“Backstage” at CES 2020

CES 2020
We got to Las Vegas yesterday and took a self-driving Lyft from the Wynn to the Convention Center – super fun! CES 2020 officially starts on Tuesday, but the convention center is already buzzing with excitement. There were so many amazing booths and exhibits being set up, we decided to go “backstage” to see what we could see. Continue Reading →
Smart Speakers
Amazon, Google, Apple, and the Zigbee Alliance announced a new partnership called Project Connected Home over IP. It will create a new smart home standard so their products can work together. Sadly, we won’t see a draft specification until late next year. But the good news is that the partnership is announced and there will be a spec and open source materials, too. Continue Reading →
AWS 5G
In engineering parlance, getting closer to the "edge" means bringing computational resources closer to the user. To do that, you need a bunch of stuff to line up. In an ideal world, you'd combine powerful cloud resources and a low-latency high bandwidth network. That's exactly what Amazon and Verizon plan to do. Continue Reading →

Smart Home: Is the Time Right?

Shelly Palmer and Jane Jetson
Since we first met the Jetsons on September 23, 1962, the idea of a smart home has enthralled us. In the 56 years since the show’s premiere, technology has advanced in ways Hanna-Barbera could never have dreamed of, yet we’re no closer to a world where Rosie the Robot is real. What gives? Continue Reading →