Wi-Fi is now everywhere. According to a Huffington Post article, your home is going to be smarter than your phone or car.
Cees Links and many of the same Dutch engineers, who originally created the first wireless networking technologies, are developing the next generation wireless home network - ZigBee. Similar to Wi-Fi, it is designed to connect together all the various HVAC, energy, security, home health, etc. devices in the home and let the homeowner monitor and control them over the web and even through their devices. Where Wi-Fi is all about moving a lot of data, using a lot of power, ZigBee is all about moving just a few bits and bytes, saving power. In fact, because it requires so little power to transmit, you will never have to re-charge or change the batteries in your device.
Within this "connected home," many of the leading cable TV and service providers are now including ZigBee in their second generation set top box. At a minimum, over 2 million ZigBee enabled set top boxes are going out into homes every month. With these newer boxes, cable companies are providing a selection of "connected home" services.
The entire house will be connected, and you will be able to manage it from anywhere, using an app on your mobile web device.
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