Trade Talk: Assisted Living – Preparing for Getting Old

By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Life speeds up as one gets older. In ’76, the long hot summer, I was twelve and it was indeed a very long and very hot summer. My only worries were if there might be a shopping trolley below the water under the bridge that I repeatedly jumped off, […]

BAB Technologie Supports Voice Control and KNX Project Import with its Smart Home Apps

NEW in APPMODULE: • Smart Screens • KNX project import • Support of Amazon® Alexa, Apple® Home Kit®, Google® Assistant, IFTTT Impossible? There’s no such thing. With the APPMODULE you can easily connect the whole world of IoT with KNX and EnOcean. Whether Amazon® Alexa, SONOS®, Philips® hue, Netatmo®, IFTTT, Apple® HomeKit™, Google® Assistant, or […]

Gira Offers High level of System Continuity with New Smart Home and Security Solutions

As a full-range supplier of intelligent system solutions for building control, Gira showcased numerous innovations at the Light + Building 2018 trade fair – products and solutions for the smart home as well as for alarms and security. In addition, Gira presented a new design line and other design variants of existing ranges. The striking […]

Show Report: KNX at ISE 2018 Bursting at the Seams

By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. The RAI exhibition centre is now officially full to capacity. The Integrated Systems Europe Show filled every hall and hallway. It even created a new hall on the plaza in front of the main halls. Hall 15 is open for business. In amongst the projectors, displays and holograms were […]

Voxior Expands from Voice Control to IoT Connectivity and OEM Partnerships

The Market When you see a true smart home for the first time, you often experience a powerful, lasting ‘wow’ moment. There’s this exciting technology in front of your eyes with an amazing potential to improve your life. But that potential also comes with its challenges, and the smart home market still has a couple […]

Xxter Launches the Pairot KNX Bridge to Siri Voice Control

“Siri, dim the lights in the living room.” “Siri, we’re going to bed.” These are just some of the commands that KNX-equipped homes can now react to through Siri voice control, thanks to xxter, a Dutch manufacturer of professional home automation products since 2006. Xxter has closely coordinated the creation of the ‘Pairot’ KNX bridge […]