In Part 1 of this series, we talked about Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. If you haven’t read that yet, feel free to head over. I’ll be waiting… As promised, today we shall cover the remaining items on the list: 3. Zigbee/Z-WAve4. Other proprietary technologies 3. Zigbee/Z-Wave Now this is where it starts to get complicated. Fred not, for I shall try
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It’s a common belief that having choices is good – I mean, that is what capitalism is about, isn’t it? Yet, a study from the year 2000 already told us that more isn’t always better. Psychologists Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper studied 2 groups of shoppers in an upscale shopping mall – the first group saw 24 varieties of gourmet
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Yee Light, Philips Hue, Sonos speakers, Google Home and Amazon Echo, Samsung Smart Things. What have these got in common? What is the difference between Smart Device and Home Automaton? Most people confuse the two. Strictly speaking, they’re not the same. It’s akin to calling an MP3 player “iPod”, food containers “Tupperware”, or calling vacuum cleaners “hoovers”, sticky tapes “scotch
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