If you’re a television consumer at all, you’ll have seen adverts for the new Altech Node. You may even be considering getting one. In a nutshell, it’s a set-top box which plugs into your TV and gives you access to a multitude of interactive content and a variety of video on demand (or VoD) such as movies and television series.
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has been a fantastic portal into the future of home automation. A quiet stroll around the floor of the show has scores of IoT boxes, built-in-cameras, artificially intelligent and predictive algorithms, voice activation security monitors and sensors beeping and buzzing at you. It’s thrilling. The energy. The life. The innovation. Nothing short of a technological arms race. So let’s dive straight into it and talk about some of the most interesting home devices that CES 2017 had to offer.
While the CES or Consumer Electronic Show is typically the convention where hardware and new tech shines. Despite that, gaming has been stepping into the limelight over the years during the event. This holds true more so now as 4K is all the rage, the release of Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro, Microsoft’s Project Scorpio looming on the horizon and even the rise of VR.
Recent talks from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg have raised speculation that the company will be revealing a new home automation AI assistant. Even though there still isn’t an official date about the unveil of a Facebook Smart Home AI system, trends in the smart home market show that Zuckerburg might have a slight shot at revolutionizing the home automation industry.
