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How to add smarts to older ceiling fans with remotes

May 17, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments

On a recent Internet of Things Podcast, we took a voicemail from Keith on our podcast hotline. Keith has several ceiling fans that have "dumb" remotes, meaning they're manual remotes for power and speed. He wants to know if he can add some smarts to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Bond, ceiling fans, Homey, infrared, RF, smart home, SwitchBot

Podcast: The Pixel tablet is a smart home let down

May 11, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham 7 Comments

Google launched a new tablet and dock at the Google I/O event Wednesday, and Kevin and I share our thoughts on how it might fit in with a smart home. Will it replace your Nest Smart Displays? We also share some of the updates expected in the new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: adt, Amazon, Aqara, Blues Wireless, Bond, Calista Redmond, Computex, google, Qualcomm, RISC-V, roku, State Farm, TP-Link

How to make a “dumb” ceiling fan connected and smart

August 10, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast Andre called our IoT Voicemail Hotline with a great question. I say it's great because it's a situation I've found myself in as well: How do you make a traditional, non-connected ceiling fan smart? Sure, you can buy a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, Bond, ceiling fans, google assistant, infrared, IR, RF, smart home, Wi-Fi, Wink

Podcast: Why did Apple join the Thread Group?

August 9, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham 2 Comments

This week Kevin and I kick off the show with our thoughts on the future of hearables before explaining why we think Apple joined the Thread Group and what it means for future HomeKit products. From there we talked about a new report suggesting that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Afero, AI, Anki, Apple, ARM, Bain, Bond, Charlie Kindel, Control4, enterprise, FBI, industrial internet, June, MAKE magazine, Matt Van Horn, Netgear, security, smart home, Smarter, Thread, Wi-Fi, zigbee

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