Since the value of smart home can be unclear before you’ve lived in one, it’s more than most are willing to risk. The only surefire way to stay relevant in a rapidly changing marketplace is to work with the innovators who are at the coalface, doing all the disrupting. Unless you have a partner whose
The main purpose of a home automation system is smart device management. Therefore, one of the most important tasks is designing a user-friendly, effective, and intuitive interface for managing locks, switches, thermostats, plugs and, of course, lights. It may seem that managing a light bulb is one of the easiest processes. Indeed, what is there
Welcome back to our research of the most convenient light bulb UI design. In the previous article, we described the background of the problem and the plan of the experiment we performed to resolve it. Just to refresh — we selected about a dozen people from among our colleagues and asked them to draw their “perfect
As we mentioned in our article “8 Awesome Things You Can Do With Smart Plugs“, smart plugs are a simple and inexpensive way to make your mornings easier, save energy, and more. Just plug one into the wall, then plug a lamp or other electric device into the smart plug, and you’ve turned a standard