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My prediction for Nest's next product: a home security system. If your home is already equipped with Nest thermostats and smoke alarms, all their motion sensor
by raldi 13y ago
My prediction for Nest's next product: a home security system.
If your home is already equipped with Nest thermostats and smoke alarms, all their motion sensors are commandeered by the central unit. No new wiring necessary.
Edit: Come to think of it, there's probably no need for a central unit, either.
- jessegavin 13y agoI'd buy it.
- themstheones 13y agoIt would be great if your security system could detect an intruder, then make the house uncomfortably warm, thereby encouraging the intruder to leave.
- derekp7 13y agoSounds good, but most of the time a burglary is over with in a few minutes. Not quite enough time to get the house warm. Now a high pitched whine with strobing lights and cutting out regular lights might work, although it could be a safety thing that would get you sued. How about playing a recording of some old farmer's voice saying get out of here, with the sound of a shotgun getting cocked, etc. Or, for an outside perimeter alarm, turn on the lawn sprinklers.
- mynameisvlad 13y agoWouldn't be that hard, come to think of it. Perhaps add a few new detectors. Could use the fire alarms as intruder alarms, and then you'd just need to connect to authorities/central service and you're golden.
- syncerr 13y agoIt seems odd that they aren't leveraging an additional temperature reading. Some detectors have a heat alarm (not this one). So perhaps a firmware update will bring this. We'll have to wait for the ifixit teardown. Also, does anyone know how successful WiFi jammers are at negating current systems like this?