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Ask HN: Smarthouses startups – state-of-the-art?
It is somewhat a ready-to-boom (or fail?) area and there're already
hundreds of startups, all ready to turn your lights on (but only after
you press a button in their application on your iPhone.) So I wonder
who are the serious players and what is the state of the art of what's
possible today?
Is there anyone supporting a lot of devices (maybe even supporting
many standard busses)? Is there anyone with zero configuration (who
can learn itself about the available sensors/actuators/… in the
vicinity)? Anyone with working non-trivial scenarios (just as an
example — who knows your position and can track your movements)?
Also what do you think is technically possible but noone has bothered
to implement properly?
- MichaelCrawford 12y agoI've heard that the Belkin devices Phone Home. I don't actually know that so don't take my word for it. I personally could use a more-effective thermostat. I don't even need it to be networked, I just want one that works better.