1. The Connected Home
Frank May
10/20/2016

2. Table of Contents What is a “Connected Home”?
What does (or can) it look like today?
Connected household products
Some trends
The dark side of all of this!

3. Connected Home Devices
Devices are connected through the internet with unique identifiers that allow them to transmit and receive data and communicate with each other
By 202, there will be 26 times as many connected things as humans on the planet
Device examples:
Light bulbs – typically use bridging device
Shirts – Polotech shirt by Ralph Lauren
Refrigerators – keep track of food stocks/ expiration data
TV sets – Internet apps, user content, streaming providers, interactive services
Washing machines – remote control, alerts, water and energy usage, troubleshooting
Security systems
Air conditioners
Lawn sprinklers
Cooking appliances
Thermostats

4. What Does the
Network Look Like
In Our Homes
Today?

5. Smart Devices Are Added to the Network?
Manufacturer
Internet
Cable
Modem
Router
So What Changes As
Smart Devices Are Added
to the Network?
Bridge
Computer

6. Products for the Connected Home

7. Basic Connected Home Device Architecture
Internet
Wireless
Network

8. Let’s Look At some devices that are vailable now…

9. Samsung family Hub refrigerator
Built in cameras
Shared family calendar
Online grocery shopping
Sticky notes
Recipe suggestions
Music streaming through Pandora
Remote Smartphone application

10. Nest ring doorbell

11. Rachio Smart Sprinkler Controller, 16 Zone 1st Generation, Works with Alexa

12. Leviton security and Home Automation package

13. Leviton security and Home Automation package – what’s included…

14. Leviton security and Home Automation package – what’s included…

15. More devices for food preparation…

16. More devices for food preparation…

17. More devices for food preparation…

18. New input devices for the smarter home…
Voice Recognition
Smart watches
Personal assistants
Pull different applications/devices together
Home automation/control dashboard

19. Amazon Echo Dot
Echo Dot (2nd Generation) is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home
devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms, and more
Connects to speakers or headphones through Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable to play music from Prime Music,
Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn
Controls lights, fans, switches, thermostats, garage doors, sprinklers, and more with compatible connected devices
from WeMo, Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, Nest, ecobee, and others
Hears you from across the room with 7 far-field microphones for hands-free control, even in noisy environments
or while playing music
Includes a built-in speaker so it can work on its own as a smart alarm clock in the bedroom, an assistant in the
kitchen, or anywhere you might want a voice-controlled computer
Always getting smarter and adding new features, plus thousands of skills like Uber, Domino's, and more
Amazon Echo is not required to use Echo Dot

20. Amazon echo

21. Connect the echo to insteon hub and switches and other devices

22. Connect the echo to insteon hub and switches and other devices

23. Connect the echo to insteon hub and switches and other devices

24. Connect the echo to insteon hub and switches and other devices

25. Wink Connected Home Hub
Many compatible Devices
Price – around $50
Connection protocols
Bluetooth LE
Lutron ClearConnect
Wi-Fi
Z-Wave
Zigbee
Buggy, confusing to pair, no 5Ghz Wi-Fi support
After current bugs are fixed could be the best solution

26. Wink Connected Home Hub

27. Connected Home in RetaiL
Automatic Shopping
Printers
Refrigerators
Consumer purchases will be largely automated
More data in less time
Wearable fitness devices
Personal details available
Big data
Where are you?
Health issues
Press a button, speak a command
Buy direct from manufacturers or wholesalers

28. Just How Smart Do You Want Your Blender to Be?
Jacob Silverman, June 14, 2016 – New York Times Magazine
Smart
Proto-Germanic word for “pain”
Smart Bombs
What is presented as an upgrade is actually a stealthy euphemism for “surveillance”
Smart Lighting, bathroom scale or door locks – What do these devices tell the manufacturer?
Don’t buy devices – Rent and operate these devices on terms set by the company
Software can be changed by the manufacturer
Cars – Starter interrupt devices – If you don’t pay, shutoff the device?
Shutoff device if not used properly – smart phone

29. Some Privacy Issues to Consider
What data is available from different devices?
Network access can be gained through unprotected devices
Security is not built in to many smart devices today
Example – webcam in child’s bedroom
Turn off devices – extortion
Who owns the data stream from devices?
Some Security Precautions
Strengthen router password
Give each gadget a unique password
Install mobile device security programs

30. Status of the Connected Home
Smart Phone has revolutionized this market
Wireless is decreasing both cost and viability
Many interesting devices in the works
How many of these are really useful?
Integration of devices in its infancy
Technology will be part of our lives – whether we like it or not!
Real Issues Today
Privacy
Security
Artificial Intelligence – a subject for another day!!