Your smart home probably has gadgets to help you enjoy more convenience or stay entertained. Why not add to the assortment and invest in things that could improve your well-being? Here are seven high-tech medical devices to consider adding to your smart home.
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]]>I’ve been trying a family management app this week, from a startup called S’MoresUp.
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]]>Back at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show Stacey saw an amazing Bosch kitchen product that projected an interactive interface on countertops for cooking assistance. But we really haven’t seen many new products like this and I’m wondering why.
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]]>The smart home insurance market has transformed in recent years, and it’s clear that a one-size-fits-all approach no longer works. To better understand these changes, we spoke with Brett Jurgens, co-founder and CEO of Notion.
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]]>Google I/O 2020, which was scheduled for May, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other tech companies, Google has been trying to make up for it with virtual events. The latest virtual event is the “Works with ‘Hey Google’ Smart Home Summit” on July 8th.
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]]>Part of the appeal of the Haus models is the ability to live totally off the grid. The homes come move-in ready, fully furnished, with the technology to use solar energy and recycle water, no utility hookups needed.
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]]>Renters are often overlooked in the conversation about smart home technologies since market stakeholders place an emphasis on homeowners. However, the tendency to overlook the rental segment is changing.
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]]>The 2010s ushered in the modern age of smart home technology, complete with affordable voice assistants, design-forward thermostats that adjust for you and robot vacuums you control from your phone. But smart home products existed long before the 21st century.
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]]>The rice cooker is possibly my favorite small appliance, because — you guessed it — I eat a lot of rice. But these countertop devices are capable of more than you think.
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]]>On our most recent IoT Podcast, we actually had two very similar questions left on our IoT voicemail hotline from Tyler and Dan. Both are building new homes and are wondering how to best plan for their smart home needs.
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]]>Atmos Home has announced its AtmosControl smart home hub, which locally deciphers commands without sending a user’s voice recordings to cloud-based servers, reportedly making it the world’s first-ever privacy-focused standalone smart home hub for homeowners.
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]]>Fingerprints and DNA are widely known forms of biometrics, thanks to crime dramas on television. But as technology advances the Internet of Things, the interconnection of computer devices in common objects, other forms of biometrics are sought for security.
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]]>The tiny home of the future is here. Singapore’s Nestron released information and photos of its newest prototype for the Cube Two, a smart tiny home with an artificial-intelligence assistant. The Cube Two, which is available for preorder, is on the larger side for tiny homes at 263 square feet.
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]]>Almost everything in your home, from lights and thermostats to door locks and security cameras, can now be connected to the internet. With a few taps on an app or a voice command you can turn down your heating, let visitors into your home or check for leaks.
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]]>You work from home now. You’re free to work from bed and lounge around in a bathrobe and bunny slippers all day, skipping showers and forgetting to shave; your colleagues none the wiser.
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]]>You may be asking yourself, what exactly is a smart home? In short, a smart home is one that uses technology to automate certain aspects of running the home through the use of automated technology. There are differences and varying levels of ‘smart’ homes.
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]]>More and more of us are working from home these days, and that means your home’s Wi-Fi networks are more important than ever. And let’s face it — we’ve already got enough to be stressed about these days. The last thing you want to have to deal with is a WI-Fi signal that isn’t up to snuff.
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]]>Alexa can not directly call 911 on its own, but it can use external hardware and third-party skills to help you during a crisis. Equipment such as Amazon’s own Echo Connect device can connect your Alexa device directly to a landline, making a call for 911 possible.
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]]>The Arlo Video Doorbell is a slim, no-fuss smart video doorbell that covers all of the bases. It has a video camera you can use to catch porch pirates, motion detection, video calling capabilities, night vision, Alexa capabilities, and many other features anyone can appreciate.
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]]>If you’re still running the original Hue Bridge (the non-HomeKit-compatible round model), functionality will be limited after April 30. If your bridge is square, then you have the v2 and are unaffected – at least, for now … The company tweeted the news.
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]]>Tornados, like the one that recently hit Nashville, Tennessee, can happen any time of year, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. They can also occur just about anywhere in the country.
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]]>Smart home company abode has announced that it has new iPhone and Android apps in the works, fixing many of the issues that have been identified with the versions that are already available. You can sign up for the betas now.
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]]>Steve Saling is a former architect living with ALS. Determined to make life better for those living with the neurodegenerative disease, Saling helped create a high-tech smart home built for ALS patients. NBC’s Jo Ling Kent has this week’s Sunday Spotlight.
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]]>In just a few short years, we’ve gone from scratching our heads over how in the heck these Alexa things even work, to controlling our lights and vacuums with our voices. It was only a matter of time before we could open and close our window blinds the same exact way.
]]>In just a few short years, we’ve gone from scratching our heads over how in the heck these Alexa things even work, to controlling our lights and vacuums with our voices. It was only a matter of time before we could open and close our window blinds the same exact way.
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]]>Five teenagers have been arrested and charged with capital murder after the shooting death of a Mississippi girl, police confirmed to PEOPLE. Madison Harris, 16, was found shot inside her Biloxi, Miss.
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]]>Voice-activated assistants like Google Home and Amazon’s Alexa have been around for a few years now, but they’re still kind of gimmicky—they’re not exactly J.A.R.V.I.S.-level A.I.s.
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]]>Amazon’s Eero routers are gaining support for Apple’s HomeKit today, according to a report by The Verge. Once configured users will be able to enjoy more tightly integrated HomeKit features with both their router and any devices connected to the internet.
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]]>The exclusive club of smart security cameras that lets you store recorded video clips securely in iCloud just got a new member, with Netatmo announcing that its Smart Indoor Camera now supports Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video feature.
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