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1. Furbo Dog Camera 2. Wyze Bulb Color 3. Peloton Bike+ 4. Drinkworks Home Bar
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Make your life that much easier by streamlining your home systems. BY E MILY ALHADE FF
that employ artificial intelligence to provide interactive and personalized training routines. After working up a sweat in your living room, step on a Wyze scale and refer to your phone for your metrics, right down to muscle mass and water retention.
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technology, the idea that appliances can connect to the internet and “talk” to one another— and to you—is a growing trend that’s yet to be fully realized. Here are some ways you can upgrade your space, streamline your home management, and have a little fun.
R O B OT KI TC H E N Your dream of a personal robot to cook and clean is just about here. Smart countertop ovens, like Brava, can do everything (air-fry, bake, dehydrate, sear) to food except serve it. Even meat thermometers and grills are getting hooked up to Wi-Fi for cooking perfection. Then clean up with the iRobot Braava Jet Ultimate Robot Mop, a hybrid vacuum-mop that can be programmed to understand the floorplan and clean on a schedule. After all that hard work, unwind with the Drinkworks Home Bar, a Keurig product, which will mix a mojito with prepared pods. Now that is smart.
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LI G H TS, CA M E RAS, AC TI ON Connected cameras and doorbells have been low-maintenance security options for some time now. Quality and variety keep improving. For instance, the SimCam 1S indoor camera swivels 360 degrees and employs facial recognition, and the Arlo Ultra views the outdoor scene in Ultra High Definition with automatic zooming and color night vision. Seattle-based Wyze has entered
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the scene with durable, connected cameras and voice-activated light bulbs at Ikea prices. Speaking of Ikea, the Swedish giant is rolling out its own Home Smart line, including lights and window shades. When you do start leaving the house again, avoid petseparation anxiety with the Furbo Dog Camera, which provides twoway audio and releases treats on your command.
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B O DY WI S E Sticky weight rooms and rows of treadmills may soon be a thing of the past as personal fitness trackers and home smart gyms gain popularity. The Peloton Bike+ outdoes itself with a new technology that adjusts resistance according to the instructor’s cues. Touching on sci-fi are a number of intelligent home gyms, notably Tonal and Tempo,
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