This week's news was compiled and written by Kevin C. Tofel Carbon dioxide could deliver smart home privacy: Chalk up another interesting project from MIT’s Media Lab. The latest is a new approach to getting more privacy in the smart home. It uses … [Read more...]
The end of Insteon and why the smart home keeps faltering
Smart home company Insteon has shut off its servers, lost its management team, and on Thursday sent an email to customers explaining how it plans to sell any remaining assets to help pay off creditors as part of a formal dissolution of the business. … [Read more...]
Podcast: So long Insteon
This week we start the show with the end of Insteon, which is probably the biggest smart home story this week. We talked about what we know (which isn't much) and why saving cloud-based smart home services is not as easy as escrowing code and hoping … [Read more...]
Ex-Googler creates clean air startup for the whole home
Y'all know I have been writing about indoor air quality for years, with a particular focus on air purifiers, air quality monitors, and even HVAC systems. And I'm looking forward to bringing air quality data into the smart home as part of the Matter … [Read more...]
The smart home doesn’t need a robot — it should be a robot
Thanks to the Amazon Astro reviews hitting the press, a recent conversation with a co-founder of iRobot, and fundings for startups building construction and medical robots, I've been thinking a lot about why we are so obsessed with robots in the … [Read more...]
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