LG Smart ThinQ: The sensor that makes intelligent appliances traditional
The concept is simple: attacking the sensor LG Smart ThinQ to traditional appliances are unable to make them capable of communicating via the Internet: the sensor is able to detect temperatures, movements, vibrations and to inform the user when the washing machine has finished its cycle, or if he has left the fridge door open.
There is a problem that arises, now, in front of the concept of Smart Home: most appliances we have at home (and we’ll try to make it last as long as possible) and most of those sales have been well little smart. Building a house surrounded by smart appliances stupid can be unrewarding: maybe we have a thermostat that chat with us on your smartphone, but on the other hand, we cannot know when the washing machine has finished its cycle of washing if not bringing us into the bathroom to control the display.
For appliance manufacturers, who see in the smart home a prosperous future, this is certainly a big problem, and many are looking for solutions that will speed up the rate of penetration of connected objects inside the house. Facilitate the construction of an ecosystem that includes the devices that people already have at home is one of the strategies, surely also married by LG. The Korean brand has put on display at IFA interesting news on the front of the smart home, including a small sensor that can make some appliances, if not bright, if a little communicative.
The concept is simple: attacking the sensor Smart ThinQ to traditional appliances are unable to make them capable of communicating via the Internet: the sensor is able to detect temperature, motion, vibration and connecting the network to inform you when the washing machine has finished its cycle, if he left the fridge door open or even to better control the air conditioning. In effect, this is a retrofit in smart home appliances traditional way to build a bridge of transition between the future and the past, facilitating the testing and adoption of technologies related to smart home. In the first instance the sensor will be sold in the United States and the Far East, we’ll see when and if they will land in the Old Continent.
