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The nest thermostat has received more than its fair share of press coverage recently, but that's because it's both smart, cool and well-designed. Todd chats with Kate from nest about this great new product. The nest thermostat is a smart thermostat that learns from your habits and behaviours and adjusts itself to match them, turning the heat up when you
Todd interviews Greg Memo from GreenWave Reality, a global innovator in the emerging smart home services market including home monitoring and elderly care. On show is their home energy management solution that uses wireless (ZigBee) plug-in devices to monitor and control power consumption. The system is not just limited to power management as other remote monitoring and control technologies such as lighting and
Andy Cruise from GE Southwest Windpower discusses the GE Southwest Skystream 600 Wind Turbine. It is designed for consumers who have at least an extra half acre of land and of course, wind !!! Interview by Scott Elliot of Geek News Central. Please Support our CES 2011 Sponsors. Save 25% on 4GH Hosting 1yr Subscriptions Save 25% Promo Code CES2.
It's true. I'm a hoarder. If there were a support group, I would probably need to join it. But as a hoarder who doesn't think she has a problem, I probably wouldn't join it anyway. You would never hear me say, "Hi, I'm Susabelle, and I'm a Hoarder." That's because I'm not ready to admit I have a problem. In
Andy and Tom interview Elizabeth Kurfess, Product Manager for General Electric on GE Nucleus, a home energy management system. As utilities start to install smart meters on the outside of homes, the Nucleus unit wireless communicates with the smart meter to bring information on power consumption and tariffs into the home, allowing the homeowner to make intelligent decisions about the
Whirlpool is leading the way in energy monitoring and management. Whirlpool is demonstrating energy management panels and device that will track how consumers are using their products and help consumers in the future save energy. While not available today 2011 or 2012 is the target date for Whirlpool Energy monitoring and management introduction. Coordinating various appliances integration will be a
PowerFilm Portable Solar Cells are both consumer and military grade flexible panels. These amorphous silicon solar cells offer an extremely rugged and inexpensive array. A 7 watt panel is about $150. The design compensates for physical damage. Their newest panel is from $80-$100 and charges through a mini-USB connector, suitable for cellphone. In the future, both commercial and residential rooftop