Which smart devices do you use in your home?

@ishansharma4533

6 жыл бұрын

The Verge smartphones only

@littlebigmarc

6 жыл бұрын

alexa plus light bulb but i keep forgetting about them lol

@alexjenkins1079

6 жыл бұрын

If we’re talking strictly about devices like the Amazon echo line and Google home devices, then none. I don’t trust them not to record me and store those recordings in a centralised database to be used against me later, like a telescreen in Orwell’s 1984.

@ishansharma4533

6 жыл бұрын

Alex Jenkins Ya true

@cd2048hfkdndj

6 жыл бұрын

Google home mini

Rip buddy We’ll miss you

@rishabhgon757

4 жыл бұрын

Who died?

@cashis0k381

4 жыл бұрын

Rishabh Gon Grant Imahara died about 2 weeks ago.

@danielgeorge4566

4 жыл бұрын

@@rishabhgon757 Grant Imahara

@therealb888

3 жыл бұрын

@@cashis0k381 how?!

@cashis0k381

3 жыл бұрын

b888 brain aneurysm

7:13: What he's really saying is: "If I showed you how to do this with non-proprietary software, I'd be out of a job."

@falmanna

5 жыл бұрын

Any ideas what it is?

@ChazEvansdale

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, he's saying "we want to charge you $30 a month for something you could do yourself, but we won't let you." This is a service for rich people with limited to no tech skills.

@nhsnm

5 жыл бұрын

Check Out OPENHAB!

@joelsawyer569

5 жыл бұрын

@@nhsnm or HASS

@nhsnm

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed @@@joelsawyer569 I have looked at HASS and I like Openhab better. Both can do the job either way.

Rest In Peace Grant, you made my childhood so enjoyable

My "brain" is a $35 raspberry pi.

@lukasnolte3151

5 жыл бұрын

Same here😂

@OmarClement

5 жыл бұрын

That's right, raspberry pi running Home Assistant. Does everything and more for $0.00 a month.

@koaasst

5 жыл бұрын

@@OmarClement well like grant said, there are smart versions of everything. Some of us are great at doing it for ourselves, but doing it for others, that might hold us back....you mean you want me to talk to customers who are clueless?!?! Lol i guess everything is in flux. The future is here for sure. Im glad!

@FunnyFantasticFail

5 жыл бұрын

Have a pi too. With openhab

@jttech44

5 жыл бұрын

@@OmarClement HA as the interface, nodeRED to handle the automation. Wayyyy cheaper than this stuff.

Seems pretty low tech for a "home of the future"

@samsun01

4 жыл бұрын

it's America, son. 5G don't exist in the imperialist American regime.

@alfonsoalvarez1757

4 жыл бұрын

Right

A lot of devices and programming for not a lot of convenience. *Overkill* if you ask me.

@Cyrribrae

6 жыл бұрын

Yea.. no next to no convenience, in fact. All it does it give it one home - but they're not really talking to each other. All of this tech and the service fee is to essentially get a universal remote (and some macros) for the home. That's cool... but, it's far from critical. At most, I'm saving maybe 10 minutes?

@youssefbenkraiem2685

6 жыл бұрын

every word you said is right, It's a glorified universal remote with macros. Not worth it at all

@static_sid

6 жыл бұрын

It is actually a convinience, I've been to such a smart home connected by rti

@Schradermusic

6 жыл бұрын

@Cyrribrae: Right on point.

@Drrolfski

6 жыл бұрын

One could actually argue that this "house of the future" is more of a headache-giver than a convenience-bringer.

And the Ford truck just won't go away

@Basketballbayern

6 жыл бұрын

Makafui Azasu yes it won‘t because the Series is sponsored by Ford

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

The Truck has built in Alexa. So that's pretty cool, to control the house from your truck. So not a COMPLETE loss. :)

@stevenrobinson4884

6 жыл бұрын

Love these vids but that truck is just plain wrong for the future!

@James_Ryan

6 жыл бұрын

This is the home of the future after Trump is re-elected: an F-150 will be mandatory for every household and you will be fined $1,000 for achieving more than 20 mpg. ;)

@jjc5475

6 жыл бұрын

americans don't like sexy electric.

Watching this reminds me of how much I miss Grant. Rest will Grant, you changed the world. You will be remembered forever.

I've been setting up a few houses with Home Assistant, an open source home automation system that has plugins for things like lights and tvs, all the way to BMW cars that have some sort of IOT integration. This system is not even compatible to Home Assistant which is cheaper and you have full control over everything.

THIS IS THE FUTURE! 4:02 (uses windows xp to program)

@harshagarwal3855

6 жыл бұрын

It's Mac OS and not windows XP

@matth.7128

6 жыл бұрын

Harsh Agarwal look a bit closer (4:10). He’s probably using Bootcamp, Parallels, or a virtual machine to run Windows on his MacBook, but that’s definitely not MacOS.

@SzymonSaysStuff

6 жыл бұрын

Windows 7... But still lol

@THEGAMINGHELP101

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's Windows 7 running on a mac using basic them which makes it look like Windows XP.

@heatxtm

6 жыл бұрын

actually, that wasn't the real XP looks, it was windows nt, 95 and 98 looks

rip 🙏 Grant, thanks for making the world a better place with your talent, smarts, and charisma

Thank you for all you’ve given us. We’ll miss you Grant. Rest in peace buddy.

"Everything has to speak the same language." "That's a lot of languages." I'm sorry what?

@FikiFirmansyah

4 жыл бұрын

He means connecting different API and communication protocols. Zwave, zigbee, etc

@neverbetter5434

4 жыл бұрын

@@FikiFirmansyah everything is wired so, I think he isn't talking about wireless protocols. He is referring to the fact that all of these devices have different APIs.

@FikiFirmansyah

4 жыл бұрын

@@neverbetter5434 yes for sure there are many communication protocol (wired) i firgot to mention like BUS, CAN, etc. MQTT can be used as wired ir wireless thou.

Home Assistant is an other free and opensoured platform for smart home too

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

The subscription is paid to your integrator directly and not RTi. Also its not mandatory, but the systems like to be updated to the latest firmware from time to time. plus its nice to make changes to the favorite buttons.

@lhl

6 жыл бұрын

Wait, so if I bought an RTI box I wouldn't get access to firmware updates or being able to change uh, a favorite button screen without going through an integrator? That sounds pretty awful, honestly.

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

Your integrator could set you up so that they could log in remotely while you tell them what you want changed.

Nope. This is ott and not really necessary. A lot of this stuff is achieved with far cheaper equipment and no "expert" necessary. Edit: he actually said this near the end of the video.

Loved watching grant on myth busters, Happy to see he has been able to go on to get different opportunities.

So, how much does all this cost?

@simeoola

6 жыл бұрын

To do it properly around £200,000

@masonhuffman1329

6 жыл бұрын

Moments Of Genius including the home and the solar etc

@kelsey_roy

6 жыл бұрын

Cut out the middle man system integrator. The future is DIY wireless. Retrofit everywhere. No monthly subscription.

@simeoola

6 жыл бұрын

KamekoBruns if you actually read what I said...to do it properly the cost would cost £200,000. The price of a property has nothing to do with the components and equipment needed to automate it properly. This wouldn't even pass the spec of a grade two smart home. There is actually an industry around this and the non sense consumer purchasable products in this "smart home" doesn't cut it the only device credible is the Luxul switch that if POE is $1500 by itself.

@simeoola

6 жыл бұрын

Mason Huffman No. A simple video 8x8 video matrix that will allow you to rack all media devices will set you back $6000+

Love and miss you always, Mr. Imahara

Rest in peace to this legend

The subscription service is definitely not cool. It kinda seems like a scam because that system is so closed that you have to have a subscription and pay them every month, just because you might want to change something in the future. I'd just use Google Home, some Sonos speakers, Nest Smart Home devices and a Chromecast or two. I don't really watch TV anymore so that wouldn't be a issue.

@MHWGamer

6 жыл бұрын

Nest is also a scam!

@PWingert1966

5 жыл бұрын

I have a subscription service. It send me a pretty blonde escort for about an hour every week and it costs about the same as this and provides me at least four hours of pleasure a month.

@-SP.

5 жыл бұрын

P. Wingert I want to know what kind of subscription service you are using.

@PWingert1966

5 жыл бұрын

It only available in Canada. LOL.

@-SP.

5 жыл бұрын

P. Wingert Lucky me I also happen to be from Canada

The Verge has the blessing of KZread. I have never witnessed such a fast download of any other video. With regards to integration of appliances into your home, how does it feel to be blocked out of adding or modifying anything in YOUR home? So much for open technology. If I had to do it, I would go old school PLC.

The problem is that this tech will never be integrated because it comes from different sources. Houses of the future will be nothing like this. It only adds complexity to our lives, costs a lot of money and provides questionable benefits. I rather just get up and push a button.

@MotorDAZ

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it can be like this. Go read about KNX standard.

@NickHorvath

6 жыл бұрын

Or check out open source projects like hass.io there are so many integrations out there already even to many "closed" apis that have been reverse-engineered by people.

You say you're an engineer but you're afraid of hurting yourself while trying to tinker with home automation systems? This should be a dream part time project for any engineer!

@lonethseneviratne5758

6 жыл бұрын

Thought the same thing

@Cyba_IT_NZ

5 жыл бұрын

He's probably got a kickass home fully automated by himself but he just had to say that for this ad.

This is nothing more than a slick home entrainment/security/multimedia installation with a glorified universal GUI. Cool, but by no means the home of the future. I'm sure this is exorbitantly over priced.

@NicholasLittlejohn

5 жыл бұрын

100k minimum.

I just watched an ad for Smarter Homes

@PHlophe

6 жыл бұрын

Timofey, but you did so willingly. You own a dacha is the posh district of Yekaterinburg , this is for you.

This is actually a pretty basic home integration.. I still appreciate that Grant is showing that it's not quite that simple to just buy a bunch it smart stuff and have it all work together. Like he said, this stuff will self-integrate with less intervention eventually, but you'd be surprised how quickly you can get into the weeds with this stuff. Especially in commercial environments where downtime can mean money being actively lost.

Can't wait to see the whole house finished

@bandaralbraheem9942

6 жыл бұрын

Tolga Köymen will there be Tesla power walls and the Tesla Solar Roof

Putting all those wires though makes the home a lot less modular. That's the best advantage of wireless technologies in my opinion. Modularity would be a priority in my dream home, since changing stuff around revives my relationship with it and makes me have a more organic attention towards it. Modularity should most definitely not be underrated.

@LandscapeInMotion

5 жыл бұрын

dimitris aspetakis I agree! However, we are going from one wireless router in the house to many many more wireless devices - I counted typically 20 x 2.4 GHz wireless devices for a smart home. It creates EMF hell in your home - you think you gonna sleep well at night? Too much exposure to EMFs disturbs your red blood cells. So I did not take that chance, so I opted for Ethernet in every room, and switch on wireless when I need it.

@compactcow

3 жыл бұрын

@@LandscapeInMotion The majority of these devices don't support ethernet anyway.

@compactcow

3 жыл бұрын

If modularity is a priority you certanly don't want the locked down software these people are trying to sell you 😅

Giant gas guzzling Ford truck. Overblown, proprietary electronics that can't be programmed by users. More stuff. More wires. This is some 1980s hellish vision of the future. The future we actually want is unobtrusive, minimal and integrated. Not this!

@Underhills

6 жыл бұрын

Wireless power is not even futuristic I'm afraid. It's sometime in the next galactic time dimension. In the meantime we need power cables and "stuff". Can't build a smart house without. Build a zen room and enjoy the gadgets when you feel for it. Then again, some might define a smart home as something like a chapel with no artifacts. That can be smart if you wanna distance yourself from the digital. Whatever you do, be smart about it!

@noahewoods

5 жыл бұрын

They have to have a Ford because it's a sponsor

@assassinjohn

5 жыл бұрын

go live in caves early man.

@martymcfly8007

5 жыл бұрын

This is the House from the movie "Back to the future"

@joshuamorin2762

5 жыл бұрын

Clearly you have never owned a truck lol. New trucks aren't gas guzzlers. You've just been conditioned to think that.

This is such a fantastic series. Thank you for making it!

I have a few points, first the Ford truck is totally out of place, then its so stupid to use a locked down, paid platform. One could get the same for free with harmony and compatible devices. Or it could get even more advanced with Home Assistant (a open source free python project). At last you should consider security. As you combine everything in one hub, only that one hub has to be compromised to change basically anything, even locking/unlocking the home.

I have 3 Google homes spread out in the house. Wemo light dimmers for every room to control recessedights, nest thermostat, ring doorbell and floodlights, Logitech Harmony box setup. All pretty much integrate with Google home so I can control most of it with voice. Great video.

Too bad it doesn't have Google Home and Google Assistant integration, you could avoid "...tell butler..." by using shortcuts, plus of course, the GH / GA itself is a good service to have.

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

It also works with Google Home now.

@MattsPaddock

6 жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear! Nice work! 😊

This was REALLY disappointing guys, putting together a big name like Grant Imahara and The Verge to showcase 10-year-old technology? I have to say this is NOT the home of the future, this is the home of 2009 with an Echo Dot. Crestron/RTI/Control4 have been doing this for the uber-wealthy for decades, but nobody should waste their money on those systems anymore, they are being disrupted by true "Smart Home" technologies that are iterating features with each app update and you don't have to pay an integrator $500 to come out and a new device to your system. There is still a place for a central control system but it's not going to be an antiquated server in your closet, it will be an app on your tablet or phone hosted in the cloud with ever-improving technologies. Please call Nest/August/Sonos/Samsung/Philips/Amazon, get some hardware, rent a sweet Airbnb on the beach somewhere and reshoot this video. (I'd be happy to help!). I hate being negative but this really disappointed me, I expect more from The Verge and I've been with you since day 1.

@GregPolasky1

5 жыл бұрын

you my friend have no idea what you are talking about. derp derp

@GregPolasky1

5 жыл бұрын

Control4 is one of the fastest growing tech companies in 2018. They just hired Charlie Kindel, architect of the Amazon Alexa smart home initiative. They are eating up company after company. People like you have been saying this for years. Too funny

@8BitEpidemic

5 жыл бұрын

@@GregPolasky1 I'm guessing you have some personal stake in this company, cause you seem to have taken offense to what this guy wrote.

@completehomeelectronix4325

5 жыл бұрын

@@8BitEpidemic 8BitEpidemic i own a home automation company, and its comments like this that kill me. He over simplified what Crestron/RTI/C4 (all rivals of the brand I carry btw) are and can do while over selling what Nest/Samsung (smart things) etc can. Those are good products, particularly for DIY users who dont want to learn coding for something like a Raspberry PI. Its true that DIY smart home is growing faster than traditional home automation, but thats because of price...and the traditionals are producing gear aimed at those same price points with the same features, only with an ability to scale up. In reality, there are 3 forms of hone automation: 1. Consumer DIY lines like Smart Things, are inexpensive (relative to the CI lines) and easy to setup, but limited. They're great for the average home and moderately tech savoy owner. 2. DIY like Rasberry PI, are super inexpensive, but require a lot more free time and technical knowledge. 3. C.I. like Crestron, that combines the best of the other 2 at the expensive of cost. None is right for all. Im not against DIY or semi-DIY like Smart Things, but it is irresponsible to make an apples to apples comparison to Crestron. While he complained that RTI has been around for decades, i couldnt count how many DIY automation lines have started and closed in the last 5 years

@qwarlockz8017

5 жыл бұрын

I totally repeated your point! EXACTLY!

i'm studying home automation in france and it is cool to see how you do it in the othe side of the atlantic, i would love to go in the us to work there but the regulation are not the same

Personally I would rather buy into the google based ecosystem, the assistant itself is better, but it integrates naturally with nest devices, as google owns nest, and allows seamless content control with chromecasts. Also I use an android phone so it integrates with that really nicely. It seems as if the same functionality could be achieved to the home with a couple of google home maxes and chromecasts and that the implemented system is needlessly more complex, expensive with a higher maintenance cost and ironically is backwards thinking. Personally I use a chromecast with a projector, google wifi and a google home.

@carson9903

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the Google ecosystem is pretty good and it's relatively open, too. They integrate pretty well if you own multiple Google products; idk why they decided to go with so many different platforms: an Echo, Roku TV, and Nest.

@Linkwii64

6 жыл бұрын

I don't trust Google. When they control everything in your home they control your life.

@carson9903

6 жыл бұрын

But you're using KZread, _with_ a Google Account? 🤨

@Linkwii64

6 жыл бұрын

Carson Saldanha precisely, we already half way there.

@carson9903

6 жыл бұрын

?

**makes amazing probably million dollar house** **gets internet through AT&T....**

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

AT&T has 1000 MBPS here in Austin.

@bobmcfishkens6443

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Sandford it sucks where I live lol

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

Its still not my fav. We are big fans of google here. Also 1000 Mbps

@NicholasLittlejohn

5 жыл бұрын

I live around the corner and we have Google Fiber

Love this series, please make more of this!

Man I freaking love this series!!

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Apple’s HomeKit. HomeKit is the most complete interpretation of this, basically everything they did here can be done with HomeKit if you have the correct HomeKit enabled equipment, and there’s already a healthy list of compatible devices like lights, cameras, locks, thermostats, garage doors, security cameras, security systems, taps even friken blinds... the list goes on... I have my Philips hue lights and Logitech Circle 2 security cameras integrated with HomeKit, and I’m very keen on upgrading some more equipment to smarter HomeKit compatible solutions. What was showed in this video is very cool but the fact that it’s not very end user configurable (meaning needing these guys to come and make any changes because the end user isn’t allowed to) kinda, well, sucks!!! I’m very impressed with HomeKit so far, it’s still new and needs some work but even so it’s still very good and very capable at the moment and it can only get better with software updates and more and more HomeKit enabled equipment. Smart integration frameworks like HomeKit baked right into the products are the future, hopefully there will be a well recognised non Apple solution for all the Android and Windows users out there. Apple is able to get it right easily because of the niche they have in the market, they can define a framework like HomeKit and other companies respond because there’s a ton of potential customers using Apple devices who would be more likely to buy their products if it used HomeKit, ask yourself this, if their product sat next to a competitor an the shelf and one said ‘works with Apple HomeKit’ and the other didn’t which one do you think the owner of the shiny new iPhone would pick? There needs to be another universal framework standard like HomeKit to cater for the non Apple users, then smart integration will really start to take off. The solution in this video where you need to pay someone else to rewire you’re house and charge you a fee to come and make changes and visit you every so often is definitely not the future, that sounds like a hassle. Both my lights and cameras were setup in minutes and fully integrated with HomeKit straight away, and I can add to that with thermostats and taps and whatever the heck I want whenever I want and set it up how I like with no paid nerd needed to do any of that. That my friend is the future. Sure HomeKit can’t do exactly everything these guys could like with the xbox and PS4 but it does pretty much everything else and without the need of some third-party begging for a fee.

@ZachHHicks

6 жыл бұрын

This was my thoughts exactly. This video would be more accurately described as the best smart home of the present not the future. HomeKit is growing faster than anything and is absolutely the smart home of the FUTURE. In the near future HomeKit will be able to control anything in your home like this and is easily set up. Plus setting up complex scenes and automations is super easy. If you are Android then this all would be Google Assistant.

@zeemalota732

6 жыл бұрын

The tech is modular - ie - it can be replaced with the latest version, and it's easy enough to then update the rest. For example, I've installed Lutron Lighting systems nearly 20 years ago, and they are still working, and can still do what is needed today. The new modules offer extra bells and whistles, and network connectivity, but RS232 still gives me two way feedback, full control, and the end user wouldn't know the difference - the wiring architecture is still pretty much the same.. However, should you want the newest keypads with the latest modules, then you just remove the old, plug int he new and it's not a huge deal. The control processor I have running my home is near 10 years old now, and is still capable of integrating with the latest gear - the firmware update shave ensured this, and despite what the video says about API's, you are able to control pretty much anything on the market. Now, Homekit, Google Home, Alexa etc are excellent devices, wonderful for the home GIY market, and great for people with the tech mindedness to have a go and set it up. But it's not even close to the power and control that is possible with systems like the ones shown. Having said that, most people also don't need that sort of power, so it's horses for courses. The negative comments are more a case of ignorance, there is a place for all of these devices, but don't, for a second, think that Alexa, Homekit and Google Home would exist without Crestron, AMX, RTI etc. I was setting up Crestron systems15 years before Apple even thought about iPhones. What you, the consumer are now enjoying, is the evolution of the high end market as it trickles down. Don't hate - embrace! The high end of today will be the $99 off the shelf box of tomorrow.

@gmankono

6 жыл бұрын

As Zee points out, we have a great opportunity here with the decent handful of methods that have been used in the past and open source projects that have sprung up to add them as options to the modern control system options. HomeBridge is a great open source project to offer a way to get RS232 style command set capable devices showing up as "HomeKit" devices. Definitely more tinkering than a basic setup, but I am very much enjoying being able to add anything with a control structure.

0:28 that’s definitely Hacker Typer...

@chosenArchitec

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

We put that there just for you.

RIP to my childhood idol. You're one of the reason ill be an engineer in 1 month

The only reason I'm subscribed to The Verge channel is this series :D I just love it!

This is so overkill. What happens when the company stops updating their app? You’re left with an old version. The issue with this is there’s a $30 per monthly fee. What a rip! Google Assistant, HomeKit and Alexa is where it’s at.

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

The monthly fee is optional and you can use any integration company you like. You would not be locked into anything.

I love these "Home of the future"-videos! Greetings from Germany

@PHlophe

6 жыл бұрын

where about!

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Anyone know the name/brand of the cabinet in the video?

@alexandreferrarabarulho4498

4 жыл бұрын

I had the same question and after some research it seems to be the "Barcelona White 221" model from the Chameleon Collection from Salamander Design.

Rest In peace a innovator 🙏

Wow. It indeed is a future house, but I guess there is a long way to go!! Anyways, make a budget future house video in future! Best of luck!

@flyinghigh2000

6 жыл бұрын

S Venkateshwaran check out Hass.io. Diy setup like in the video

"Home of the future" "PlayStation 4 for gaming" This isn't adding up

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

Hey it has VR though :)

RIP Grant Imahara!

i'm 2 episodes into this, about to start 3, and haven't heard anything about insulating/sealing the house. the guy in part 2 talked about the giant energy hog, the hvac, and minimizing its needless use. that's the perfect segue into insulation & different ways to actually heat/cool a house. does this modular housing company, ma modular, insulate the hell out of the house? is it set up to circulate climatized air? does it use minisplits? what's the story here?

But what if RTI project will close in 5-10 years? Like some "lifetime" subscriptions/plans have already been cancelled

@CrystalStearOfTheCas

6 жыл бұрын

there's no lifetime subscription because they pay monthly??? If they close you just stop paying

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

The subscription is paid to your integrator directly and not RTi. Also its not mandatory but the systems like to be updated to the latest firmware from time to time. plus its nice to make changes to the favorite buttons.

@Schradermusic

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah always nice if you have to call someone who then comes to your house to change what's basically a macro for you, because they don't allow you to "program" it yourself, even though that apparently happens via a GUI in Windows. Great system... not.

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

We can also log in remotely and make changes while on the phone with a client.

@zeemalota732

6 жыл бұрын

Schrader - if you wish to spend the time and energy (and money) to learn to program the system, nothing is stopping you, but very few home users, even tech savvy ones, would have a clue how to even start, let alone modify a system. this is not Harmony or IFTTT, it's not wizard based, and chances are, if I handed you the software and program file to even a basic system, you'd "break" it pretty quickly. There are advantages to systems like this - your system keeps working if your net goes down, the software and hardware will continue to work should the manufacturer goes broke - unlike those systems that use cloud programming. The beauty of technology is you have a choice - you can go down the consumer path and DIY, or you can pay a professional to do it, because, well, you have better things to do. I love tech, and enjoy my work, but seriously, I'd rather be at the beach...

All I want is a rack mount in my home. Relying on the cloud for all my automation makes me wary.

@ciano5475

6 жыл бұрын

All local and all functional even without Internet connection.

Anyone know where I could get a rack like this? Or was it custom made from existing furniture?

After watch a couple years of stuff like the HGTV Smart Home specials where the central control was an iPad with 30 different apps, it’s refreshing to see an example of an actual smart home integrator utilizing the consumer-grade gear. That being said, as I’m planning my own smart home, my plan is to utilize equipment that already shares a common platform where necessary. Some items don’t “need” to participate in automations or scenes. Smart washer/dryer combos, or smart irrigation controllers are examples of this IMO. Items like that are fine being stand-alone systems for my use-case. Everyone else’s usage may vary.

when my country electricity is not reliable , you know I will sleep out side a lot with this smart every thing

@jttech44

5 жыл бұрын

A battery backup can keep a system like this running for a few hours, easily. Longer if you're ok with prioritizing the devices that make sense to have working in a blackout. Isn't like you need a PS4 or lights when the power is out.

wish i had 40k to set that up and a 1.8 million dollar home lol

@catanainc

6 жыл бұрын

as Grant said...get a Google Home Mini $50, Hue Lights $100, Chromecast $50...and you're pretty much set.... (or Alexa alternatives)

@simeoola

6 жыл бұрын

Doru Catana Grant is saying that to get you to look into things but it's a lie. A real system costs around £200-250k

@THEGAMINGHELP101

6 жыл бұрын

Umm Hue lights rang from $100-$200 for a pack of four light bulbs...So realistically to get all hue lighting in an average house is going to cost a few thousand dollars not $100

@Cyrribrae

6 жыл бұрын

The home's not nearly that expensive, even in Austin. That's actually so far been about the only part that's been impressive about the home of the future - making prefab construction both feasible and desirable. Solar stuff was cool, but ultimately a bit too speculative for my tastes. This video already looked outdated (which is not to say the tech or the promise isn't cool).

@S2Tubes

6 жыл бұрын

If you had $1.8M then negotiating, or stepping down to $1.7M wouldn't be too difficult.

I love having a smart home and have enjoyed doing it and updating it with new technologies. The main brains for mine is using a Raspberry PI 3B with OpenHAB2 software. Most of the switches are modified Sonoff switches with MQTT capabilities, an Insteon thermostat and HUB as well as Alexa and a few Chromecasts and Firesticks. With OpenHAB2 you can communicate with around a hundred different brands of devices through what they call binding and more are popping up all the time.

Awesome explanation. I am a Computer Engineer Technologist with at Data/IP background and a Journeyman Electrician. I currently have the simple setup you talked about. (Google Home, Chrome Cast, and Hue lights) I am also building a Data Center in my basement that will allow me to create APIs so I can integrate my Raspberry Pi with the system and, running a custom built app and Android Open Auto, allow me to remote start my older vehicles with voice command. I am also integrating the Pi's camera for dash cam and remote upload to my servers. Using virtualization I am also building personal, scaleable cloud services and media streaming services. All to be integrated with my mobile, home, and vehicle entertainment systems.

"everything gotta speak the same language" "wow, that's a lot of languages"

So...you're going to pay this guy $30 a month to hide a few cables, neutral the primary benefit of Sonos speakers (wireless connectivity), and program an app you're not allowed to reprogram? Seriously? They aren't even creating their own custom version of Alexa, which they should be able to do. And what happens if they go out of business tomorrow? Then you're stuck with a system you can't do anything with. And it's not like you'll be getting a refund. And then you have to switch everything to another system altogether. Austin has fiberoptic interent, so I don't see any reason why a mesh network isn't reliable enough and you have to go wired. What a freaking waste of money.

@veritas932

3 жыл бұрын

I did put network cables to my whole house. but then, you don't need a systems integrator to do that. Just an electrician will do. A wired connection is more reliable than wireless. Also some people are pretty sensitive to wireless frequencies. To be green, I would power down systems if people are asleep, saves electricity and the planet.

@compactcow

3 жыл бұрын

I'm just wondering what all the wires were for. The majority of smart home devices don't have an ethernet port. Only thing that would have ethernet would be the ip cameras.

Grant Imahara was from Mythbusters! Finally remembered where I knew him from. Was just this itch in the back of my mind for the longest time while watching this series

Omg Grant! I've missed you. One of my childhood memories ❤️

I would not buy into a system that wouldn't let me tinker and customize. I find it condescending to think that individuals cannot handle their own home technology. It just takes a system designed to recover. The monthly fee is too high in my opinion and I hope would scale down to as their adoption scaled up, but it is important to note that addressing software and security updates as part of a monthly fee is fair and critical to smart home safety given the networked nature of IoT devices. I'd like to see an episode on addressing the privacy and security of smart homes and consideration of what policies these devices have on data collection and sharing. Where devices report eg does the device only talk to your home network or rely on a company server outside the home, what data is collected about each device use and what their individual and aggregate analysis may reveal. There are many hidden elements to the smart home of the future that the buyers should consider too, but are hidden from view in the software and policies of device manufacturers and software.

@user-rr8iw9lp4d

5 жыл бұрын

The whole "You'll hurt yourself" statement needs to be thrown out in the tech industry. We're not talking about 110v bare electrical wires or sharp cutting blades. This isn't something that will hurt the customer. At the very least, the customer might need to call and ask for help with the gui software. I understand, as an IT professional myself, that these terms are coming from the business side of tech and not the tech side of tech because after all, we're taking about all consumer grade electronics and while there are people in this world who will not try to understand this technology, there's also people in this world that will not learn how to add gas to their car or check the oil.

You can achieve almost the same level of automation using products such as Smartthings Hub and Harmony Hub. It's more cost effective and easier to customize. You don't need to be an expert programmer to add new equipment or create new scenes.

Question. How do wireless gaming controller connect to the game consoles all the way across the house in a closed cabinet?

This all necessary and having a control system like rti gets messy when it freezes and everything stops working

I love Grant and cool video! But: the damn Ford truck is so hilariously out of place in this video. And always placed as if just coincidentally in the shot :D It's hard to take a video about energy awareness serious if the sponsor is a company like ford. Is that the reason an electric car isn't a part of the modern home in the video? Maybe, maybe not. But this gnaws on the integrity of the piece for me.

"Its a supercomputer running on this" HAHAHAHAHA HA HAHA HAHAHAHA okay baby, and i have a ferrari.

Anyone know where to purchase an entertainment center with built in racks as shown in the video?

Great video man. I have question which i was not able to find an answer for. What is ideal tempareture to keep my home network in? What happens if the tempareture goes higher than recommended?

Damn grant getting lied to the “programmer” just wanted to not have his job be useless by having someone else diy themselves around something like getting a new system.

My main issue being, it has one point of failure, the access point...

@FingerThatO

5 жыл бұрын

Get Ubiquiti access points. They are highly reliable.

@compactcow

3 жыл бұрын

All residential networks will have a single point of failure unless you buy 2 modems and pay for 2 internet connections lol

How long will this be going on ? I waiting for another one

Rest in Peace Grant Imahara...you will be missed

$30/mo? haaahahahaahhaahaahaahahhaahaahaano!!

@SwiitKALEL

5 жыл бұрын

hey Fidelio, you just hit 88 likes, were did you travel off to? Past or Future?

good setup, but not mindblowing

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

We were supposed to have smart tint on the windows and rain water collection data integrated as well as many other features like a smart mirror. So many things were out of reach on this much of a time crunch. :(

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

Again, time was the factor. This was not the original house. the original house was delayed tremendously. If only we had the time. so many good ideas were pitched and seriously considered.

@CharalamposKoundourakis

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Sandford Keep up the cool work. There never will be enough time but there will be a next time.

@jttech44

5 жыл бұрын

@@shadecountry Which is why the people complaining about the service fee have no clue what the point of all this is. It isn't that they're building the "smartest" system, it's that they can ship this off to grandma and grandpa and have them just use it with everything always working, and if they want to add something or change it you guys haven't hamstrung yourselves into having to say "no".

Please clarify the $30 a month is probably for Domotz. It is a remote management that’s part of Luxul Network gear. It monitors all of your network devices and lets you know if something has issues.

logitech harmony does just that. I have the same setup. Btw, if you use a good AP like the ubiquity, you can support dozens of devices

Apple's Home / HomeKit makes this super easy, and is constantly being updated. Personally, I only buy devices that are compatible with HomeKit. This way I can personally configure any scenes or accessories I need using a single app while also allowing changes at any time; effectively doing everything that their $30/month service is offering and more. With Apple pushing software based HomeKit support in their new APIs, I expect to see many new devices enter the market, and support added to existing devices. AppleTV, HomePod, Phillips Hue, and Koogeek would bring much of the functionality shown here, with better Siri shortcut support coming in the future.

Maybe I am wrong on this, but this looks like a pain to maintain...

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

Depends on who your tech team is.

@Drrolfski

6 жыл бұрын

If you need an engineer to come to your home multiple times a year for maintenance, you're simply not living in a "home of the future".

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

Now and in the Future, all things will need maintenance. Even a Tesla.

@ikjadoon

6 жыл бұрын

But, Peter, it's primarily maintenance because of competing standards and immature APIs. These things get fixed by parent companies over time. Compare Google Home from its launch until now. It's like trying to build an electric car 20 years ago. not ready for prime time, only accessible to those most affluent or tech savvy, needs perpetual maintenance for even minor adjustments (like...adding a game console), and is wholly dependent on manufacturers "wanting to play nice". That's where this "Home of the Future" is: an awkward teething phase. There will be a "Tesla" or "iPhone" moment for home automation. But we ain't there yet. This is still mostly the dark ages of home automation. We already can see the future of very simple maintenance in home automation and electric cars because a manufacturer made it possible (i.e., Google Home): it's just a matter of time.

@compactcow

3 жыл бұрын

@@ikjadoon we're there now 😃

You could've done the same with a small home server and/or a few raspis. For stuff like that I would definitely recommend going open source. There will probably be even more hassle to set it up, but you are not bound to a company that may go under, don't have to run possibly unsafe or old proprietary software in your home and of courst it'll be much cheaper. Also that way you will actually understand what the systems are doing and you can still integrate proprietary stuff as you like if you have an "open backbone".

Concerned w/ EMF/ERF in walls? Have you measured all plugs? If so what meter are you using? What are readings?

@compactcow

3 жыл бұрын

... It's an ethernet cable. We've been installing them for ages.

Program it yourself :P

This Mac that runs Windows

@Gianni135

6 жыл бұрын

windows xp....

@RdnkB

6 жыл бұрын

Gianni135 my guess it’s 7 with turned down aero

@Gianni135

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that Areo dosen't change the window title

@Norgra69

6 жыл бұрын

It might be Linux/Mac with a Windows 95/98 style desktop environment. Regardless, it's bizarre.

@Gianni135

6 жыл бұрын

nope, it's a virtual machine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine

I see a lot of wiring. What wired smart home system are they used? Knx? X1? Loxone? Other?

which IDE use in 4:01 to create app which control whole devices ?

Rip if he gets hacked lol

Lol there goes your solar efficiency....

ok Grant I have a couple of questions, first off how much of a cost is incured with having such a Sophisticated syatem intgrated into this home how do you keep intruders from hacking into the system and accessing your camers or listening devices for nefarious purposes , which pretty much defeats the purpose of having a system like this, and what if you have someone in your home on a resperator , what's again is to prevent someone from accessing the system and turning off the power ? or if you live in a place where you have cold climtes where you get belo zero tempeatures during the winter and someone acesses your home system and turns off the heat? also how much do you have to depend on the company who installs this devide to your home for updates and maintanence, how much are you going to be charged for services calls? also how secure is the Alexa program, from videos I'm seeing and stuff I'm reading it's not a very secure AI t all.

What program are you using to protect the home network.

What is a sleeping brain's favorite musical rock band ? REM

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is all i see.

anyone know what kind of case and stand they're using for that ipad? or is proprietary as well? lol

I have seen a lot of smart services running in the but where is the security? Where is the phisical Firewall after the router to protect the network??

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

exactly.

....the truck... Ford, we know you have trucks ffs

@NicholasLittlejohn

5 жыл бұрын

No electric trucks even.

Looking at the ridiculous amount of oldskool wiring, the home of the future seems pretty far away to me.

@James_Ryan

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed, it's bizarre that each device appears to have a dedicated PoE cable; in modern cars the trend is to daisy-chain the low-power devices on one cable and use remote hubs for high-power devices...

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

When we home run the POE it gives us control over those devices individually and remotely.

@shadecountry

6 жыл бұрын

Old school? This is all Cat6 wiring and we have conduits for fiber to be pulled in the future.

@zeemalota732

6 жыл бұрын

@Linus Das - Because if the first device in the chain dies, then they all die... Home run means one dead device doesn't kill them all. Also, for the "wireless" crowd, when they invent wireless power, then we'll be wireless, until then, everything needs to be plugged into power.

@GregPolasky1

5 жыл бұрын

what is new school wiring?

2:26 is where I started drooling.

I really love this movement we are moving towards. As a student who is studying electrical engineering wants to pursue this as a career. How can I support this movement?