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GE slims down and Otis tries Alexa in elevators

August 2, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

Kevin’s 10-inch Lenovo Smart Display can play YouTube videos, Netflix and images from his Nest cameras. Image by K. Tofel.

This week on the show Kevin and I speculate what digital assets GE will sell and discuss the sad bankruptcy of French smart home company Sen.se. After hitting the sad news, we talked about the latest HomePod feature expected in iOS 12 and the fact that Apple didn’t say much about HomePod in its latest financial results call. We shared a new smart home device for dedicated DIYers from Machinon, discussed Control4’s new intercom function and Lenovo’s application for the FCC to test a smart bulb. Kevin shared his initial thoughts on Lenovo’s Smart Display for Google Assistant and a pro tip for anyone with a connected home. We share another ridiculous IoT idea for the week and answer a question about connecting Wyze, IFTTT and SmartThings to turn on a light. This week’s guest is Chris Smith, vice president of service innovation at Otis Elevator Company. He talks about how Otis connects its elevators, the architecture, and most importantly what it learned in trying to use data to predict failures. In addition to his practical knowledge he also answers everyone’s big question: Does the door close button on an elevator actually work? Enjoy the show.

 

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Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Afero, Amazon, Apple, cloud, Control4, enterprise, google, HomePod, IFTTT, industrial internet, Lenovo, Machinon, Mother, Netgear, Otis Elevator, Schlage, Sen.se, Sierra Wireless, SmartThings, Wyze

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  1. Justin Simmonds says

    August 3, 2018 at 3:38 am

    In regards to the listener call re wyze/IFTTT I do not have either products but perhaps utilising the Wyze to IFTTT integration to them forward the trigger to a Stringify routine than can do the turn on/off via a timer

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