Do you, like many others, wake up each morning, gaze upon your Amazon Echo, and think, “Damn it, Echo. Instead of a shiny cylinder, why can’t you be a singing fish?” Good news, friend. Your dreams have come true. On his Facebook profile, artist Brian Kane briefly demonstrates what happens when you take one of […]
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releEarlier this week, Thread Group announced its intention to expand Thread beyond the connected home and into the commercial building and professional sectors. The group, established in 2014, will continue its efforts to drive adoption of the Thread wireless networking specification — leveraging this technology for the commercial building and professional sectors by adding extensions
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Sure, you can have Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa speak to you through an Echo, but why not have it respond to commands from the mouth of a wall-mounted singing fish? Developer Brian Kane hacked Alexa to speak through the mouth of Billy Big Mouth Bass, a singing, robotic fish, the kind usually seen mounted on
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On this week’s Gadget Lab Podcast, we discuss voice assistants. We’re spending a lot of time talking to our devices. They’re talking back, too—products like Google Home and Amazon Echo can answer questions, give us helpful information, and tell stupid jokes. But what’s the end result of all this gabbing? Smarter AI assistants, sure. But
As homeowners learn more about “connected homes,” HVAC contractors are realizing they need to be able to present themselves as connected home experts; as much, if not more so than the salesman in the big box store. And it helps when manufacturers lend a hand with product positioning. With that in mind, Honeywell has introduced
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LONDON–(Business Wire)–Technavio analysts forecast the global network function virtualization (NFV) market to grow at a CAGR of almost 33% during the forecast period, according to their latest report. The research study covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global NFV market for 2016-2020. The report has taken into consideration the revenue obtained from
2016 has seen some interesting developments in the smart home space, with a strong handful of companies making us feel more connected to the gadgets and appliances in our houses. At our inaugural Wareable tech Awards, the category for Smart Home Platform of the Year was made up of some big names you’ll certainly recognise,
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Google Home is a great start with enormous potential. Don’t look for a “definitive” review of Google Home just yet — because it’s just getting started. But it’s already very, very good. Google’s position in the home remains a little precarious, if you think about it. Or at least it’s still very much in catch-up mode.
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The stock of Control4 Corp (NASDAQ:CTRL) is a huge mover today! About 389,873 shares traded hands or 37.75% up from the average. Control4 Corp (NASDAQ:CTRL) has risen 28.44% since April 4, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 27.35% the S&P500.The move comes after 6 months positive chart setup for the $283.56 million company.
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When it comes to adoption of new products and technologies, there is often a chronological lag between perceived mass-market readiness and reality. Cloud, mobile apps and big data all fell into this category before indeed becoming an integral part of our lives, and it is a storyline currently playing out with the internet of things-connected
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