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Amazon Astro – Home Monitoring Robot

There are so many smart home devices available from Amazon, such as the Ring Video Doorbell and several Echo devices. Now there is a brand new household robot for home monitoring: introducing Amazon Astro! With Amazon Astro, users can stay connected to their homes from anywhere. While other home monitoring devices are mounted and can […]

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AM408 – Ring Hardwire Video Doorbell

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Ring offers many smart home solutions to keep you and your family safe.  One of their […]

Nest Protect

The smoke alarm sounds and your mind begins to race.  “Where’s the problem?  Is it smoke?  CO?  Burned popcorn?”  The newest release of Nest Protect is a smart solution.  It is an industrial-grade smoke sensor that lasts up to a decade.  According to Nest’s website, “the all-new Nest Protect is the smoke alarm other alarms […]

4 facts (and more) about Apple Pay

Well folks, it’s finally here!  Apple’s new payment system, Apple Pay, was released yesterday.  I have mentioned this new payment system in two blogs both last month and last week, when I covered Apple’s two large events.  If you’ve read those past two posts, you probably know how excited I am for Apple Pay. If you don’t yet know […]

Z-Wave Home Control

We should all feel safe and have as much control as possible in our own home regardless of age or disability; we also want our loved ones to live as independently and safely as possible too, but how?  Z-Wave products provide both users and their loved ones with a great sense of security and independence […]