A study found that 46% of respondents have no interest in home automation due to high costs. The International Data Corporation (IDC), made a study looking into the adoption rate of home automation. 40% of respondents stated that they have no use for home automation devices,...
A company called Silk Labs, a 13-person team based in San Mateo co-founded by Ex-Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal, launched a smart home sensor named "SENSE". SENSE communicates with your home's connected devices, and automatically adapts to your needs by learning your different behaviors and patterns. It uses...
You probably don't wake up every morning thinking, "How do I adjust my sprinkling system today?". Skydrop, an EPA WaterSense-certified controller, replaces your traditional controller to add advanced features such as automatic weather-based adjustments. Once installed, Skydrop helps you figure out how much water your lawn needs, then...
Apple wants HomeKit to give your smart accessories the capability of communicating with one another. With Homekit, you can control them with one interface, as well as allowing you to program them to perform synchronized actions. Right now you need to control each smart accessory individually. With Homekit, you can...
“The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we’ve redefined it to include everything that we already do. I can’t think of anything that isn’t cloud computing with all of these announcements. The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women’s...
I love my Axis IP camera. Feature wise it is very rich, but my favorite feature isn't one of the external capabilities such as sound, infrared, or PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom). Although it must be said, I am begging Axis to add infrared to their...
Great update from the BGR folks on the latest in home automation. The focus of the video is a $55M mansion that is fully automated, with every system controlled by a central tablet device. Very cool. Interestingly, he also recaps the latest home automation trends for...
