Category: Learning Center: Robots In My Home

How I wish robotic vacuum cleaners could clean themselves. They do all the cleaning on their own but leave the final dirty bit of cleaning them to us. If you

The biggest benefit of smart thermostats like Nest and ecobee is the amount of energy you get to save. In 2013, ecobee claimed that their US customers saved an average

Amazon Echo Show finally has competition in the form of the just released Google Home Hub. With the new smart display, Google has finally completed a smart speaker lineup that

Facebook just released the Portal and Portal+ smart speakers. Unlike the smart speakers we are used to, Facebook Portal is all about video calling. Most smart features like calendar and

Smart devices are marketed on the premise of convenience. But as you may have already experienced, these gadgets can sometimes be anything but. Most problems crop up when you have

A fully automated home sure is fun to live in. Just check out this series about building a smart home presented by Grant Imahara from MythBusters. But turning a standard

At some point, or more likely on the very first day you buy a smart speaker, your kid is also going to want to try it out. You need to

Any device or technology that makes life easier and safer for the elderly is very much welcome. In that spirit, I put together a list of the best smart gadgets

When designing smart cities, one of the main goals of experts is to improve energy efficiency. Data gleaned from sensors is used to improve energy management by predicting demand and

In 2014, Amazon released the first Echo smart speaker as they sought to expand their hardware beyond the Kindle e-reader. They pioneered a new category of devices and caught traditional

Tamagotchi is a digital pet that was first released in 1996. The pet starts out as an egg on a small screen which hatches into a pet. From then on,

Most robotic pool cleaners today don’t have a cable tangling issue. This is because they use swivel cables which don’t coil and twist on themselves as the robot cleans. But

Looking to buy a smart home speaker? Well, you’ll be spoilt for choice. There’s Echo from Amazon, Home from Google and HomePod from Apple (you can see our comparison of

Some robotic vacuum cleaners such as Roomba models seem to follow a well-calculated path on the floor. They move in a predictable pattern, smartly evading furniture and never going over

As you mow the lawn, paint the exterior, wax the floor and do other upgrades to raise your home’s value, you should also consider adding a few smart devices. Not

From smart doorbells to your Nest thermostat, here are the best smart devices you can use to keep your home secure. Smart Home Security Systems Most people prefer to buy

It’s something that has been fictionalized in several movies and TV shows. Hackers gain access into a smart home and manage to remotely control smart internet-connected gadgets like the TV,

For the most part, the smart home revolution has been good. Devices like smart home speakers, smart lights and robot WiFi vacuum cleaners have been great…amazing even. But there is

Very soon it is going to be almost impossible to find non-smart devices and appliances. Like black & white televisions, floppy disks and other obsolete technology, your lights that don’t

The chances are that you don’t have enough smoke detectors at home. If you’ve just installed one or two detectors, that’s far from enough. You are putting yourself and your