In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Mikah Sargent joins us to explain why he’s so excited about what the new technology called Thread is going to bring to the Internet of Things, or IoT. You may know Mikah from the awesome shows:

* Clockwise [https://www.relay.fm/clockwise] with Dan Moren
* iOS Today [https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today] with Rosemary Orchard
* Smart Tech Today [https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today] with Matthew Cassinelli on the TWiT network.

Mikah starts with the problem to be solved – slow Bluetooth devices vs. heavy WiFi devices and troublesome network connectivity. He explains how Thread will solve these problems, both at an overarching vision level as well as getting down into the nerdy bits of how Thread does its magic. We’ll learn about sleepy Thread devices, Thread Border routers, and what it means when you see “Works with Matter.”

If you want to follow Mikah online, you can go to chihuahua.coffee [https://mikah.co/chihuahuacoffee] and find him on all social media @mikahsargent.