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Dust sensors, the latest CES vacuum cleaners, and the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things comes to vacuum cleaners at CES The Internet of Things was big at CES this year so we went looking for appliance manufacturers that had incorporated a dust sensor (and Internet connection!) into their appliances. We’re apparently a little ahead bit of the pack on this, as most exhibitors in this space weren’t quite thinking along these lines yet. (There were “smart vent hoods” that might, or might not, incorporate a dust sensor. These allow restaurants to save energy, and we might do a future post on them [updated: link].) One company that was thinking along these lines was Moneual, that makes a robotic vacuum competitor to the iRobot Roomba that we review below. The exhibit heavily touted that the Moneual was “a hybrid” dry and mop robotic vacuum. This is a brilliant marketing move, and it makes sense that the same robot vacuum should be able to also mop.… Read the restWildfire zone? Tech recommendations.
We saw our indoor PM2.5 counts skyrocket earlier this evening [originally published: Jan 18, 2014]. Los Angeles is essentially in a wildfire zone, so that smokey smell in the air gave us a suspicion of what this might be. We were waiting for the EPA numbers to catch up. 11:38 PM Pacific it finally has. EPA’s AQI had been hovering around 100 AQI (which is borderline between Moderate and ‘Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups’). With the 11:30 PM update, the air finally broke through in the Orange “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups.” (Of course, keep in mind that the EPA numbers are time-averaged, a weighted average of a 4-hour and 24-hour average. So the air may have been bad for a while. And, we’re using the Central LA stations readings here; air quality will be different in different parts of LA.) As we mentioned in our earlier Colby fire post, the good news is you now, finally, have tools to take control of your indoor air quality.… Read the restWeight loss, Al Gore, and the Internet of Things
Air Quality Monitoring with your bathroom scale? We were enthusiastic to learn that two Internet-connected devices, the Withings scale and the Netatmo weather station featured “air quality monitors.” However, this just turned out to be a simple CO2 monitor, and doesn’t monitor the more important dust, VOC, or other noxious gas issues that are generally considered to be of much greater concern. CO2 monitoring in crowded bars We’ve played with CO2 monitors in our office (using Ardunio hardware prototyping boards). It is one of the less effective air quality components to sense, because the valid range for CO2 is so wide. It’s kind of fun exhaling into a CO2 monitor and watching the CO2 counts spike (your exhaled breath has a lot of CO2), but that same reason means that animals have evolved in an environment where CO2 spikes in their inhaled air was not uncommon. Everyday objects monitoring CO2? Did Al Gore invent #InternetOfThings too?… Read the restInternet Of Things (IoT) Cisco CES talk
[Update: One of our most shared posts, although sharing counts were lost during the site migration.] Internet of Things and Home Automation big at CES this year Some of us were at CES looking at exhibits. Internet of Things (IOT) was hot this year. The home automation space was hot; home automation products are being increasing advanced and more app-integrated. (Currently available home automation offerings include Mi Casa, Smarthings, and revolv.) Of course, just after CES closed Google announced it was acquiring IOT play Nest, makers of an Internet-connected thermostat and smoke alarm. But there were plenty of other large players dangling in this space (none of them yet focusing much on air quality, although Cisco had a presentation which touched on allergies, home automation, and the Internet of Things). Cisco had a large exhibit there promoting the Internet of Everything (IOE), Cisco’s marketing term for IOT. Cisco explained that under Moore’s law, sensors will become cheap and ubiquitous.… Read the restRecent Comments
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