Ok, so Rosie the Robot may still be a few iterations away, but the rest of your house, from your doorbell to your toaster, is about to get much, much, smarter. More »
If the thought of walking across the room just to turn off the lights in your house sounds like a tiring job, voice activated controls might be just what you need. Well, the folks over at iSpeech think they have a solution, they recently introduced their voice command and control platform for connected homes. While it’s not a product by itself, iSpeech is a library of speech commands and contextual interpretation technology that home gadget makers can embed into their devices or access through iSpeech’s API.
It wasn’t announced which companies will be making use of iSpeech’s technology, but they hope to target OEMs like Samsung, Nest and GE’s TVs, smart thermostats and washing machines. Eventually iSpeech plans to invade the whole home, linking all your appliances together so you can easily perform a string of commands with just one phrase – i.e. “I’m going to bed” will turn off your lights, close your blinds and turn off the TV. Sounds like a great idea, but first we’ll need companies to adopt iSpeech in order to make it happen.
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Remember AlertMe, the folks behind the Remote Heating Control? Well it looks like they’ve moved on from gas monitors to home security. Using its AlertMe connected home platform, Iris will let home owners monitor and control their home from anywhere in the world – as long as they have a smartphone, tablet or computer with a free basic level of service and an internet connection. While remote home control isn’t anything new, what makes Iris stand out from the crowd is its price point.
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O-rings. They’re those small, looped elastomers that mechanics and
photography hobbyists always seem to say they need when they’re in the
middle of some project. I was pretty much blown away by how useful these little buggers were, which led me to think about what the world would be like without o-rings–and let me just say, it wasn’t pretty.
If you’re looking to set up your home with a new router, you might want to check out D-Link’s latest offering. The company announced today that its Cloud Router 5700 (DIR-865L) is now available. It is its first ever 802.11ac router which delivers dual-band wireless performance of up to 1750Mbps – which in today’s world, is great for our high-bandwidth gaming, and HD streaming apps. In addition to blazing speeds with next-generation WiFi, the Cloud Router 5700 is called Cloud Router for a reason: users will be able to access it remotely.
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Most of us would associate the standard issue safe with an analog dial, where years of experience along with a keen ear would be able to help the most deft thief open up that particular safe in order to get at the contents within. Why not throw a spanner into the works with the Master Lock dialSpeed Electronic Combination Lock? Yes sir, this is a digital lock which might just usher the end of the classic combination padlock which we have come to know and love. Do not fret that despite being digital, it will be easily hacked. No sir, this particular lock does boast of its fair share of solid features, sporting a backup password which is stored online, programmable guest passwords, in addition to an intuitive arrow-based user interface.
It does not embrace the digital revolution for the sake of being in the digital age, but rather, there are reasons for doing so – at the heart of which is to deliver the best kind of protection possible for your contents. It even boasts of a cut-resistant boron carbide shackle to round off things. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the future of the safe.
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We do know that times are hard for just about everyone around the world at this point in time, but here we are with another option for those who want an affordable 3D LED HDTV. Sceptre is the one behind their latest 46-inch LED HDTV that will boast four pairs of polarized passive 3D glasses, in addition to offering SRS TruSurround HD Sound while coming in an elegant piano black finish. It is said to deliver eye-popping images at a 1920 × 1080 and 1080P resolution, not to mention heart-pumping surround sound capabilities. You will be able to hook up other external devices like cameras, computers and Blu-ray players, basically as long as those devices can hook up to five HDMI ports, a single USB port and a solitary VGA port.
Using theater quality polarized passive 3D glasses, Sceptre helps you save some money in the long run since passive glasses do not need any batteries or receivers to work. Apart from that, the implementation of passive 3D glasses deliver a full-color image which is far more comfortable to watch, eliminating headaches and eye fatigue that tend to be associated with active glasses. Expect to fork out $999.99 for this colossal 46-inch 3D HDTV. [Press Release]
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I still remember an old X-Men comic that saw Wolverine claim that his claws are able to slice through metal like a “hot knife through butter”, and I suppose this is an inspirational quote for those who wished that their toast will not end up with a cold lump of butter. Enter this heated knife that relies on battery power to raise its external temperature so that you need not wrestle with a cold lump of butter on your toast any more – where the heating element of the knife remains at a constant temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius, thanks to a couple of AA batteries that are located in the handle of the heated knife itself.
The knife was designed by Warburtons, where it can heat up to 41.8 degrees Celsius, and is powered by a couple of AA batteries located in the handle. At 41.8 degrees Celsius, it does enough to melt the butter just right for a smooth and even spread without requiring you to poke holes in the bread. A button on the handle will be able to activate the battery-operated heating element, where a flashing LED points out that it is on. It takes around 30 seconds to spread butter on a single slice, but since this remains a prototype, it remains to be seen whether it will ever make its way to the market – and for how much should that happen.
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There are some gadgets that we think of as an excess purchase, but only when something bad befalls us like a lightning strike on the home that fries our modem, only then do we take note of gadgets that originally fell under the “excess purchase” category. Can you say the same of the Satechi Slim Surge Protector? This particular surge protector comes with 2.1 Amps of juice as well as 5 protected power outlets, allowing you to protect up to 5 smartphones, tablets and other devices that are plugged into the Satechi Slim Surge Protector from nasty electrical spikes and surges.
This particular compact device comes with a trio of grounded outlets and a couple of USB ports that deliver 2.1 amps of power which are able to juice up just about the majority of power hungry devices such as the new iPad, Kindle Fire, iPhone 4S, and Samsung Galaxy S3 amongst others. Not only that, there is also a Safety Shutdown Technology that relies on thermal fuses which are able to power off the user’s system as an effort to protect it against fire and other damage just in case a power spike should happen. A green LED indicator will light up whenever the device protects the user’s equipment. The Satechi Slim Surge Protector will not make a dent to your bank account at $15.99 a pop. [Press Release]
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If you’ve taken all the information we covered about home automation earlier and decided that you want to install one in your home, then the next (and obvious) thing you need to do is figure out which provider to go with. Vivint appears to be a prime contender, seeing as they’ve just recently got the Central Station of the Year Award.
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