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How to add smarts to a hot water heater

July 6, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Drew left on our IoT Voicemail Hotline. Drew's home uses an electric hot water heater. Drew and his family isn't home that much, so he often turns the water heater off and on manually. He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Aquanta, PowerX, sensors, smart home, water heater, water temperature

What’s in my smart home in July 2021

July 13, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 5 Comments

It's been two years since I moved from my home in Austin to a rental home on Bainbridge Island outside of Seattle, and one year since I moved into my permanent home here. Which means I've had ample time to set up a new smart home infrastructure that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Aquanta, Arlo, Chamberlain, Ecobee, google, Lutron, Nanoleaf, Philips Hue, Phyn, Ring, Ting, Wyze

What devices can help your smart home use less energy?

March 1, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On the most recent IoT Podcast, episode, Derrick called in with a question about saving energy in a smart home. He already has a smart thermostat and he doesn’t want to spend thousands of dollars. So what options are there? Quite a few, although the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Aquanta, energy savings, LED lighting, Sense, smart home

Who’s in charge of the smart house? Yes, the actual house.

February 1, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

After eight years of torturing my family with smart bulbs, sensors, connected kitchen appliances, and an assortment of software and devices that tended to mostly work, but would fail only at 2 a.m. in a show of sparks or lights or noise, I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Aquanta, Flo, Phyn, Resideo, SepticSitter, Span

Podcast: LoRaWAN tries to co-opt Amazon Sidewalk

December 17, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week's show kicks off with us discussing a fascinating interview with the head of the LoRa Alliance about its efforts to bring Amazon's Sidewalk network into compliance with the LoRaWan standard. We then discuss Apple's app privacy labels, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Amazon, Aquanta, Calix, Flic, google, LoRaWAN, Plum, plume, Sidewalk, Tive, World Economic Forum, Wyze

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