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...]
What devices can help your smart home use less energy?
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...]
Who’s in charge of the smart house? Yes, the actual house.
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...]
Podcast: LoRaWAN tries to co-opt Amazon Sidewalk
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...]
The EPA has created a program for the smart home
When it comes to the smart home, the focus lately has been on privacy and security. One big call to action has been the creation of an Energy Star-style standards label for smart home devices that makes clear they were created by following a set of … [Read more...]