Flock. — CES 2014 – Smart technology, Smart marketing integration? : by Kerry Lee. It is January and CES is back and smarter than ever. Making the headlines this year is a ‘smart doll called Mother’ which is as the names states, is a digital replacement for your mother, it is designed to improve your life and will nag you about things you have not done, done too much of or should not do!…Read On
(Below to the left is Mother and on the right is Withings Sleep System)
Then there is ‘smarter sleep’ a system that will adjust an alarm’s wake up time based on the quality of users sleep and their sleep cycle.
There Samsung’s Smart Home System managed via a watch or phone that links together household appliances, utility controls and gadgets so that users can turn devices on and off when out of the house.
LG’s appliances are so smart that they can talk to you. Their fridge can tell you how many beers you have left and the washing machine will tell you how much longer the spin cycle has to go.
Another innovation is the smart toothbrush that can apparently track your brushing habits and tell you if you have missed any teeth when brushing.
Add to that digitally enabled smart locks, smart thermostats that can talk to fire alarms and your heating system.
Out of home there are Smart cars. Smart cars have been around for a bit but now they are moving to new levels. Not only do they park themselves but they now valet park themselves (and yes that means finding the parking space as well as actually doing the parking , then picking you up when you are ready) plus other nifty things like avoiding crashes and are giving you access to all your cloud based entertainment via an interface in the car.
The range of smart appliances is staggering and a lot of this amazing technology has the chance to enhance and change people’s lives but how will people hear about it? Will it make sense to them? Will they understand the benefits it brings?