Not Just for the Jetsons

Color your world and enhance your everyday life with futuristic features from familiar companies

WRITTEN BY AMY ROBINSON

Companies whose products we grew up with are diving deep into smart home additions to their consumer offerings, outdoing each other at venues such as the Consumer Electronics Show. Lighting takes center stage now with customizable color, intensity and timing. Appliances are getting a userfriendly and stylish makeover, and, at the end of the day, even sleep is being improved through technology. Welcome to the future, available today.

Philips Hue

The frst products in Philips’ highly anticipated Hue outdoor line are available this summer in the United States and Europe with three newly introduced light products: luminaires, bollards and spotlights. Consumers can extend their Philips Hue smart lighting experience to any outdoor area in nearly unlimited color choices. Transform the driveway and the front door, or highlight fower beds, pathways and gathering areas. Simply choose a shade that suits your mood, or even change your lighting to refect your guests’ favorite color palettes. Program gradual dimming to enhance the party as the night goes on. The Philips Hue app is your control for the entire setup.

GE’s Monogram dishwashers are barely noticeable, but the convenience they provide is a huge standout.

GE Monogram Dishwasher

Dishwashers have evolved into sleek, quiet, nearly invisible kitchen helpers that can blend with any decor. The Monogram line from GE offers new and thoughtful features, such as a completely illuminated interior, leaving no doubt that the dishes are sparkling clean. Buttons are on the top of the door, facing upward for convenience, and are hidden when the door is closed. Side jets, a middle wash arm, deep clean silverware jets and the Piranha hard food disposer with removable flter do the dirty work. The entire process can be monitored and managed with a Wi-Fi connection and apps such as Alexa and Google Assistant. It’s good to delegate.

Art Market 2018 report

Immerse yourself in the current art market with insight and analysis from world-renowned pro Dr. Clare McAndrew. The Art Market 2018 Report commissioned by Art Basel and UBS is an independent, in-depth study of the global art market, examining gallery businesses, auction houses, changing patterns of global wealth and art collecting, art fairs, online sales and the economic impact of the art market in general. McAndrew, a leading art market economist, notes in the report that the high-end portion of the market is outperforming the rest of the market, and that art fairs are increasingly attracting serious collectors all over the world. Her consulting frm, Arts Economics, provides advisory and research services to the global art trade and fnancial sector.

Nokia Sleep

Restless nights can make for miserable days. Research shows that sleep debt in the U.S., the daily insuffciency in hours of sleep, costs an estimated $66 billion in healthcare fees and lost productivity. Learn about your sleep cycle and how to improve it with the new Nokia Sleep, a Wi-Fi-enabled pad that fts smoothly under the mattress. An individualized sleep score shows the quality of the sleep experience, including duration and interruptions, rapid-eye-movement phases and snoring. Tips are offered on how to improve sleep. Control the environment to enhance sleep with the smart home control using the IFTTT (If This Then That) home automation platform. Nokia Sleep can be customized to dim lights, close blinds, adjust thermostats and more just by getting into and out of bed.