Tag: smart home
Smart Home Interoperability: The Key Hurdles
Smart home interoperability is a big hurdle. Those companies that embed application-level interoperability into their product strategy will reap rewards.
Networking 215+ Smart Home Devices
This post details problems homeowners face when trying to make their home a smart one. There’s a lot to learn and much to overcome.
Voice Assistants Are Taking Over Consumer IoT
The battleground of the virtual assistants took center stage at CES 2019. Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant geared up for battle. Google armored up with Google Assistant ski suits. It’s no surpris...
CES 2019 Recap: IoT Tech With a Social Impact
CES 2019 proved socially impactful IoT products are economically viable and technically impressive. Tech innovators should ask, “how can I help the world?”
IoT Applications in the Fire Safety Industry
The automatic fire sprinkler has remained fundamentally unchanged since Frederick Grinnell invented the first practical sprinkler in 1882. In 1890, he invented the glass disc sprinkler, which is ef...
Smart Home Interoperability: A Fragmented Landscape
The smart home is broken. OK, maybe not shattered beyond repair, but the fragmented state of the connected home market is certainly creating challenges (and opportunities) for all involved—consumer...
Holiday Gift Guide 2018
Happy holidays from IoT For All! Here's our holiday gift guide, featuring connected gifts that we're sure will delight loved ones young and old.
The Missing Ingredient in Building Valuations
Effective smart building platforms neither replace nor displace humanity; they reinforce it. IoT is the nexus between buildings and people.
Building a $250 Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener for $100
My parents wanted to automate the door to their chicken coop. I saved them money by building a cheap automatic door opener from scratch.
What Makes a Building “Smart” Isn’t the Tech
This article argues a truly "smart" building is one that optimizes people's lives in a quantifiable and scientifically provable way.
