Innovative applications harbor greater potential for the smart home
digitalSTROM is on hand at the CeBIT Press Preview to demonstrate the wide range of possibilities that increasing digitization harbors for the smart home. The smart home provider is taking advantage of the opportunity in Hanover to show visitors and the press its complete integration of the Google Nest Learning Thermostat and how camera and motion sensors from Microsoft Kinect can help create an operating concept for simple and convenient control of a smart home. All of the applications reveal that the connected home is getting smarter. Open interfaces and high-performance algorithms form the foundation for a growing product range and greater potential for use at home. As a result, the digitalSTROM platform boasts new and innovative applications, as well as business opportunities for product and service providers. Visitors to the CeBIT Press Preview can learn more about this and much more at the digitalSTROM booth.
Big data, cloud computing, mobile solutions, social media and security − these key topics form the focus of CeBIT 2015. Digitization is making a long-term impact on all aspects of our lives − and it shows no sign of stopping, not even at our front door. Now digitalSTROM is turning the dream of a "smart home" − a fully connected household − into reality. The German-Swiss company is taking advantage of the opportunity in Hanover to present the latest progress in smart homes − from the integration of household aids and new, innovative services to inventive control concepts.
digitalSTROM links all electric household appliances using the home's existing electrical wires, integrates broadband equipment and ensures that they work together in an intelligent way. The German-Swiss company is also providing a true ecosystem for smart living − a platform that provides opportunities for the creation of new business models. Open interfaces make it possible to easily integrate a wide range of products and services, in turn creating new applications for the smart home. The digitalSTROM terminal block with integrated high-voltage chip turns ordinary electric appliances into smart devices capable of communicating with each other. The chips can be installed both at the factory and later on.
digitalSTROM is demonstrating the complete integration of the Google Nest Learning Thermostat in Hanover. The thermostat's standard functionality can be expanded when establishing a network with digitalSTROM's smart home solution and used in situations with higher-lever applications. For example, if residents are not at home but would like to cool it down, the smart home works in tandem with the Google product to set the desired temperature. The blinds are also drawn automatically to help the air conditioning system and increase energy efficiency. digitalSTROM is presenting another highlight in Hanover by showcasing a new control concept with multi-sensor devices as demonstrated with Microsoft Kinect. The integration of this control system makes living in a smart home even simpler, more comfortable and flexible. The showcase illustrates how any surface in a house can be used in the future to control applications and appliances. The smart home will also then be able to recognize specific gestures, such as turning on or off a tap simply by swiping your hand back and forth over the faucet. To prove how flexible this new concept is, the digitalSTROM team will give a live demonstration at the Press Preview by drawing symbols on a whiteboard, such as a square that can be used to switch lights in the building on or off. The smart home recognizes these symbols and then responds accordingly.
Intelligent algorithms that operate in the background form the foundation for a growing product range and greater potential for use in a smart home. digitalSTROM will use a smart kettle to demonstrate this at the Press Preview. Someone living in a smart home can give the command "I would like a cup of green tea" using the language controls to turn the kettle on. What's more, the electric kettle also knows the perfect temperature for the person's favorite kinds of tea. Thanks to intelligent algorithms, the smart home is a cognitive system that not only recognizes and acts on the information it receives, but also processes and learns from that input, which makes the system capable of adapting to the residents as well as to future developments.
According to Martin Vesper, CEO of digitalSTROM AG, "digitalSTROM's platform offers companies the opportunity to expand the scope of their business to include the smart living sector. The smart home ecosystem continues to grow all the time due to the increasing number of devices with open IP interfaces on the market. As a result, this means more potential applications and expanded functionality for our customers' smart homes. The open platform approach ensures that a smart home is capable of becoming smarter over time and adapting to any new needs and demands of residents as they arise."
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