Category: Smart Home
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No sooner has the memory of Panasonic’s smart kitchen display at CES been filed away under future dreams, we come to discover a group of new food tech innovations at SXSW the Japanese company calls “Game Change Catapult.” The goal of this incubator is for Panasonic to showcase a variety of ideas in various stages…
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There’s a new race in the smart home – it’s not about who will control your home but rather how. The introduction of voice assistant devices Amazon Echo and Google Home have definitely changed the conversation and the market for how we interact with the tech inside our homes. But if speaking commands to things…
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As the premier name in high-performance kitchen blenders, Cleveland-based Vitamix has consistently shown its ability to stay close to and understand its customer base. The company was among the first to use television infomercials to illustrate its benefits. Much of Vitamix’s brand persona is linked to healthy lifestyles as demonstrated in their series of raw,…
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Xiaomi, the Chinese manufacturer known best for its global smartphone production, is getting further into home appliances with the introduction of a Keurig-like coffee maker. The company announced a crowdfunding campaign for the Scishare Coffee Maker on its platform (funded within hours) to bring a coffee maker with Italian-sourced pump and coffee extraction technology. The machine…
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The full transcript of our conversation about VR and food with Google’s head of design for VR hardware.
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Panasonic wowed folks at CES this year with their out-of-the-box thinking and futuristic concepts for the kitchen. Now, it looks like they might have more in store for SXSW. That’s because the Japanese consumer electronics conglomerate will be debuting a new kitchen concept designed for seniors at the interactive portion of this year’s big tech, culture…
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When Google launched the Google Home voice assistant speaker, they demonstrated their commitment to the smart home and the growing trend of voice control, a trend so far led by Amazon. Taking aim at the Echo market, Google launched Home with a big vision but not as many features as enthusiasts would have liked. Still,…
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Believe it or not, those mushrooms you had in your go-to restaurant’s nightly pasta special were grown in the back, between the walk-in fridge and the spice cabinet. Home grow systems are the buzz, keeping in mind that not everyone is blessed with a green thumb or the time and energy to maintain an indoor…
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In December of 2016, NextMarket Insights and The Spoon surveyed a group of smart home industry insiders to ask their opinion about what they thought about the year that was and what they expected in the coming year for the connected home. Here’s what we found: Alexa and voice interfaces were the clear winner in…
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Think Amazon is gonna take it easy this year? Think again.
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IKEA, Whirlpool and Bosch all seem to love the projected video interface when it comes to concept demos, but when will we see it make it into consumer homes?
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Amazon is rolling out free smart home consultations to extend their leadership position with Alexa.
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