TechRadar#TechRadar The Honeywell Home X2S Smart Thermostat is smart heating made simple https://techrad.ar/xc9p #SmartThermostats #SmartHome #Home
#TechRadar These pretty new Nest Learning Thermostat faces will turn your temperature controller into a work of art https://techrad.ar/6bQf #SmartThermostats #SmartHome #Home
Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦Ontario program to pay smart thermostat owners for summer temperature control | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3oxqVbO #EnergyConservation #SmartThermostats #HydroOne #PeakPerks #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
EdTech Situation RoomEp 292 AirTags for Everyone
https://edtechsr.com/2023/05/08/edtechsr-ep-292-airtags-for-everyone/
@neif & @wfryer discuss #AI #Grammarly #MrReindeer #ArtificialIntelligence #Canny #SummarizeTech #Ethics #Privacy #GenerativeAI #Ebooks #PhysicalBooks #AirTag #SmartThermostats #TwitterVerification #SyntheticVoices #MindReading #RickSteves #AudioTours #ChatGPT #edtech #MediaLit #TechCorrection #BigTech & more!
EdTechSR Ep 292 AirTags for Everyone
where technology news meets educational analysis Welcome to episode 292 (“AirTags for Everyone”) of the EdTech Situation Room from May 3, 2023, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer@mastodon.cloud) delved into various AI topics, including the potential benefits of AI writing assistants like Grammarly, and AI tutors like Mr. Reindeer, which allowed for customization and personalization of learning. They also discussed AI-powered tools like Canny and Summarize.tech. While acknowledging the ethical issues surrounding AI, such as concerns over privacy and the mass production of false information, the hosts expressed concerns about the implications of generative AI that could determine real-time thoughts with an 81% accuracy rate, potentially leading to mind-reading and dystopian outcomes. The conversation touched on the ongoing debate around ebooks versus physical books, the use of AirTag devices and smart thermostats, Twitter's new verification process, and recent AI advancements, such as synthetic voices and groundbreaking studies that used AI to passively decode thoughts. The hosts shared their own travel experiences, recommended Rick Steves' app for audio tours, and wrapped up the episode by thanking their viewers, inviting feedback, and encouraging interaction with chatGPT. (AI Attribution: This podcast / video summary was initially generated with summarize.tech and slightly edited.) The show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com, and compressed to a smaller video version (about 100MB) on AmazonS3 using Handbrake software. Please follow @edtechSR on Twitter and @edtechsr@mastodon.education on Mastodon for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights (normally) if you can at 9 pm Eastern / 8 pm Central / 7 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links. Stay savvy and safe!
deltatux#SmartHome devices are all the rage these days with #SmartThermostats, #SmartCameras & #DigitalAssistants like #GoogleHome & #AmazonAlexa being the 2 most popular. However, do we really consider the #privacy implications & are our privacy #laws able to keep up?
#Canada is expected to update its privacy #legislation, #PIPEDA (which was introduced back in 2002) with #BillC27 to modernize it. However, critics say that it doesn't go far enough and that #EU's #GDPR is still regarded as the "gold standard". Critics also want to see #Canada make privacy as a #HumanRight as part of the new updated law.
Frankly, I agree, we should import many of the concepts the #EU has put into #GDPR & bring it into a Canadian context.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9316013/automation-nation-smart-home-devices-privacy/
#Canada is expected to update its privacy #legislation, #PIPEDA (which was introduced back in 2002) with #BillC27 to modernize it. However, critics say that it doesn't go far enough and that #EU's #GDPR is still regarded as the "gold standard". Critics also want to see #Canada make privacy as a #HumanRight as part of the new updated law.
Frankly, I agree, we should import many of the concepts the #EU has put into #GDPR & bring it into a Canadian context.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9316013/automation-nation-smart-home-devices-privacy/
Doug BelshawIt must have been about five years ago when we bought a Nest thermostat. Before that point, the temperature of our house would be a continuous low-level source of friction. Since then, not only has it ceased to be a point of contention, but it’s also saved us money. This article points out that, while there are really positive benefits of reducing energy usage at scale, there are unintended side effects in terms of spikes at times when renewable energy isn’t available. Set by default to turn on before dawn, the smart thermostats unintentionally work in concert with other thermostats throughout neighborhoods and regions to prompting inadvertent, widespread energy-demand spikes on the grid. The smart thermostats are saving homeowners money, but they are also initiating peak demand throughout the network at a bad time of day, according to Cornell engineers in a forthcoming paper in Applied Energy (September 2022.) […] Lee and Zhang investigated “setpoint behavior” and learned that most homeowners use the smart thermostat’s factory-default settings. Evidence showed that residents remain confused about how to operate their thermostats and are often unable to program it, the authors said. […] While the setpoint schedules are designed to achieve the energy-saving benefit, the peak demands are concentrated primarily when renewable energy is unavailable – aggravating the peak demand by nearly 50%, according to the paper. […] Without a tenable way to store energy from renewable sources like solar power, the electric utilities will be unable to supply this peak demand, which prompts fossil-fuel generators to satisfy the power load. “This can offset the greenhouse gas emissions benefit of electrification,” Lee said. Source: Smart thermostats inadvertently strain electric power grids | Cornell Chronicle
https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2022/07/15/unintended-consequences-of-smart-thermostats/
Unintended consequences of smart thermostats
It must have been about five years ago when we bought a Nest thermostat. Before that point, the temperature of our house would be a continuous low-level source of friction. Since then, not only has it ceased to be a point of contention, but it's also saved us money. This article points out that,