Zigbee-Thread Part 2: A talk with Tobin Richardson, President of Zigbee Alliance & Chris Boross, President of Thread Group. Mike talks to Tobin and Chris about why they decided to work together and what it means for each group. The sponsor for today's episode is Control4. Control4's Smarter Living Livestream (and video archive) event that demonstrates life in the smart home will be on April 22 at 7 EST. You can register and find the video after at: ctrl4.co/livesmart You can find m...
Apr 15, 2015•20 min
Guest: GreenPeak CEO Cees Links GreenPeak is one of the leading providers of Zigbee chips, so I caught up with CEO Cees Links to talk about what the Zigbee/Thread agreement means. Cees also breaks down where most of the Zigbee systems are being deployed today. The sponsor for today's episode is Control4. Control4's Smarter Living Livestream (and video archive) event that demonstrates life in the smart home will be on April 22 at 7 EST. You can register and find the video after at: http...
Apr 12, 2015•16 min
Guest: CEO/Founder of smart kitchen startup Orange Chef, Santiago Merea. In this episode Mike and Santiago talk about the Orange Chef's new smart kitchen system, the Countertop. We also talk about this concept of connecting your kitchen to the smart home and Internet of Things. You can find out more about the Orange Chef at www.orangechef.com You can find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Send questions and feedback to Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit...
Apr 10, 2015•27 min
This is the Smart Home Show weekly update for week of April 7, 2014. Stories covered: -Amazon's Home Services -The Dash Button -Google's Home Service rumors -Zigbee & Thread Get Together -Orange Chef's Countertop As always, you can find more Smart Home Show at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow host Michael Wolf on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit
Apr 08, 2015•14 min
In this episode, Mike talks to the CEO of iDevices about his HomeKit efforts. And bonus: Mike answers a couple listener emails. You can find out more about iDevices at: http://idevicesinc.com/ For more Smart Home Shows, go to: www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf for his daily posts/thoughts on smart home/IoT. via Knit
Mar 30, 2015•32 min
Guest: Martin Plaehn, CEO of Control4 Mike is happy to welcome Martin Plaehn, the CEO of Control4. Control4 is an interesting company because it's the only pure-play smart home company that is also publicly traded company. We talk to Martin about the company's business, the future, HomeKit, DIY smart home and more. You can find out more about Control4 at www.control4.com Find more smart home shows and where to subscribe at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter....
Mar 25, 2015•29 min
Guest: Cory Sorice, VP of Marketing, Connected Products for Chamberlain. What is the #1 reason people stress they forgot to do when they left home? If it isn't closing the garage door, I'd be surprised. So it's no wonder Chamberlain - a garage door powerhouse - got on the smart home trend early. In this podcast I talk to Cory Sorice, who heads up marketing for Chamberlain's connected products. You can find out more about Chamberlain's smart garage door efforts here: http...
Mar 14, 2015•26 min
Guest: Mark Spates, Head of Smart Home Platforms for Logitech. In this podcast, Mike catches up with Mark Spates to talk about the role of the remote control in the smart home. Logitech has been actively looking to make its popular Harmony universal remote line a key control interface for the smart home, so we talk to him about this and much more. You can find out more about Logitech at www.logitech.com Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter....
Mar 05, 2015•34 min
This is the smart home weekly news update for the week ending February 17, 2015 (Leonard Nimoy Day). In this podcast, Mike talks about: -The new Bluetooth Mesh working group -ADT's new ad campaign -Nest Protect's very bad week or two -Ways HomeKit could fail -Neo smart jar -Hive smart home system -A connected toilet water device For more smart home shows, go to www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit...
Feb 28, 2015•32 min
Ever wish you could see who's at your front door on your phone, either at work or from the couch? You might want to get a smart doorbell like Skybell. On this podcast, we talk to Skybell cofounder Andrew Thomas about the product's evolution, Skybell 2.0, the call he got one day from Apple and much more. You can find out more about Skybell at www.skybell.com You can listen to more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Email us at [email protected] via Knit...
Feb 15, 2015•26 min
This week Mike talks with Securifi's Ram Malasani about the company's new Almond+ home automation enabled router. The home router was in need of a reboot. Ram and Securifi realized by adding a touch screen they could make a router that was really easy to use and maybe help rejuvenate a tired product category. Seven thousand reviews on Amazon later they're now getting into home automation with the Almond+. You can find out more about Securifi and the Almond router at www.securifi.c...
Feb 06, 2015•34 min
After having a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign in 2012 for their Wi-Fi smart lock, Lockitron struggled to get the product to work well with Wi-Fi. They eventually got products out to 10 thousand backers, but decided late last year to go back to the drawing board and create an entirely new smart lock in the Bolt. In this podcast, Lockitron CEO Cameron Robertson tells the story of the how they came to the decision to create a new product, the challenges the company faced over the past few ...
Jan 29, 2015•33 min
This Smart Home Show features Dave McCall of the Open Interconnect Consortium, a group of companies developing a framework and a standard for better device interconnectivity. You can find out more about OIC at: http://openinterconnect.org/ You can find more Smart Home Shows at: http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/ Find Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit
Jan 28, 2015•29 min
This is the Smart Home Weekly podcast from the Smart Home Show for the week of January 26, 2015. You can get the written version of this (w/links to stories) here: www.smarthomeweekly.net The stories covered in this week's show: -HomeKit bridge for Z-Wave/Zigbee looks to be a thing -Xiaomi says it's gonna show-me (or us) it's smart home wares soon -Lowe's getting deeper into smart home installation services -OIC a new smart home open source framework called IoTivity -Amazon&#...
Jan 27, 2015•21 min
Guest: Ben Harris, CEO of Drop, the connected scale maker. We talk about the smart kitchen on this show with Ben Harris. You can find out more about Drop at www.getdrop.co Find the Smart Home Show at: http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/ Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit
Jan 23, 2015•20 min
The full Smart Home review from CES 2015. Sure it's a week after CES, but if you want a guide to most everything that happened at CES for smart home, this is the podcast to listen to. You can also get a free 32 page report on the show at: http://nextmarket.co/products/ces2015 Subscribe to the written version at www.smarthomeweekly.net Check out the podcast and where to subscribe at http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/ via Knit
Jan 17, 2015•54 min
Mike bravely battles a cold to bring you the biggest stories from 2014 in smart home just before he gets ready to fly to Vegas for CES 2015. Subscribe to future smart home shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com and read our newsletter at www.smarthomeweekly.net Follow Mike on Twitter to keep track of what he publishes for CES: www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit
Jan 04, 2015•30 min
This is the only smart home gift buying guide you'll need. Sure, you can find lots of lists on the Internet, but in this podcast Mike gives you a way to buy a smart home gift for anyone in your life, no matter if they're a technophile or complete luddite. You can find links to the products I talk about in this podcast at: http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/smarthomegiftguide You can also find where to subscribe to the Smart Home Show at http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/...
Dec 10, 2014•19 min
In this podcast, we talk with Sunnovations Matt Carlson about their new smart hot water heater device, Aquanta. We also announce the winner of our latest giveaway! You can find out more about Aquanta at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/651800236/aquanta-cool-technology-for-hot-water You can find the Smart Home Show at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit
Dec 09, 2014•23 min
It's another crossover, this time with the folks from www.farstuff.com Mike talks about the Internet of Things with Andreea and Charles from the Farstuff podcast. We also discuss who would be Mork and who would be Fonz if this were a 70's sitcom crossover, and also whether the Vessyl smart drink container is a good idea. It's a fun podcast so check it out. Once again, if you want to find more Smart Home Shows, go to www.thesmarthomeshow.com You can find our weekly smart home newsl...
Nov 30, 2014•55 min
It's the smart home weekly update (kinda) for November 23, 2014. I cheated a bit as I was a guest on the HomeTech.FM podcast (www.hometech.fm) with Seth Johnson and I asked Seth if I could use the episode as my weekly update and he said sure! It made sense since we talked about much of what I wanted to talk about anyway. We talk about: -HomeKit at CES -Blossom, the new smart water controller -Vera's new Vera Edge controller -Zigbee 3.0 and more! Subscribe to the Smart Home Show at http...
Nov 25, 2014•39 min
Ok, so I couldn't resist the Blossom reference (and I know its dating me), but still this episode is still pretty special since we talk to Manrique Brenes, the CEO of Blossom, the company behind the Blossom smart irrigation system. You can find out more about Blossom at www.myblossom.com And as always, subscribe to the podcast if you haven't by going to http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow via Knit
Nov 22, 2014•25 min
This week Mike talks with that company that puts a UL on all those devices in your home, Underwriter's Laboratories. He talks to Tom Blewitt, who has been at UL for almost 40 years and has watched as devices went from dumb things stuck on formica countertops to smart devices that can anticipate and communicate. How does a company like UL adjust? Listen to the podcast and find out! You can find out more about UL and www.UL.com You can subscribe to the Smart Home Show at www.thesmarthomeshow....
Nov 20, 2014•27 min
This is the Smart Home Weekly news wrap up for the week ending November 15, 2014. In this episode, I talk about: -Amazon's Echo (and whether its a smart home controller) -iDevices, $10 Million HomeKit bet -Target's entry into smart home -The Scout home security appliance has started shipping -Quirky's huge smart home announcement this week If you want to see my written analysis of all this news, go to www.smarthomeweekly.net I also announce the winner of the August smart lock give...
Nov 15, 2014•26 min
This week, iDevices surprised most everyone when they announced they'd invested $10 million in HomeKit-centric smart home development. This involved not only their own product - which they will unveil at CES 2015 - but a platform which others can use to build HomeKit centric smart home devices. This conversation is the first podcast interview with Chris Allen since the unveiling of their new HomeKit platform. You can find out more about iDevices at http://idevicesinc.com/ You can listen to ...
Nov 08, 2014•17 min
A podcast 2-fer: A weekly update and an interview with Roost's Roel Peeters. We combined the smart home weekly update this week with an interview with the CEO of smart battery company Roost. Today's topics include: -Verizon's new router with Z-Wave -Goji smart lock delays -Walmart enters the smart home -The retrofit smart home opportunity -Keen smart vents -SmartThings gets a Windows app In the second half of the show, we talk to Roel Peeters, the CEO of smart battery company Roos...
Nov 05, 2014•27 min
This is the Smart Home Weekly news wrap up for the week ending October 26, 2014. This episode is almost entirely about the Revolv acquisition by Nest. Joining Mike is Richard Gunther, smart home podcaster from the Home:On podcast. We also announce the winner of the Oort smart home system and give all the details about our next smart home gear giveaway, so you'll definitely want to listen! Remember, if you've entered the last giveaway, you are entered for future giveaways. You can see t...
Oct 29, 2014•38 min
The Smart Home Weekly news wrap up for the week ending October 18, 2014. All the big stories for the smart home discussed in one podcast. Also, we're giving away an Oort Bluetooth smart home system. For details, go to www.smarthomeweekly.net and see the latest Smart Home Weekly for October 18th or listen to the podcast. Stories this week: -Apple doesn't make news (meaning no new Apple TV) -August ships, Danalock on deck -Oort starts to ship -Qualcomm buys CSR -Bemo launches Kickstarter...
Oct 18, 2014•17 min
Guest: WeMo's Ohad Zeira Belkin's WeMo has been one of the most popular DIY smart home line of products around. Mike catches up with Ohad Zeira, the head of WeMo, to hear about where WeMo's been and where it's going. You can find out more about WeMo at: http://www.belkin.com/us/Products/home-automation/c/wemo-home-automation/ You can subscribe to the Smart Home Show at: http://www.technology.fm/thesmarthomeshow/ via Knit
Oct 17, 2014•37 min
The Smart Home Weekly news wrap up for the week ending October 11, 2014. All the big stories for the smart home discussed in one podcast. Stories this week: -Apple TV gets HomeKit -Best Buy expands smart home section -Mr. Coffee brews some WeMo -Echostar becomes smart home Sage -Allseen launches smart lighting group -Broadcom leaves OIC -Revolv connects to Danalock -PeQ revs software -MaxMyTV off to slow start -Coinguard ultra low cost IoT security You can see the full write up at the new home f...
Oct 12, 2014•20 min
