The industry bodies and organizations that claim to be steering the direction of the IoT have been largely quiet since their inception. While many were quick to pick sides and flock to the member lists, there has been scant visible progress from the emerging power blocs. Nonetheless, their member counts continue to grow, with the Open Interconnect Consortium adding 15 new names, and the Z-Wave Alliance has a new premier and board member, in the guise of South Korean telco LG Uplus. Turning first to Z-Wave, the proprietary mesh networking technology from Sigma Designs launched in 2003, and it seems that LG Uplus is a strange fit for the board of what is most commonly used as a smart home…