Smart-home product U.S. dollar sales grew 57 percent in 2016 vs. the prior year, according to a recent survey by The NPD Group. Security and monitoring products once again led the category, making up over 60 percent of dollar share. Smart entry devices, such as smart doorbells, grew 171 percent in dollar sales and 206 […]
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BOSTON (February 8, 2017)—Orbita, Inc., a leading provider of innovative software solutions for connected home health care, today announced a partnership with video collaboration solution provider, IVCi. The partnership will enable health care providers and home caregivers to easily connect homecare, mobile health and voice health assistant applications with scalable and secure video collaboration services.
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“It does not appear to support Apple HomeKit. “ Deal breaker. Really neat technology that is not needed by anyone. I grew up in a house with intercom panels in each room connected to a central station that included AM/FM radio. It was almost never used beyond the novelty factor. Many houses in the neighborhood
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“Our number one goal is to design the software as well as the hardware that blends into their lives.” The nexus of disruption as the digital world collides with the physical is the gadget. Yes, we have lots of apps. We have platforms and clouds and a whole bunch of data. Artificial intelligence and machine
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The concept of using gestures to control objects isn’t new. We’ve seen that in old technology like the clapper where clapping your hands turns the lights on or off. However its function was a bit limited, and with our homes these days becoming increasingly connected, the technology needed to step up its game, and this
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Ambient computing is Scott Dunlap’s jam, smartphone companion apps are the enemy. The chief product officer at smart home startup Brilliant Home Technology, founded by serial entrepreneur Aaron Emigh in 2014, doesn’t think $50,000 and cutting into your walls should separate the two. “Aaron realised that the more smart home products he had in his
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No surprise, really, that connected home sales experienced a surge last year. Between the seemingly exponential number of new players and driving pushes from major companies like Apple, Google and Amazon, the market’s been pretty tough to avoid. In a new study released this week, NPD is offering some insight into the phenomenon, noting that
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A wall-mounted touch screen light switch for controlling smart home devices. Logitech POP Switches for the simplicity of controlling my smart lights like dumb lights, and now Brilliant is offering a new smart light switch along the same lines. The company announced the Brilliant Control, a smart light switch and home automation controller with a
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Why it matters to you While smartphones often serve as hubs for smart homes, Brilliant Control let you use simple touch and voice commands instead. Who needs a smartphone when you have a voice? Suggesting that the future of smart home control will center not on any device but rather on yourself is a new startup
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I’ve checked out a lot of smart light switches since I built my own smart home in 2007, but Brilliant’s Brilliant Control is the most exciting lighting control I’ve seen since I’ve been able to control my lights with Amazon’s Alexa. This one works with Alexa, of course—in fact, Alexa Voice Service is built in—but