webinar Series
The IoT is changing the way business is done. Are you asking the right questions when it comes to the IoT?
Making Indiana Safer at the IoT Civic Hackathon
by Angie Helminiak of AT&T 24 hours. First responders are well aware of just how many things can happen in 24 hours. A tornado or blizzard, a mass casualty event, a parade or concert requiring increased security. For 24 hours in April, first responders in Indiana...
Indiana’s First Internet of Things lab, Indiana IoT Lab – Fishers, Officially Opens its Doors
Entrepreneurs and innovators welcomed 24,500 square feet of new space dedicated to supporting collaboration and innovation for the Internet of Things at the grand opening of the Indiana IoT Lab – Fishers on March 21st. More than 50 members and...
Fishers, Indiana hopes to build a tech hub in the suburbs with the state’s first IoT Lab – Venture Beat
The cities angling to become a tech hub in the Midwest typically fall into one of two categories. There are college towns, like Columbus and Ann Arbor, and traditional hubs of Fortune 500 activity, like Chicago and Minneapolis.
Interest, Commitment Levels High as Indiana’s First IoT Lab Opens – Government Tech
Thirteen months in the making, Indiana’s first Internet of Things (IoT) lab opens March 21 and will focus on stimulating IoT device and application development.
Can new Internet of Things lab in Fishers improve the world? – Indianapolis Star
From factories to semi-trucks to farms and kitchens, entrepreneurs and inventors are expected to use rapid advancements in technology to increase efficiency and accuracy in everyday life.