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CES 2017 IoT and Voice Control: The tipping point

 


 

 

Internet of Things consumer applications are finding their way into the backdoors of homes via the dramatic surge in Amazon Echo/Dot and Google Home purchases.  At CES, Amazon signs claiming integration were displayed in almost every IoT vendor’s booth. While consumers have latched onto Alexa and OK Google as their voice-based search engines (and entertainers), the next usage comes from apps for controlling devices – from outlets to garage doors to cameras – in the home.


While IoT had a bit of a rocky start with consumers who dabbled with devices they found at local big-box hardware stores, it seems as though personal AI assistants are easing some of the start-up pain. There are also a couple of remote controls designed to help aggregate all the protocols and networking so there is a central control for all devices – sevenhugs uses triangulation from three sensors to detect the proper device for control, NEEO, in year two of development, has a smart hub that interconnects the devices, and has some hand recognition intelligence to identify the user. Each has its own unique approach, but both are trying to solve the same problem – helping control devices without having to get out a mobile phone and find an app for each device.

This doesn’t solve the home automation problem which is currently still an Internet of ‘Thing’ world instead of ‘Things.’ Most devices are only adding voice or remote control that provides essentially a one-to-one relationship, from controller to device. The full realization of IoT is still crawling along, as devices generally are not yet sharing data and controlling each other using scripting language tools such as ITTT. For example, if the fire alarm goes off, it might be helpful if this triggered doors to unlock, or shut off the oven and stove. Or in a B2C application, autonomous data could be sent to manufacturers so that they could identify appliance failures.

This interconnectedness of devices and data is the harbinger of many life changing opportunities. Each CES we leap forward on this front; the sticky wicket is that each manufacturer would ideally like you to buy all devices and appliances from them, and that’s generally not human nature. This means there is still opportunity to develop simple programmatic rules that allow devices from a variety of manufacturers using a variety of wireless technology to talk to one another and share pertinent data.

On an adjunct note, Alticast is working on Voice Authentication, providing a simple way to get secure access to various devices and systems. As we move on getting more data and more interconnected devices, securing these systems is imperative.  You can get the paper at either of these two links:

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Posted by Susan Crouse at 6:24 AM

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