Engadget: "Home automation has long suffered from the lack of a consumer-centric approach. Consumer electronics companies have almost universally come around to the new mantra of user experience. Most companies have finally awoken from their deep eighties slumber to realize that a single product can no longer dominate an industry on its own -- the age of the Walkman is over."
Its been a longer than expected road for the Kickstarter project Neptune Pine – the phone capable smartwatch.
Due to ship end of March, FCC approval meant it was delayed until the end of April, but to keep its backers happy, Neptune have released a Quickstart Guide available to check out today.
TechRadar - Anyone can get the source code for the basic Android platform and build a phone with it; now Google is letting anyone build peripherals and accessories for Android with its Android Open Accessory Kit program.
PCMag: "Android@Home... will connect a user's Android device to other appliances in the home via a suite of new services that will be released at an undisclosed future time. Examples of this include "Project Tungsten," a wireless speaker system that can be synced via Android, as well as wireless light switches and other appliances. Lighting Science was also named as a partner, and will launch wireless lighting products to support Android@Home."
