It has happened really suddenly. For the last three years we have been asking customers if they want these features and it was just seen as a step too radical. But in the last six months nearly every conversation with customers has included IP connection. Even on sub $100 units. With such explosive interest you have to wonder if it is a fad. But it just makes too much sense to be a fad. Using mobile smart phones, iPhones, wireless Android Internet tablets, or iPads as home automation user … [Read more...]
The Technology of Failure
The Technology of Failure We want everything to work perfectly all the time – it is just the way humans are. And as much as you might bemoan the failure of your smartphone to update contacts today, if it were a choice between that and your brakes failing on the car the answer is pretty obvious. So if ABS brake systems and airbag systems can be made so they virtually never fail, why isn’t the same failure busting technology applied to everyday items like smartphones? This blog entry aims … [Read more...]
