Five short videos from CEDIA 2017 featuring smart home products from Seura, Savant, URC, Middle Atlantic and Samsung.
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 Find: Install Satellite Dishes Inside the Home with Hauk’s RF-Transparent Material
Hauk Technology’s Signal-Transparent Surface (STS) installs in the roof like a skylight, passing RF signals with barely any signal loss for satellite dishes, cell boosters, wireless broadband routers and other RF transceivers.
Control4 Adds If/Then Engine to Home Automation, Lets End Users Tweak System
CEDIA 2017 Showstopper: As part of Control4 OS 2.10, new When/Then engine lets users configure their own if/then home-automation commands — a ‘transformational’ paradigm for pro-installed smart-home systems.
ipDatatel, Resolution Products Merger: The One Alarm.com Tried to Kill
SHaaS (smart home as a service) provider ipDatatel merges with security provider Resolution Products in a merger backed by former Alarm.com chairman Ralph Terkowitz and his group ABS Capital.
Google and Nest Unite at CEDIA 2017
Google and Nest unite for the first time at CEDIA 2017, and we have two IoT innovators taking questions from home-technology integrators. What do you want to know?
TCD, Modus, and Rayva at CEDIA: Three Solutions for Designing and Selling Home Theaters
At CEDIA 2017, at least three exhibitors will demonstrate solutions for designing and installing home theaters, including 3D design tools from Modus VR and The Cinema Designer (TCD), and turnkey theaters from Rayva.
SI Solo is One Fun, Wire-Free, Portable Video Projection Screen
With its rechargeable motor and ample mounting options, Solo video projection screen from Screen Innovations goes anywhere – on an RV with magnets, on a window with suction cups …
CEDIA 2017 Ultimate Preview Slides: 49 Pages of New Products, Tech Trends
From CE Pro’s Ultimate CEDIA 2017 Preview Webinar, we have 49 pages of slides, with hundreds o f new products, themes and trends in home automation, audio, video, networking, and more.
Krika Concierge is New 24/7 Consumer Tech-Support, Powered by Domotz
Domotz remote network system powers new Krika Concierge service for smart-home pros who wish to provide 24/7 tech support for their connected customers.
SI’s Launch of the Decade: Motorized Shades Like None Other
It took Screen Innovations seven years to launch a motorized shade business that reimagines everything from the super-slim, inductively charged battery to an unprecedented shade-specification app, all demo’d at CEDIA 2017.
Cheap Echo Dot Meets Premium Multiroom Audio: The Genius of Origin Acoustics’ Valet Amp
Debuting at CEDIA 2017, Valet Amp from Origin Acoustics delivers premium whole-house audio, Alexa voice control, and a host of Amazon services with about $200 worth of Echo Dots.
Control4 Gets Custom Buttons, Consumer Scheduling, More WebView Drivers for Home Automation
With Control4’s new WebView tool and Chowmain’s new drivers, dealers can create fancy dynamic buttons for home-automation UIs, provide a user-friendly scheduling app for end users, and provide “Contact Us” page.
