© Mark Ollig
Will 2020 be the start of when smart technology takes a quantum leap, and we begin taking it for granted?
At this month’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show), smart home devices were being shown on nearly every display floor.
Some 272 exhibit booths featuring smart home and kitchen devices were spread across the Tech West, Tech South, and Tech East show floors of CES in Las Vegas, NV.
One CES Smart Home Kitchen Award was given to a device, made by CookingPal, called Julia.
Julia is a kitchen counter-top chef appliance that combines video-guided cooking and AI (artificial intelligence) food recognition.
This smart appliance can chop, mix and blend, boil and steam, knead, grind, grate, whisk, combine, weigh, and cook food all in one machine.
Julia can be controlled using a smartphone app or its Smart Kitchen Hub Tablet.
You select the recipe, add the ingredients, and hand it all off to Julia to do the cooking.
Detailed information about CookingPal’s Julia can be found on its website at https://www.cookingpal.com.
Of course, a smart home includes the bathroom, and so it comes as no surprise that technology has created – get ready for it – an intelligent toilet.
CES recognized Kohler Company’s Numi 2.0 intelligent toilet as one of its Innovation Awards Honorees under the smart home category.
So, how does one operate an intelligent toilet?
There are several ways. One can use voice-commands via Amazon Alexa, a remote-control device, or the Kohler Konnect app on your smartphone.
Numi 2.0 offers the ability to adjust every aspect of a users’ experience per their individual preferences.
Approaching the intelligent toilet will cause it to automatically lift its lid and provide a warm seat for you. Your feet will also enjoy the built-in foot warmer.
Other features include ambient and nighttime lighting, and wireless Bluetooth music syncing over its built-in speakers.
Numi 2.0 provides adjustable controls for water temperature, water cleansing pressure, and spray.
And when you are finished, the unit will automatically flush and close the lid.
Yes, indeed, folks. This advanced intelligent toilet undeniably demonstrates “The Bold Look of Kohler.”
For more information about Kohler’s 2020 high-tech toilet, visit its webpage via this shortened link: https://bit.ly/30OrJZG.
Today, nearly 40 million of us are using “smart speakers,” such as Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Apple’s Siri in our homes.
We are adding other smart devices to these smart speakers to control lighting, temperature, and even seeing and talking with someone who knocks on our door.
The progression of more smart devices being commonly used in our homes will continue at an accelerated rate during this decade.
It has been estimated, revenue in the smart home device market will reach nearly $54 billion by 2022, according to Zion Market research.
The Consumer Technology Association puts on the CES each year. Gary Shapiro is its president and CEO.
Shapiro gave the CES keynote address and spoke of the current innovations in technology, such as artificial intelligence, health and wellness, and robotics.
“Will the industry adapt to the changing demands of consumers in the decade ahead?” Shapiro asked the audience.
Of course, it will.
During the 2020s, all of us will experience both bold and improved smart technology as it becomes interlaced within our daily lives.
Will 2020 be the start of when smart technology takes a quantum leap, and we begin taking it for granted?
At this month’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show), smart home devices were being shown on nearly every display floor.
Some 272 exhibit booths featuring smart home and kitchen devices were spread across the Tech West, Tech South, and Tech East show floors of CES in Las Vegas, NV.
One CES Smart Home Kitchen Award was given to a device, made by CookingPal, called Julia.
Julia is a kitchen counter-top chef appliance that combines video-guided cooking and AI (artificial intelligence) food recognition.
This smart appliance can chop, mix and blend, boil and steam, knead, grind, grate, whisk, combine, weigh, and cook food all in one machine.
Julia can be controlled using a smartphone app or its Smart Kitchen Hub Tablet.
You select the recipe, add the ingredients, and hand it all off to Julia to do the cooking.
Detailed information about CookingPal’s Julia can be found on its website at https://www.cookingpal.com.
Of course, a smart home includes the bathroom, and so it comes as no surprise that technology has created – get ready for it – an intelligent toilet.
CES recognized Kohler Company’s Numi 2.0 intelligent toilet as one of its Innovation Awards Honorees under the smart home category.
So, how does one operate an intelligent toilet?
There are several ways. One can use voice-commands via Amazon Alexa, a remote-control device, or the Kohler Konnect app on your smartphone.
Numi 2.0 offers the ability to adjust every aspect of a users’ experience per their individual preferences.
Approaching the intelligent toilet will cause it to automatically lift its lid and provide a warm seat for you. Your feet will also enjoy the built-in foot warmer.
Other features include ambient and nighttime lighting, and wireless Bluetooth music syncing over its built-in speakers.
Numi 2.0 provides adjustable controls for water temperature, water cleansing pressure, and spray.
And when you are finished, the unit will automatically flush and close the lid.
Yes, indeed, folks. This advanced intelligent toilet undeniably demonstrates “The Bold Look of Kohler.”
For more information about Kohler’s 2020 high-tech toilet, visit its webpage via this shortened link: https://bit.ly/30OrJZG.
Today, nearly 40 million of us are using “smart speakers,” such as Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Apple’s Siri in our homes.
We are adding other smart devices to these smart speakers to control lighting, temperature, and even seeing and talking with someone who knocks on our door.
The progression of more smart devices being commonly used in our homes will continue at an accelerated rate during this decade.
It has been estimated, revenue in the smart home device market will reach nearly $54 billion by 2022, according to Zion Market research.
The Consumer Technology Association puts on the CES each year. Gary Shapiro is its president and CEO.
Shapiro gave the CES keynote address and spoke of the current innovations in technology, such as artificial intelligence, health and wellness, and robotics.
“Will the industry adapt to the changing demands of consumers in the decade ahead?” Shapiro asked the audience.
Of course, it will.
During the 2020s, all of us will experience both bold and improved smart technology as it becomes interlaced within our daily lives.
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| The "Julia" smart kitchen appliance |
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| Kohler Company’s Numi 2.0 intelligent toilet |