Interesting WSJ article:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-race-to-build-command-centers-for-smart-homes-1420399511
User-programming versus automated-learning... from the article:
Rivals like Wink, SmartThings and WeMo say their users can program an even broader set of interactions and share them on the Web service IFTTT—which stands for “if this, then that.” The site, for example, lists a popular action “recipe” for use with a WeMo motion sensor: “Post a Facebook status message anytime someone reaches for the cookie jar.”
Maxime Veron, Nest’s director of product marketing, questions whether users want to program such sequences. His company’s devices, instead, stress software that learns from user actions and do more on their own. “It’s not another remote control,” Mr. Veron says.
But platform rivals say their approach is working. Brett Worthington, Wink’s vice president and general manager, says the average number of devices per Wink user is now 3.9—with 35% of the devices set up to work together in some automated fashion. “I think Nest is underestimating the consumer,” he says.
Nunchi was supposed to provide an ability to learn in part through sensor input... context awareness.
Where (I wonder) is Nunchi's place among the rush to connect various devices and help users to manage them?
- Sinkman
