> One example the firms gave for how this might be used in<p>> real-life involved using the kit to send information about<p>> local conditions to a remote data centre, which in turn<p>> would send back commands to a smart lighting system made up<p>> of internet-connected bulbs.<p>Honestly, why would any sane person want to do this?<p>By doing this you would give up your privacy and also your independence.
There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of existing microcontroller-based single-board computers with daughterboard expansion sockets. Many of them already use Cortex-M3 or Cortex-M4 processors. It would have been nice if the article provided even a hint at what this new offering is intended to provide that we can't already find.