Money for old rope...
This article either illustrates the ignorance of the author in this field or is an advertorial for Nest. As the founder of a true integrated and highly connected home automation system (IDRATEK LTD) I can tell you that these products and features do not even come close to what 'truly connected' or 'integrated' actually means. Over 15 years ago we were already delivering something which approaches this description a bit more accurately. Having a single button or voice command doing nultiple things is nothing more exciting that an old fashioned construct such a 'macro' could achieve. The truly important objective of interaction and integration is automation - Things that happen by themselves in as much as they can reasonably do so without significant errors (leading to user irritation). To say nothing of reliability over years of use. The idea of having to connect a 9V battery to circumvent the occasional premature battery failure or having to have an external power supply for a security camera, whilst better than nothing (?) is risible and an indication of how much thought went into quick sales over customer satisfaction and other important factors such as security. No, this does not herald the onset of the 'truly connected home'. This has already been arounfd for over a decade and miles ahead of what is being described here.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
