Home automation using the Internet of Things has seen considerable activity in the last year, and the enthusiasm shows no signs of stopping. But for the home automation IoT to become a mainstream ...

The technology has now improved to the point where it’s cost effective, and mobile platforms added to the ease of use and added a large ecosystem of app developers. Home automation’s ...

Based on my consumer research and experience developing consumer products, consumers will not use or tolerate having multiple apps or hubs to perform home automation tasks. Revolv is currently ...

At the time, I wasn't able to evaluate Echo's other capabilities, namely its ability to control home automation ... the use of the Alexa Voice Service. That means that any manufacturer of IoT ...

The Pi cleverly caches the times for use the ... to develop a home automation framework that can be retasked at will. Sounds like he’s on the right track to us, but for more IoT animal husbandry ...

For facility owners, these IoT applications help to improve reliability and performance, reduce energy and use, and minimize ... like luxury home automation vendor Savant or lighting control ...

This presents, among other things, security concerns that the remote-monitor camera on automatic vacuums could be used to surveil a target home or office. The risk of poor IoT security isn’t ...

Some smart home automation devices use encrypted connections. In addition, IoT devices that are designed to operate locally add another layer of protection because they offer built-in web servers ...

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