Savant kills it at CEDIA Expo 2019 with circadian lighting for wellness, energy storage and management, and more wrapped in a single home-automation platform.
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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Julie Jacobson’s Picks: The Other ‘Best Booths’ of CEDIA Expo 2019
A committee picked the official Best Booths of CEDIA Expo 2019, but CE Pro’s Julie Jacobson had a few picks of her own.
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LumenCache at CEDIA: End-to-End Low-Voltage Lighting, DC Power
Lumencache returns to CEDIA Expo 2019 with novel end-to-end low-voltage lighting system and plans for DC-powered homes.
Control4, SnapAV & OvrC at CEDIA: In Pursuit of Smart-Home Scale
Newly merged Control4, SnapAV plan to scale the fragmented home-automation and professional-installation market. Execs John Heyman, Charlie Kindel discuss at CEDIA Expo 2019.
Red Carpet Wows with $3K New-Release Movies: Just Don’t Use the ‘F’ Word
I accidentally asked Red Carpet CEO Fredric Rosen how his company will succeed selling pricey movie servers and $3,000 new-release movies while predecessors have failed.
Vivint Smart Home to Go Public via Reverse Merger Valuing Co. at $5.6 Billion
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Caavo the Miracle Remote? I’ll Take One for Me, One for Mom
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Bursting with Biophilia: CE Pro Names 6 ‘WellScapes Masters’ at CEDIA 2019
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Popular with smart-home makers, Tuya, Home Assistant and CIWare will show home automation platforms, development tools, and interoperable devices to lure new adopters.
RoomMe Adds Person/Location Tracking for True Home Automation; First Custom Integrations at CEDIA
New RoomMe API helps RTI, Control4, Elan and URC trigger home automation scenes based on who is in which room and when — simply, securely, and uniquely without complicated indoor positioning systems.
