Throughout this book, the authors have discussed a variety of products and companies to illustrate important concepts in and approaches to designing for connected products. The following list of these products and companies, ordered alphabetically, contains relevant links to further information.
Product | Company | URL |
7-segment character layout display | SparkFun | |
Activite, baby monitor, blood pressure cuff, Smart Body Analyzer, baby scale | Withings | |
Aether Cone | Aether | |
Air Quality Egg | Air Quality Egg | |
Airport Extreme | Apple | |
Alljoyn | Allseen Alliance | |
Ambient Orb | Ambient Devices | |
Android | ||
Aquaflex Cones Pelvic Floor Exerciser | Savantini | |
Automatic | Automatic | |
Baby monitor | Angelcare | |
Beacon | Estimote | |
Beo4 remote control | Bang & Olufsen | |
Bic for Her | Bic | |
BleepBleeps product range | BleepBleeps | |
BrewPi | BrewPi | |
Brick | LaCie | Product discontinued, but see https://www.lacie.com/support/support_manifest.htm?id=10155 |
Bubblino | MCQN Ltd. | |
Camera | D-Link | |
Chromecast | ||
Chune | Clearleft | |
Cloud bridge | BERGcloud | |
Cloudwash | BERGcloud | |
CompuServe | CompuServe, now owned by AOL | Product discontinued, see www.aol.com |
Connected door lock | Danalock | |
Connected home system | SmartThings | |
Connected home system | Wink | |
Crime maps | London Metropolitan Police | |
Crock-Pot Smart Slow Cooker with WeMo | Belkin | |
CST-1 Watch | Central Standard Timing, LLC | |
Dark Sky | The Dark Sky Company | |
Dash | Amazon | |
Dash button | Amazon | |
Digital Life Home Security/Home Automation | AT&T | |
dLAN 1200+ HomePlug powerline adapter | Devolo | |
Door lock | August | |
Drivestyle App with Nest | Mercedes-Benz | |
Dropcam | Dropcam | |
E2 Engage hub system home energy gateway | Efergy | |
Energy efficiency insights | Opower | |
Evernote | Evernote | |
evohome connected radiator valve | Honeywell | |
Fairphone smartphone | Fairphone | |
Fire phone | Amazon | http://www.amazon.com/Fire_Phone_13MP-Camera_32GB/dp/B00EOE0WKQ |
Fire TV | Amazon | http://www.amazon.com/Fire-TV-streaming-media-player/dp/B00CX5P8FC |
Fitbit Charge HR | Fitbit | |
Fitbit One | Fitbit | |
Galaxy S5 smartphone | Samsung | |
Glass | ||
GlowCaps connected pill bottle lid | Vitality | |
Good Night Lamp | Good Night Lamp | |
Google Maps | ||
GPS Tag | Amber Alert | |
Hackaball | Made by Many and Map Project Office | |
Heating controller | Tado | |
Hive Active Heating Thermostat | British Gas | |
Home security system | Scout | |
HTC One 8 smartphone | HTC | |
Hue light bulbs, hub, Hue Tap switch | Philips | |
iBeacon trials | SITA | http://www.sita.aero/content/Miami-International-and-SITA-cover-airport-beacons |
iConnectHue remote app for Philips Hue | iConnectHue | |
If This Then That | If This Then That | |
In-home energy display | Chameleon Technology | |
iPhone/iOS | Apple | |
iPlayer | BBC | |
iPod Shuffle | Apple | |
Iris home automation system | Lowes | |
Juicy Salif | Alessi | |
Kegel8 Pelvic Floor Exerciser | Savantini | |
Kindle | Amazon | |
Laguna | Renault | http://group.renault.com/en/company-vehicles/discover/renault-passenger-vehicles-in-europe |
Little Printer | BERGcloud | |
Lockitron door lock | Lockitron | |
MacPaint | Apple | Product discontinued, but see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacPaint |
MagicBand | Disney | https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/plan/my-disney-experience/bands-cards |
Microchip cat door | SureFlap | |
Microcontrollers | Arduino | |
MilsCard cryptographic security module | Mils Electronic | |
Mimo baby monitor | Rest Devices, Inc. | |
Minority Report | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | |
Movement monitor and bed sensor | Emfit | |
Multi Clock | Muji | Product discontinued, but see http://www.muji.com and http://www.coolhunting.com/design/muji_multifunct |
My Energy Report | British Gas | http://www.britishgas.co.uk/smarter-living/control-energy/smart-meters/my-energy-use.html |
MyHome home automation system | Control4 | |
Violet (now defunct) | Information available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabaztag | |
Nest thermostat | Nest | |
Netflix | Netflix | |
Nexus Q | Product discontinued, but see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_Q | |
Nike+ | Nike | |
Ninja Sphere gateway | Ninja Blocks | |
NodeRED | IBM Emerging Technology | |
Octopus card | Octopus Holdings, Ltd. | |
OLPC laptop | One Laptop Per Child | |
OpenHAB | OpenHAB UG | |
Organic matter sensor | Lapka | |
Oyster card | Transport for London | |
Parker | Streetline | |
Pebble Smartwatch | Pebble | |
Pet GPS tracker | Tractive | |
PFX2V Pelvic Floor Exerciser with Biofeedback | Laborie | http://www.laborie.com/products/pelvic-floor-rehabilitation/pfx.html |
Protect smoke/CO alarm | Nest | |
Protosnap | LilyPad | |
Quirky+GE Pivot Power Genius | Quirky | |
Reactable | Reactable | |
Revolv home auomation system | Revolv (now owned by Nest) | |
Roomba 870 vacuum cleaner | iRobot Corporation | |
Sbeam | Samsung | |
Scratch | MIT | |
Screenfridge | Electrolux | |
SCX-3405 laser printer | Samsung | |
SenseAware | Fedex | |
Shine | Misfit Wearables | |
Shodan search engine | Shodan | |
Sifteo Cubes | Sifteo | Product discontinued, but see https://www.sifteo.com/home |
SimpleWave for VERA | SimpleWave | |
skydrop smart irrigation controller | skydrop | |
Sleep Monitor | Beddit | |
Smart meters | British Gas | http://www.britishgas.co.uk/business/energy-services/monitoring/smart-metering |
Smart meters | Enexis | |
Smart pill | Proteus Health | |
Smart vending machine | J R East Water Business | |
Smartplug, home monitoring kit | AlertMe | |
Spotify | Spotify | |
Staples Connect hub | Staples | |
Thingful | Thingful | |
Tile | Tile | |
Time It Right home automation system | Autotime LLC | |
Touch | 3D Systems | |
TouchID fingerprint sensing | Apple | |
Toymail Mailman (Snort) | Toymail Co. | |
Tracklight | SunSprite | |
Two step verification | ||
Ugle | Voy | |
Up | Jawbone | |
Vantage washer and dryer | Whirlpool |
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Vodafone live! | Vodaphone | |
Water shutoff valve | Fortrezz | |
Weather Station | NetAtmo | |
WeMo switch smart plug | Belkin | |
Whiskey gifting | Diageo/EVRYTHNG | |
WigWag | WigWag | |
Wii Remote | Nintendo | |
Windows Phone 8 | Microsoft | |
WW9000 connected washing machine | Samsung | |
X10 Powerhouse Commodore 64 | Commodore/X10 | Product discontinued, but see http://www.commodore.ca |
Xbox | Microsoft | |
XFINITY home security and automation system | Comcast | |
Jaguar XF dashboard | Jaguar Landrover | |
Zenius coffee machine | Nespresso | |
Zipcar | Zipcar | |
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