IoT news of the week for May 8, 2020 - Stacey on IoT Internet of Things news and analysis

IFTTT can tell you when to change your home's air filter: Last month on our IoT Podcast, we mentioned the new Ecobee service that sends you air filters for your HVAC system. Thanks to IFTTT, if you use 3M Filtrete Smart filters, you can set up an IFTTT recipe when it's time to replace that filter, even if you don't have a smart thermostat. You can't set up an automatic order based on the sensor in the filter, but with IFTTT, you could change the color of a light, add a task on your to-do list, or create some other action that tells you it's time to buy a clean filter replacement. The new IFTTT integration is one of several the company debuted this month. Covariant raises $40M to build better AI for robots: Covariant, a robotics startup that was initially born as an academic research project, raised $45 million in Series B funding this week.