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A new report from Juniper Research, a research and analytical firm that services the global hi-tech communications sector, forecasts that smart home automation and monitoring devices will grow to over 770 million globally by 2021, representing an eleven-fold rise from just 68 million estimated in 2016. The new research, Smart Home Markets: Entertainment, Monitoring, Automation, Health, Metering, Appliances 2017-2021, found …
As one of the leading residential integration firms for Crestron since 1996, AHT has tested and installed many of Crestron’s latest technology solutions over the years. While engineering the AV technology for the Mansions at Acqualina showroom in Sunny Isles FL in 2011, AHT and Crestron worked together to implement Crestron shades for the first time ever. Since that day …
Over the past couple of months, two home security manufacturers announced plans to launch drone based machine learning home surveillance systems. The first announcement came in November of 2016 by new startup Sunflower Labs and the next announcement came by Alarm.com at CES 2017. How will these systems work? Let’s explore. Sunflower Labs Sunflower Labs, with headquarters in Silicon Valley …
The Consumer Electronics Show always provides new technology products that gets everyone excited for the future. This year was no different. Checkout a few of this years more interesting products. Alexa: the voice-controlled smart home Numerous companies announced that they are using Amazon’s Alexa voice-response technology to control their devices with spoken commands. Alexa has jumped out ahead of rivals …
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, built an AI robot powered by Crestron hardware that can control elements of his smart home and learn his families tastes and preferences. He calls the AI robot Jarvis. After coding and designing the system, Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook that artificial intelligence is both more advanced and more limited than he anticipated. Zuckerberg was surprised that it …
While talking about technology, former Microsoft Corporation’s C.E.O. Steve Ballmer once said, “The number one benefit of technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all …
Several weeks ago sites like Facebook, Spotify and Netflix experienced a massive internet outage after hackers flooded Dyn, a major internet gatekeeper, with false bandwidth from unsecured internet-connected devices. Many of these devices were reportedly smart home gadgets using standardized manufacturer default passwords. It’s surprisingly easy for hackers to search the web for these devices and then, with the right …
Choosing the right home automation company can save time, money and hassle. Like any industry, the home technology industry has it’s share of good, bad and ugly integrators. In this post, we are going to explore what you should look for when choosing the right integrator for your new construction project. Accessibility Integrators accomplish more than simply installing hardware. They …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted a near normal hurricane season this year, but that’s not exactly reassuring since Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas and the southeastern portion of the United States experienced Hurricane Matthew. Hurricane Matthew gave everyone a reminder of what it means to be prepared for a major hurricane. Over the past week, many homes and businesses hurried to …
The world’s first broadcast using 8K TV technology has begun on Japan’s public channel NHK. With a resolution of 7680×4320, has about four times the detail of a 4K broadcast, or 16 times what you’re probably watching at home (normal HD, 1920×1080). The 8K broadcast started on August 6th and it is being used to broadcast parts of the Rio 2016 Olympic …