Ambi Climate wants to democratize smart home climate control with a device that brings learning climate management to standalone window air conditioner units, central air systems, freestanding systems or the single room machines more common in Europe and Asia, so long as the existing system can work with an IR-based blaster or remote. It originally launched in July on Asia-specific crowdfunding site Crowdtivate, but now it’s looking to expand its audience in North America.
After a successful crowdfunding campaign that raised $250,000 and a first-generation product that promised remote viewing of anyone coming to your front door over your home network, Doorbot is rebranding as Ring, and introduced redesigned hardware with more of a focus on home security, and a design that should help it better fit in with its surroundings and compliment existing house design choices.
Dans les bâtiments, de plus en plus de fonctionnalités peuvent être commandés via Internet : volets, appareils de chauffage et systèmes de verrouillage. La "h" promet une gestion efficace des habitations, mais peut également constituer de nouveaux terrains de jeux pour les pirates informatiques. Des chercheurs de la société Fraunhofer travaillent à la conception d'un logiciel qui bloquera les attaques avant qu'elles n'atteignent les systèmes connectés dans les habitations.
We’re entering an important age, one in which we’re totally fine with having sleek little cameras equipped with sensors, sitting in our homes, tracking us.
Withings, the French company behind a variety of consumer health devices, announced today an upcoming device, the Withings Home, that is basically just that.
Connecting a new appliance to your home’s Wi-Fi network or broadband modem could increase the risk that data such as passwords will be taken from computers in your house. Such is the warning from antivirus company Kaspersky Lab in a forthcoming report on the side effects of more and more home devices being connected to the Internet.
The lighting and temperature of large workspaces is usually a one-size-fits-all situation, and somebody’s always unhappy.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup Enlighted has developed wireless sensors that gather a range of real-time environmental data such as light, heat, and movement to help companies more intelligently control lighting and temperature in workspaces. And today it’s announcing $20 million in new funding.
Blink is a truly wireless home security system, it doesn’t even require a cable for power. Blink starts with the Sync Module, which all of the Blink units report to and transmit to the cloud for phone access, alerts, and streaming video. Each of the Blink units offers a discreet, wireless camera with a full year of battery life. Each camera also includes a motion sensor, heat sensor, night vision, and an audio microphone.
