Adam & Richard discuss smart home device pricing including a discussion on new low cost hardware providers as well as a deep discussion on what makes up the cost of a smart home device. via Knit
Adam & Richard welcome special guest Dan Seifert from the Verge to talk all about Amazons fall event and all the new hardware and services announced. via Knit
Adam & Richard discuss CEDIA 2019 and an exciting new technology with interesting uses in the smart home. via Knit
Adam & Richard discuss the professional and DIY markets for smart home products. via Knit
Adam & Richard are joined by special guest Steve Sanders to talk about Adam & Steves recent visit to Mountain View for the Google Smart Home Summit. via Knit
Adam & Richard discuss what devices Adam has currently in his smart home that he uses in his every day life. via Knit
Adam & Richard discuss what devices Richard has currently in his smart home that he uses in his every day life. via Knit
Adam & Richard discuss what's going on in the outdoors with smart home products for irrigation and lighting. Links: https://homekittalk.co/join/ via Knit
Adam & Richard Discuss Point players vs Ecosystem plays as well as who is winning in the Smart Home. Show Links:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_Rockers via Knit
Adam Justice and Richard Gunther are joined by special guest Rene Ritchie from iMore to discuss all the HomeKit related announcements at WWDC 2019. Topics include: -HomeKit Secure Video -Privacy & Security -HomeKit Enabled Routers -HomeKit & Catalyst/Marzipan -Automation Improvements, HomeKit + Shortcuts -Automating HomePod/AirPlay 2 Show Links: CNet HomeKit WWDC 2019 Coverage https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-homekit-security-features-come-routers-cameras-wwdc-2019 HomeKit Router UI via K...
<P> Adam Justice and Richard Gunther prepare for Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) with a review of the history and current state of HomeKit. How has it evolved over the five years (five years!) since it was first introduced, where can it stand to improve, and how do Adam and Richard think Apple will enhance it this year? Will we see state-of-the-art improvements to Siri? Will HomePod become more useful? Will Marzipan ruin Mac apps? </P> <P> These topics and...
-Google Home Hub https://store.google.com/us/product/google_nest_hub?hl=en-US -Nest Hub Max https://store.google.com/us/product/google_nest_hub_max?hl=en-US -New Branding Google Nest -New Device Google Nest Hub Max -Added Built in Nest Cam -Gesture Recognition -Bigger display -Person recognition -Better Speakers - Sub built in -$229 -State of where things are at with Google Assistant in the Smart Home Space today -Playing catchup to Amazon but investing heavily and moving fast -Heavy investment ...
* Where are we seeing cross-over? * Samsung SmartThings * Echo devices * Dash replenishment services * What are the use cases/value propositions? * Is this ready for prime time? * Seems like early days * Can the tech survive (aka "don't brick my fridge") * What would this look like ideally? Wake of defunct services and devices * Recent shutdowns/pivots * Lowe's / Lowe's Smart Home powered by b8ta * Cortana * Stringify * Past shutdowns * Connected by TCP * Staples Connect * Revolv * Dead men walk...
If you've paid any attention to home robotics over the past decade, you've probably noticed one thing: all home robots are basically single function devices that vacuum our rugs or roll around on the floor. But Misty Robotics' Tim Enwall hopes to change that. You may remember Tim from his days as CEO of Revolv, the company behind the super hub that included seven radios. After spending a couple years at Nest after they acquired Revolv, he made his way over to another Boulder, Colorado company in...
Back in 2014, Shaun Moore and his cofounder started selling a consumer video doorbell called Chui with facial recognition and detection technology. Eventually they realized the future of the company was not in doorbells, but in developing robust facial recognition/detection technology that could be applied to a variety of scenarios. Shaun talks about those early days, the competitive video doorbell market, the pivot to becoming an enterprise facial recognition/detection technology provider and t...
I caught up by phone with Adam Justice from WWDC to talk about what we learned this week about Apple's smart home efforts. We talk about: -Updates to HomeKit, including software authentication, NFC pairing, new event triggers -The overall showing of HomeKit and how this is the most important WWDC for HomeKit since it was launched in 2014 -What happened with Siri -The HomePod: We talk about Apple's new smart speaker and how it compares to Amazon Echo -Plus lots more! Listen in to get caught up on...
Apple's big developer conference is just three days away, and so it's time to make some predictions. Mike gets together with his old friend Adam Justice from Connectsense to discuss what we can expect this coming Monday from Apple on the smart home front. Topics discussed include: -Whether Apple will release a Siri speaker -Possible features of a Siri speaker, such as camera, touchscreen, HomeKit capabilities and more -What to expect for HomeKit -How Apple could improve the Home app -What to exp...
In this episode, Mike looks at Andy Rubin's new smart home platform, Essential Home. Rubin believes he can eliminate all the friction and fragmentation consumers face today with all the various platforms by focusing on integration. He's created a smart home platform that plans to play nice with other platforms and hopefully get us out of a seemingly endless world of smart home apps and interfaces. Our guest in this episode is Pawel Orzechowski, the Director of Systems Software at Neato Robotics....
In this solo-pod, Mike gives his first impressions of the Echo Show. That's right, a Show about the Show. An Echo Show Show. You get the picture. Enjoy. See his thoughts on the Show at The Spoon: www.thespoon.tech via Knit
This week's guest is Home:On's Richard Gunther. Richard and I discuss the Bloomberg story about Juicero that showed you can bypass the company's $400 juicer and squeeze the Juicero packs with your hands. We also talk about the ongoing Zonoff-Ring story, the acquisition of iDevices by Hubbell, IKEA's smart lights and the August Z-Wave lock. via Knit
When we think about the smart home, most of us think about what is doable today. But what will new homes and neighborhoods look like twenty five, fifty, hundred years from now as we face a world of dwindling resources? That's what my guest James Ehrlich thinks about every single day. James is a former video game entrepreneur turned successful TV documentary producer turned CEO of Regen Villages, a company that is building the 'Tesla of Ecovillages'. James and I talk about how our homes and neigh...
Mike sits in with Jamie Smith, the CIO of Servicemaster, one of the biggest providers of critical home services such as disaster recovery, pest control and home warranty services. Mike and Jamie talk about how the smart home will change these businesses and what Servicemaster is doing today to modernize their services with IoT. Check out this and more episodes of the Smart Home Show at www.thespoon.tech via Knit...
Mike showed up at the Housewares show in Chicago this past week to discuss how the smart home will change the world of blenders, vacuum cleaners, cookware and home furnishings. Joining him was the Nathan Smith, CTO of Wink, Carley Knobloch, HGTV's smart home expert, and Chris Young, CEO of ChefSteps. Make sure you listen to this as it's a great episode! via Knit
One of Mike's prediction for the smart home in 2017 was that robots would become an ever more important part of the smart home. While we aren't quite upon the era of fully independent humanoid robots, we are seeing more consumer robots in the form of vacuums, lawn mowers, drink makers and more. In this podcast we talk to iRobot's head VP of technology Chris Jones about the current state of consumer robotics, how he sees robots becoming an important part of the smart home, and wher...
A week and a half ago, I was the first to write about Amazon's new smart home consultations (You can read the article here https://goo.gl/eutuYl). That's right, Amazon is sending their own employees into consumer homes in seven west coast cities for free smart home consultations to help them figure out how to best build a smart home that fits their needs. And since Seattle was one of the markets, I decided to have Amazon visit my home and give me a consultation. In this podcast, you ca...
In this episode Mike visits with Basheer Tome, hardware interface designer for Google's virtual reality group. We talk about how VR is changing, how it will interact with the smart home, how new interfaces like Alexa will work with virtual environments and why the physical interface is still important. We're having a smart kitchen get together at the Target Open House concept store on February 16th. To get the email with an invite, sign up for our newsletter at www.thespoon.tech via Kn...
Let's Talk Artificial Intelligence With Derrick Harris by The Smart Home Show via Knit
It's the smart home prediction show & CES 2017 wrap up all in one super-sized episode. I brought back two of my favorite guests: Nate Williams of August Home and Adam Justice of ConnectSense. You can find out more about their companies at: www.august.com www.connectsense.com Also, do me a favor and check out www.thespoon.tech if you want to learn about the future of food, cooking and the kitchen! Talk me up on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf Thanks for listening! via Knit...
This is the second annual Technology.FM smart home holiday special/fireside chat where Mike joins the hosts of HomeTech.FM and Home:On to discuss the year that was in smart home and the year that will be in 2017. We revisit our predictions from last year, talk about our favorite smart home moments of 2016, talk about the biggest game changers and finally look forward towards next year. This podcast is presented exactly how it was recorded with very little editing. If you listen to HomeTech.FM an...
I lose stuff. Wallets, keys. The occasional child. I usually find them, but those lost 15 minutes drive me crazy. Which is why I'm a big fan of trackers. Tile is one of the leading companies in the Bluetooth tracker market and in this podcast I talk with Tile CEO Mike Farley about his company's origin story, the company's product line up and how far we can go in tracking our stuff. You can find out more about Tile at www.thetileapp.com via Knit...
