This week’s Smart World Series features smarter roads and homes, fresh funding for wearable health devices, smarter office robots, and new tools for developers.

For those who missed this week’s Smart World Series, here’s a chance to catch up on the exciting developments in the connected world.  Each week, SiliconANGLE rounds up the top news trends regarding smart homes and cars, smart data centers and IT, smart infrastructure and all things related to the Internet of Things.

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Homes, roads get smarter with new plans and partners

Cars may only need one smart component to make roads safer, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A vehicle-to-vehicle communication system made up of sensors and cameras could help drivers make better decisions, as it would allow vehicles to tell other vehicles when something’s wrong, such as when one car does an unexpected hard break or beat a red light.

Find out more about the NHTSA’s plan for the future of cars as well as other innovations for today’s homes in this week’s Smart Living roundup.

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While we wait for Apple’s iWatch, wearable tech progresses

Will Apple Inc. unveil the iWatch in September? This is one question we’ll soon have the answer to as the Cupertino giant prepares for its September 9 event. But while we wait for Apple’s big announcement, other device makers are getting ahead of the wearables race, some raising funds from venture capitals while others go the crowdfunding route.

Check out what companies have recently raised huge amounts of money to help get their device to more people in this week’s Smart Health roundup.

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Smarter robots, armbands and new MDM solutions for connected offices

Researchers are Cornell University are looking to make robots smarter by creating a database that these robots can tap into to better understand their environment, people’s behaviors and events. Called Robo Brain, this  large-scale computational system is gathering public information from the Internet and translating it into a language easily understandable by robots.

Find out more about Robo Brain and other smart things for the city and the enterprise in this week’s Smart City roundup.

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Tiny modems, new kits for IoT developers

Intel Corp. has released a new modem that’s smaller than a penny but packs a punch, giving it the potential to be a standard fixture in devices developed for the Internet of Things such as wearable technology. If you’re a software or hardware developer looking for the latest innovation in IoT to help you with your project, Mouser Electronics, Inc. has updated is IoT applications site to help you with your quest. Broadcom Corp. won’t be left behind in the world of IoT as it launched a new addition to its WICED family.

Find out more what these companies have to offer for developers in this week’s Smart DevOps roundup.

Tune in next week for more interesting stories, discoveries and innovations in the world of smart and connected things.

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