2017/3/27 14:29:00
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I always enjoy speaking with Robin Heydon, a Bluetooth member who works for CSR, because I learn something and the conversations typically stimulate interesting ideas. Last month at the Bluetooth SIG All Hands meeting was no exception. During Robin’s overview presentation on the Smart Energy (now Smart Home) Bluetooth Ecosystem Team (BET), he asked a very interesting question: “Why doesn’t my house go beep beep?”
This question is based on the fact that a typical person’s house costs an order of magnitude or two more than their car. Yet cars have had wireless remotes for years that allow them to be locked and secured with the touch of a button, with a "beep beep" confirming your car is secure.
By comparison, to secure a house you typically have to walk around and visually check every door and window. Why isn’t there the equivalent of a car remote for the house?
The answer to this question is is of course somewhat complicated, with many facets, not the least of which is the need for a low-cost global standard to enable such a solution.
Now Bluetooth technology is in a position to eliminate that barrier. Automating the home and providing solutions for key applications such as home security is what our Smart Home Bluetooth Ecosystem Team will deliver.
This obviously won’t happen overnight, but it will happen. And when it does, I bet I have the first home on the block that goes “beep beep!”
(Credit: Mike Foley)