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**The Smart Home Show**

Join hosts Adam Justice and Richard Gunther as they explore the smart home universe. The Smart Home Show features interviews with smart home leaders, analysis of the latest smart home news and the occasional Q and A and product review. All smart home, all the time.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 161 - Convergence of Smart Home and Smart Kitchen May 17, 2019

Show notes

* Where are we seeing cross-over?

* Samsung SmartThings

* Echo devices

* Dash replenishment services

* What are the use cases/value propositions?

* Is this ready for prime time?

* Seems like early days

* Can the tech survive (aka "don't brick my fridge")

* What would this look like ideally?

Wake of defunct services and devices

* Recent shutdowns/pivots

* Lowe's / Lowe's Smart Home powered by b8ta

* Cortana

* Stringify

* Past shutdowns

* Connected by TCP

* Staples Connect

* Revolv

* Dead men walking

* Zuli plugs

* Keen Home

* Wink

* Is this just the natural course of things?

* Won't this scare off interested consumers?

* What can be done to minimize exposure? via Knit

Does Your Future Smart Home Include A Rosie-Like Robot? Aug 19, 2017

Show notes

If you've paid any attention to home robotics over the past decade, you've probably noticed one thing: all home robots are basically single function devices that vacuum our rugs or roll around on the floor.

But Misty Robotics' Tim Enwall hopes to change that. You may remember Tim from his days as CEO of Revolv, the company behind the super hub that included seven radios. After spending a couple years at Nest after they acquired Revolv, he made his way over to another Boulder, Colorado company in Sphero to head up the company's home robot spinout.

You can find out more about Misty Robotics at www.mistyrobotics.com

As always, check out more podcasts and our coverage of the future of the connected kitchen at The Spoon: www.thespoon.tech via Knit

Your Face Is Your Key: Exploring Facial Recognition Technology with TrueFace's Shaun Moore Jul 14, 2017

Show notes

Back in 2014, Shaun Moore and his cofounder started selling a consumer video doorbell called Chui with facial recognition and detection technology. Eventually they realized the future of the company was not in doorbells, but in developing robust facial recognition/detection technology that could be applied to a variety of scenarios.

Shaun talks about those early days, the competitive video doorbell market, the pivot to becoming an enterprise facial recognition/detection technology provider and the future where your face is your key.

You can find out more at www.trueface.ai

As always, find more podcasts at www.thespoon.tech via Knit

WWDC 2017 Smart Home Wrap-Up: What We Learned About HomePod, HomeKit & More Jun 09, 2017

Show notes

I caught up by phone with Adam Justice from WWDC to talk about what we learned this week about Apple's smart home efforts. We talk about:

-Updates to HomeKit, including software authentication, NFC pairing, new event triggers

-The overall showing of HomeKit and how this is the most important WWDC for HomeKit since it was launched in 2014

-What happened with Siri

-The HomePod: We talk about Apple's new smart speaker and how it compares to Amazon Echo

-Plus lots more!

Listen in to get caught up on all that was discussed at WWDC this week! via Knit

The WWDC 2017 Prediction Show (Smart Home Edition) Jun 03, 2017

Show notes

Apple's big developer conference is just three days away, and so it's time to make some predictions. Mike gets together with his old friend Adam Justice from Connectsense to discuss what we can expect this coming Monday from Apple on the smart home front.

Topics discussed include:

-Whether Apple will release a Siri speaker

-Possible features of a Siri speaker, such as camera, touchscreen, HomeKit capabilities and more

-What to expect for HomeKit

-How Apple could improve the Home app

-What to expect for Siri at the show

And more. Have a listen!

Check out www.thespoon.tech for written updates on Monday/Tuesday. Also, don't forget to check out Adam's company at www.connectsense.com. via Knit

Meet Essential Home, Andy Rubin's Attempt To Eliminate Smart Home Fragmentation Jun 01, 2017

Show notes

In this episode, Mike looks at Andy Rubin's new smart home platform, Essential Home. Rubin believes he can eliminate all the friction and fragmentation consumers face today with all the various platforms by focusing on integration. He's created a smart home platform that plans to play nice with other platforms and hopefully get us out of a seemingly endless world of smart home apps and interfaces.

Our guest in this episode is Pawel Orzechowski, the Director of Systems Software at Neato Robotics. We talk about how Neato's robots work with the smart home, how they are working towards new features and we look at why they decided to integrate their robots with a Facebook Messenger chatbot. via Knit

An Echo Show...Show May 10, 2017

Show notes

In this solo-pod, Mike gives his first impressions of the Echo Show.

That's right, a Show about the Show. An Echo Show Show.

You get the picture. Enjoy.

See his thoughts on the Show at The Spoon: www.thespoon.tech via Knit

Here's a Fresh Hand-Squeezed Podcast For Your Enjoyment May 04, 2017

Show notes

This week's guest is Home:On's Richard Gunther.

Richard and I discuss the Bloomberg story about Juicero that showed you can bypass the company's $400 juicer and squeeze the Juicero packs with your hands. We also talk about the ongoing Zonoff-Ring story, the acquisition of iDevices by Hubbell, IKEA's smart lights and the August Z-Wave lock. via Knit

The Regenerative Home: Envisioning The Home (And Neighborhood) Of The Future Apr 27, 2017

Show notes

When we think about the smart home, most of us think about what is doable today. But what will new homes and neighborhoods look like twenty five, fifty, hundred years from now as we face a world of dwindling resources? That's what my guest James Ehrlich thinks about every single day. James is a former video game entrepreneur turned successful TV documentary producer turned CEO of Regen Villages, a company that is building the 'Tesla of Ecovillages'. James and I talk about how our homes and neighborhoods will evolve to become interconnected and self-sustaining - what James calls 'regenerative' - in the future.

You can learn more about what James is doing at www.regenvillages.com via Knit

After The Flood: How Smart Home Will Change Disaster Recovery & Other Critical Home Services Apr 07, 2017

Show notes

Mike sits in with Jamie Smith, the CIO of Servicemaster, one of the biggest providers of critical home services such as disaster recovery, pest control and home warranty services. Mike and Jamie talk about how the smart home will change these businesses and what Servicemaster is doing today to modernize their services with IoT.

Check out this and more episodes of the Smart Home Show at www.thespoon.tech via Knit