The first product – unveiled today – is a patented breakthrough DIY home intelligence device and platform that delivers accurate, real-time power usage and diagnostic information for each appliance – without costly and complex professional installation. With connected devices representing less than 10% of all devices in the home, the over-whelming majority of devices in the home remain offline. By mining energy data for appliance level intelligence, Whisker Labs’ sensing technology brings non-connected devices online for applications related to energy consumption, fault detection, and overall home efficiency to the mass market.
“Nearly 50% of U.S. broadband households plan to buy a smart home device in the next 12 months, but there will still be over 100 million U.S. households that do not have a smart home device by the end of 2016,” remarks Tom Kerber, Director, IoT Strategy, Parks Associates.
From the press release "Earth Networks Develops World’s First DIY Home Energy Monitoring Device for Consumer Savings And Peace of Mind."
The interactive panel session, moderated by Parks Associates Research Analyst Brad Russell, examines trends in personalization, including privacy and security concerns and strategies to balance connec...
According to recent research from Parks Associates, a market research and consulting company, approximately 14 percent of U.S. broadband households have expressed an intention to purchase a networked...
The insights, initially published today in an infographic entitled, “A Smart Home Divided,” come from a Support.com survey of more than 3,000 U.S. consumers in November 2015. The infographic is availa...
Overcome Wi-Fi Challenges -- Parks Associates research reveals that today more customer service inquiries are related to Wi-Fi than any other single issue. By utilizing the Calix Carrier Class Wi-Fi f...
