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Transform your existing home appliances into smarter ones

3 pointsby rathish_gabout 9 years ago

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hbogertabout 9 years ago
Closed domotica platform of the week. Technical information is simply non-existent on the website.<p>When will there be a system which is,<p>* open protocol, open implementation<p>* incrementally affordable, i.e., add as you go<p>* actually smart and not just a bunch of toggles in an app interface. Nest&#x27;s learning thermostat is not what qualifies as smart in my book<p>* Self hosted; no I don&#x27;t want Google to know when I turn on my thermostat -- and no, I don&#x27;t want my thermostat to be useless just because the cloud is having a bad day.<p>So far I&#x27;m using OpenHAB with ZWave modules. This setup qualifies just half of the above, but at least it&#x27;s stable and I can compose my system of components which I want.