The
award-winning company presented a universal application capable of
remote control of home appliances, including "ordinary" devices that are
powered from AC line voltage. In the first phase of the project they
plan to integrate 200 products from various manufacturers, by providing
remote control via TCP/IP protocols. The users of smartphones will be
able to control not only TVs, STBs and other modern electronic devices,
but also thermostats, shutters, garage doors and lighting - all the
components of the connected homes that will be really "smart".
In
addition to software, Ube has also developed three IP devices. Their
task is to control all the electrically powered devices or installations
that do not have network interface and which should be included in home
automation systems, such as lighting. Their biggest advantage is the
simplicity of implementation due to direct connection to the existing
wiring in the home or office. Other solutions offered so far for
building automation have usually been expensive and not very intuitive.
Ube
at Demo Fall showed that the rise in popularity of smartphones and the
potential of Android and iOS provide new possibilities for applications
in this area, making them much cheaper, versatile and most importantly -
extremely easy and intuitive for users, by a significant reduction of
human involvement in common processes which can be based on the
"Internet of Things" - interconnected machines with specific functions.
Just imagine, when you are approaching your home, your smartphone will
turn on the coffee maker to brew a fresh cup of coffee, switch on the TV
on the channel with your favorite series, adjust the temperature in the
room depending on the atmospheric conditions...
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From the left to the right:
- Smart Plug can be plugged into any wall outlet to control a wide range of appliances from a smartphone and measure the consumed energy
- Smart Dimmer based on a 32-bit ARM processor and Android OS changes light intensity and the energy consumption according to the needs of the user
- Smart Outlet used to replace an existing outlet - identical functions as the Smart Plug - for higher loads
In
the past, home automation devices were expensive, unintuitive and
difficult to use. The advent of Apple and Google platforms on mobile
devices allows for the dissemination of this kind of technology due to
wide accessibility and ease of use.
DEMO is a series of conferences organized around the world by IDG Enterprise and VentureBeat. For 22 years, the DEMO stage has witnessed presentations of over 1500 companies and 20 000 technological solutions. Regular meetings held in the United States, China, Brazil and Singapore concentrate on the promotion and financing of the development of the latest technologies and innovative products, which according to the organizers have the best chance of success and global adaptation. Among the projects and companies that benefited from the participation in the conferences there can be found such well-known brands like Sun's Java, Adobe Acrobat, Netscape Navigator, VM Vare. So, Ube won not only a million dollars ...
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