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Thursday 26 December 2019

Your home isn’t smart, it’s just connected — here’s why


Just like how certain types of technology and operating systems give way to new, updated versions and become outdated, so does the terminology we use to describe them. We no longer refer to appliances like washing machines or water heaters as ‘automated,’ because in our world today, we just know and expect them to be automated. The more technology advances, the farther away we get from having to specify that a piece of technology is “manual” or “analog” vs. “automated.” By this same logic, we’re getting to the point in 2020 where we should reassess what it truly means to…

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