it's 2017, where is my smart home?
TRANSCRIPT
It’s 2017. Where is my Smart
Home?
Jeff Katz
Senior Practice Lead IT / Engineering
Telefónica Germany NEXT GmbH
»Any technology distinguishable from
magic is insufficiently advanced«
Evelyn Leeper
Agenda
– Relevant quote
– Agenda
– Speaker Info
– The Glorious Retro-Future
– It’s 2017, where is my smart home?
– Kindergarten Lessons
– Three big ideas!
– What’s this Geeny stuff, anyway?
~25 minutes | english
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Jeff Katz
– American living in Germany for five years
– Co-founded several companies in Finance, IT,
Security
– Founded hardware accelerator called
HARDWARE.co
– Background in Electrical Engineering and
Embedded Development
– Has designed and built consumer wearables
– Currently working for Telefónica NEXT
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The Glorious Retro-Future
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The Glorious Retro-Future
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Where is my Smart Home?
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Where is my Smart Home?
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Where is my Smart Home?
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Where is my Smart Home?
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So what’s Smart, then?
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Using information available from all sources:
• Home automatically adjusts to the occupants
• Accommodates needs before they’re known or expressed
Improvements are:
• Better in some ways, worse in none
• Evolutionary and Revolutionary
• Don’t become obsoleted on short time frames
Things we learned in Kindergarten
The three big ideas:
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Interoperability and Data Stewardship
Working together to build compelling solutions
Consumer Transparency and Choice
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(This is what I do for Telefonica)
Thank you. Questions?
Jeff Katz
Senior Practice Lead IT / Engineering
Telefónica Germany NEXT GmbH
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