Smart home is far from the mainstream market

Although the smart home for the mainstream market is still very remote, but the trend and technology development has become our focus. There are a number of well-known companies such as Nest in the smart home field, but the creative results of many small companies are equally impressive. Recently, Gigaom on the inventory of 3 unique smart home start-up companies.

and smart hand ring, smart home is now into the product homogeneity of the rut, talk about smart home will talk about smart light bulbs, switches, remote control, routing, is obviously the way to join the fun. Truly innovative products should be breaking the application of technology Yuan, create new possibilities, from the following three overseas cases, you can see some differences in thinking. (Guoren)

At last week's O ' Reilly solid conference, I saw the latest innovations in many smart home areas, including the Birdi air quality monitoring system previously reported, and Zuli Bluetooth smart sockets.

First, xandem through WiFi detection user location

But the author also met 3 noteworthy startups. The first is a company called Xandem, which is currently making a sensor that uses wireless signals to detect user locations in the room.

The product has now been marketed as a more accurate action detector, but the company's chief technology officer, Dustin Mass, has told the author about its future applications, such as those used to detect the presence of people who do not carry or wear Bluetooth devices in the house. Mass says interference from other networks is one of the challenges as devices work through Wi-Fi. But I like the way it works because it helps solve the problem of testing children or other people who don't carry smartphones or Bluetooth devices at home.

The collision between the playtabase hand ring and the socket

Playtabase's product is a hand-ring and receiver system that users can insert into a lamp, TV or other appliance, and then use the bracelet as a gesture controller. Just move in the air and you can control the switch, volume, and even the playback and pausing of the video content. The system, called Ree Mo, is designed with a home control device and a mouse on the wrist. Reemo is expected to be listed this fall for $200, including a hand ring and 3 receivers.

Iii. Wallyhome exist in the intangible

Snupi Technologies The assembly with a set of 6 sensors and control hubs, known as Wallyhome, priced at $299. The special of this system is that its sensors do not rely on Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, only one button battery can reach 10 years of endurance. The user simply places the sensor next to the appliance or other areas that are prone to problems, and the Wally will detect changes in moisture, temperature and humidity.