After smart TVs and smart refrigerators, the next battleground for Internet of Things technology is – the front door.
Israeli door and lock manufacturer Mul-T-Lock is marketing a new Bluetooth-based lock, which lets users create virtual “keys” on the spot to allow or deny access to homes or offices. Now owned by Swedish lock manufacturer Assa Abloy, the Yavne-based company’s ENTR system lets users control entry from a smartphone, tablet, or other Bluetooth-enabled device.
Aaswath Raman holds a thin, silvery disc. It looks like a very clean mirror, but it’s hardly ordinary: it gets colder under direct sunlight and stays about 5 °C cooler than the surrounding air.
Raman is a practical person with a gentle personality; his button-down shirt and flip-flops blend in on the campus of Stanford, where he is a postdoctoral researcher. This mirror, he calmly explains, has a coating that sends heat into the vastness of outer space—which could make it ideal for air-conditioning and refrigeration systems that would require very little or no electricity.
The home is a major hub for consumer technology startups offering everything from on-demand painters to smart washing machines.
Investors are pouring money into startups that are changing consumers’ home lives. While some startups are providing services that help with household chores, others are trying to transform your home itself by making it smarter. We used CB Insights data to identify 84 funded private companies that are making households more efficient and convenient.
Canary, the smart home monitoring system, has just closed on $30 million in Series B funding led by Walden Riverwood Ventures, with participation from Cota Capital, Khosla ventures, Flextronics, Two Sigma Ventures and WTI.
Canary is a small device, packed with sensors and cameras, that sits in the home and monitors everything from temperature to air quality to home security. Users are notified via a smartphone app each time the Canary detects something off in the home, and users can view recorded clips of the disturbance from anywhere in the world.
Téléviseurs intelligents, lampes intelligentes, thermostats de nouvelle génération font leur apparition dans nos maisons. Demain nous serons tous équipés de réveils synchronisés avec la cafetière, de machine à laver capable de choisir la durée, la température et la quantité de savon en fonction des vêtements.
La empresa guipuzcoana Wattio, especializada en tecnologías smart home, ha sido finalista en los premios Internet of Things /Machine-to-Machine Innovation World Cup, un certamen internacional organizado en Zurich. La solución Wattio SmartHome 360º ha sido seleccionada como uno de los 4 proyectos más innovadores en el ámbito de la energía.
The Noocity Growbed is an unique and efficient self-watering and self-fertilizing (optional) gardening system. Easy to assemble and low maintenance, it allows you to plant a wide variety of fruit, vegetables and medicinal herbs anywhere.
How does the system work?
Through the supply tube you fill the water reservoir. Points of capillarity allow plants to obtain the water they need, when they need it, while the ventilation area guarantees perfect oxygenation of the root zone, resulting in stronger, healthier and more resilient plants.
