Smart Home Solutions Are Coming in Bits, Pieces
“There are two dilemmas... that rattle the human skull. How do you hold onto someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?” Gavin, “The War of the Roses,” 20th Century Fox, 1989
CES is all about “things.”
Things people can talk to; which, in turn, talk to other things as well as something somewhere else to come up with things to sell you; and so, the cycle continues.
For many of the things, services and apps at the show CES 2018 will be the last time they will be seen.
But for the companies and buyers with deep pockets, they will slowly enter our homes and become part of our daily lives.
Maybe the Problem of Sundance is the Distribution, Not the Content
“My mommy always said there were no monsters. No real ones. But there are.” – Ripley, Alien: “Resurrection,” Brandywine Productions, 1997
The reason a year seems to pass so quickly is that it starts so darn fast and the only constant is fast, faster and fastest change.
The M&E (media and entertainment) industry took up a lot of attention (and space) at CES – the everything for everyone show.
Even before all the screens, cameras and storage solutions were packed up and shipped home; people were unpacking their skis, parkas, cameras, storage and hopes in Park City, Utah for Sundance, the first huge film festival of 2018,
A Lazy Man's Guide to Living with Alexa
I still do. Her name is Alexa and she performs all the tasks around the house that I’m too lazy to do.
For example:
- She locks and unlocks the doors
- Sets the burglar alarm
- Turns on lights
- Vacuums the floors
- Makes my coffee
- Turns on the TV
- Briefs me on the day’s news
- And performs tons of other skills
AI Isn’t Dangerous Unless You Allow It To Be
“Surviving is not relevant. Living is. We want to live.” – Blue Robot, “Automata ,” Green Moon, 2017
If you don’t have kids or don’t go out to dinner much, you probably don’t realize that kids are using smartphones earlier and earlier.
Want to escape those “if looks could kill” stares from the rest of us? Give them the youngsters a phone with an entertaining game or show playing.
Our mature teens don’t watch much TV, but they watch a lot of TV shows on their devices.
But when they search for something, researchers report they expect the content to be there in six seconds or they're ... gone!
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