Buchan Consulting integrated an old hardwired Lutron HomeWorks system with new Z-Wave lighting and controllers to create one seamless Elan home-automation system for the guy who designed the iconic ‘Attack from Mars’ pinball machine.
Julie Jacobson
Julie Jacobson is founding editor of CE Pro, the leading media brand for the home-technology channel. She has covered the smart-home industry since 1994, long before there was much of an Internet, let alone an Internet of things. Currently she studies, speaks, writes and rabble-rouses in the areas of home automation, security, networked A/V, wellness-related technology, biophilic design, and the business of home technology. Julie majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, spent a year abroad at Cambridge University, and earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a recipient of the annual CTA TechHome Leadership Award, and a CEDIA Fellows honoree. A washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player, Julie currently resides in San Antonio, Texas and sometimes St. Paul, Minn. Follow on Twitter: @juliejacobson
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CEDIA Finds: Smart Glass, Low-Voltage LED Strips, ‘World’s Smartest’ Wireless Audio
At CEDIA Expo 2018, smart-home pros will discover newcomers iGlass Technology, Nova Flex LED and Clovitek, makers of electrochromic film for windows, custom-cut low-voltage lighting strips and a novel alternative to wireless TV headphones.
Smart Homes Tied to Domestic Abuse: ‘Going Crazy’
Exes are remotely controlling smart thermostats, lights, cameras, other smart-home devices to ‘watch and listen’ and ‘scare or show power,’ NYT reports.
If Amazon Sells Homeowners Insurance with Security and IoT, Game Over?
Report says Amazon is contemplating selling homeowners insurance alongside robots, security, home automation and other IoT devices.
Best Ever Recruitment Video for Home-Tech Integrators?
SAV Inc. knows how to get potential employees excited about home automation in this recruitment video.
Insurtech Innovations: Amtrust Offers Warranties, Tech Support for Fing-Discovered Devices
AmTrust’s innovative TapSafe IoT initiative has Fing scan networks for connected devices, and then offers smart-home warranties and tech-support on-the-fly based on risk-assessment profiles.
When a ‘Simple’ TV Mounting Job Goes #SoCustom
This simple little corner-mounted TV job took some serious engineering, wall supports, custom metal and a bunch of patchwork by the pros at Cloud9 Smart.
B&O Pro Group ‘Restructures” U.S. Custom Install Channel
Bang & Olufsen closing dealer accounts a few years after launching U.S. custom-install business for premium audio, video and home-automation systems.
Jeremy Burkhardt’s Biz Partner Builds a Better Video Doorbell Transformer
Wharton MBA, lawyer, investor, and Jeremy Burkhardt’s M&A guy Brent Sonnek-Schmelz runs OhmKat, manufacturer of purpose-built power supplies for Ring, Nest, Skybell and other popular video doorbells.
Sacramento Showroom Flip Makes Smart Home ‘So Easy to Sell’
Liberty Bell Smart Home transformed Control4-certified showroom to promote simple security and home-automation packages based on Alarm.com and Interlogix Ultrasync on the lower end, Control4 at the higher end.
Apple TV to get IP Control via Crestron, Control4, Savant Remotes
Announced at WWDC 2018, Crestron, Control4 and Savant home automation systems will be able to control Apple TVs via IP in the new iOS 12; Dolby Atmos support comes to tvOS.
10 Best IoT Insights and Smart-Home Quotes from Connections 2018
On Shrek, Costco, sous vide, insurance, DIY, older people, and other engaging subjects shared among the who’s who of IoT at Parks Associates’ Connections Conference 2018.
