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Smartphones are quickly becoming life’s remote control
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show has shown off more interconnected devices than I would know what to do with. Not only are existing devices I use getting modern, Internet-connected interfaces (cars, ovens, and security systems, for example), but companies are now putting out addons for smartphones that replace existing ones (blood pressure and glucose monitors, for instance. An article at the NY Times points out that
the smartphone is quickly becoming life’s remote control
— a portal through with you’ll soon be able to control far more of your electric devices than you might expect (or care to). ‘For several years, technology companies have promised the dream of the connected home, the connected body and the connected car. Those connections have proved illusory. But in the last year app-powered accessories have provided the mechanism to actually make the connections. That is partly because smartphones have become the device people never put down. But it is also because wireless sensors have become smaller, cheaper and ubiquitous.
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2013-01-14 01:51:13
Source: http://nerdylifeofmine.com/2013/01/13/smartphones-are-quickly-becoming-lifes-remote-control/
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