smart homes
Bluetooth Range and Reliability: Myth vs Fact
As Bluetooth is becoming more and more ubiquitous in smart homes, buildings, and factories, there are many myths about what the wireless technology can and cannot do. In fact, its capabilities go far beyond its use in consumer electronics and enables a wide range of professional solutions in commercial and industrial environments. Here are some of the common myths around Bluetooth – and the lesser-known facts
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Event date: November 1 – 2, 2016 Crowne Plaza, Palo Alto The creators of the Jetsons should have been paid for a lot more than just cartooning. Hanna-Barbera’s pre-apollo era sitcom imagined a future that looks alot like our gadget-filled present.Although we don’t have flying cars or self-propelling space suits, technologies today are making our home
Read moreMaking smart homes the rule, not the exception
Jetsons-style smart homes were once a pipe dream for consumers, however they are now slowly becoming a reality across the world.
Read moreIoT shows its credentials as an enabler of a smarter future
With diminishing fossil fuel reserves, a rising global population, strong economic growth in developing countries and major concerns about our environment, controlling electricity consumption has become a serious and extremely challenging issue.
Read moreKeeping smart homes safe and secure – Part 2
Active Assisted Living Elderly people represent an ever-growing proportion of the population. By 2025, there will be 820 million people aged 65 and older globally. The shift in demographics towards an ageing population will make it impossible to keep everyone who needs care in hospital. Fortunately, advanced bio‑monitoring systems and remote monitoring technologies make it
Read moreKeeping smart homes safe and secure – Part 1
Connected safety and security systems and devices with remote monitoring capabilities are expanding their share of the global smart home market. A survey in the UK in July 2015 identified security as the second most important of five key drivers for the connected home, after smart energy. The BI Intelligence research company estimates that by
Read moreComfyLight Kickstarter campaign launched for smart light to protecting homes from intruders
ComfyLight – the smart security light and CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honouree – announced that it will launch its Kickstarter campaign with the aim of raising 50,000 Euros. The new and unique home security solution comes in the form of an LED lamp with the goal to actively protect homes from burglars.
Read moreSmart Home takes centre stage at CES 2016
Smart Homes were one of the main topics at this year’s CES. Manufacturers like Samsung presented a wide range of new products and solutions such as the intelligent ‘Family Hub Refrigerator’, whilst other organisations like the ULE Alliance or the DSP Group announced new partnerships.
Read moreSmart home technology: Providing independence to the elderly while strengthening family ties
As Baby Boomers age, the need for adult care and assisted living continues to grow. As of February 2015, 8.4 million people in the U.S. receive support annually from five main long-term care service options: home health agencies, nursing homes, hospices, residential care communities, and adult day service centers. Outside these facilities, 43.5 million family
Read moreWhy adding mesh to Bluetooth Smart will transform the Smart Home market
Ever since the Jetsons conjured up a smart home utopia 60 years ago there has been hype around devices that can make our home lives easier. Today that hype is beginning to turn into consumer support with research recently commissioned by Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) showing that almost half (46%) of consumers believe smart
Read moreAmericans and Europeans agree security is key in IoT marketplace survey
Essence, a provider of IoT, cloud-based connected-living solutions, recently surveyed consumers in the United States and Europe to gain insight into their priorities for IoT-based smart home management solutions.
Read moreGreenPocket launches smart home software with integrated light management
Platform-independent smart home provider, GreenPocket, has launched new features for its smart home software. These include individual light management based on the OSRAM Lightify, a twilight function as well as the watt-based control of devices.
Read moreTrash talking, smart cities and the IoT
Many of the things happening in today’s Smart Cities could more honestly be labeled as “progress”. Smart Parking, Smart Homes and the like are just the next steps on a journey that perhaps began by replacing the cry of “gardyloo”1 with city plumbing.
Read moreExclusive Q&A with Doris Mattingly, Director of Engineering at Lantronix
In the first part of our interview with Doris Mattingly, Director of Engineering at Lantronix, we talk about what inspired her to pursue a career in electronics to begin with and her perception of the burgeoning IoT industry right now.
Read moreConnected homes will drive greater growth when the IoT sector learns to work together, says DT
Jon Carter, UK head of Business Development – Connected Home at Deutsche Telekom, tells M2M Now‘s Jeremy Cowan about the opportunities to expand the take-up of connected home technologies.
Read moreCompatibility and energy consumption are the keys to new smart home solutions
From new wireless solutions to intelligent door intercoms for the existing telephone system and wine refrigerators that can be monitored using an app, innovative smart home products were one of the highlights at CeBIT 2015.
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