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Turning Air Into Water #CES2019
Clean drinking water is the difference between life and death. In places where wells are poisoned, rivers polluted or there is a poorly maintained water distribution system, people can walk hours to find water for drinking and/or cooking. Enter Source (formerly Zero Mass Water) and their solar-powered units that literally squeeze the humidity out of…
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The One-Minute Smart Home #CES2018
Retrofitting a home to become smart without the use of tools and with minimal effort and time is the goal of Switchmate. Switchmate CEO Dean Finnigan demonstrates several of their SimplySmartHome products, including smart light switches, doorbell sensors, and wireless (i.e. no power wires) high definition surveillance cameras at Showstoppers at CES2018. Finnigan was also…
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A New Way to Listen and Interact with the Customer
The ability of the service provider to “own the customer experience” could get a little easier in 2018 with the help of a new gateway from Calix. As explained by Calix’s Chris Bernard, the prototype GigaCenter, demonstrated in the above video at ConneXions 2017, incorporates a microphone and speaker, enabling the service provider to provide…
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Using Sense to Save Dollars and Cents
Sense provides a non-invasive, real-time method to measure electricity in the home. The real power isn’t in the Watts measured, but the signatures they create that allow them to identify things, such as when particular appliances turn on and off, and then infer information, such as how many hours per day a TV is on…
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From Dumb to Smart IoT Gas Cooktop
It is unsettling to be 50 miles from home and realize that you may have left on the gas stove-top. This isn’t an irrational fear, as, according to the National Fire Protection Association, ranges or cooktops accounted for 62% of the 161,000 home structure fires from cooking equipment in the 2010-2014 period. The founders of…
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The Connected Shower #CES2016
Inspired by his four daughters’ excessive use of the shower, a father sought a way to reduce his family’s water consumption. Gabriel Della-Molina explains how the Hydrao shower head communicates water usage based on the color of its integrated LEDs. Powered via water flow, this unique IoT device also transmits its sensor information to an accompanying…