数码大师的智能家居梦

    实际上，它已经可以为用户实现很多功能。霍金森自己的家中已有几百个设备联系在了一起。当他晚上上床睡觉时，设备会自动关闭；如果忘关了房门，们也会自动锁上。来自明尼苏达州底特律湖的埃里克•舒尔德现年35岁，是产品的一名早期用户。他在某个网上论坛了解到这家公司，并在去年八月Kickstarter的相关页面上线后发现了它。他很感兴趣，还成了项目的5,600位支持者之一，如今已经把18件设备与SmartThings连接。如果舒尔德没有关上车库门，他的iPhone就会收到短信或者提示，SmartThings也可以自动替他关上门。舒尔德说：“它提供了一种更经济的家庭自动化，也增加了一种更高层次的智能。这种智能是目前许多系统都缺乏的。”

    完成了Kickstarter上的大多数订单之后，SmartThings开始了常规销售，而且已经有人开始排队了。霍金森和他的员工下一步要做什么呢？增加平台能够支持的设备，同时提供更细微具体的控制方式。所以，用户们现在已经可以自动控制家中的温度，但霍金森还想要控制通风口，从而让用户能逐一改变房间的气候。花盆也可以追踪植物的健康状况，包括水、光照和酸碱度等因素。

    能连接到每一个花盆的数字家居？到那时我们才敢说，的确很智能！（财富中文网）

    译者：严匡正

    In practice, that already makes for many user scenarios. Hawkinson has several hundred devices around his home hooked up. So when he goes to bed in the evening, objects automatically shut down, and the door locks if he's been forgetful. Eric Schuld, a 35-year-old early adopter in marketing from Detroit Lakes, Minn., read about the company in an online electronics forum, then discovered its Kickstarter page when it launched last August. Intrigued, Schuld became one of the 5,600 backers and now has 18 devices hooked up to SmartThings. If Schuld leaves the garage door open, he receives a text or notification on his iPhone, but SmartThings can also automatically shut the door for him. "It provides home automation in a way that is more affordable than others but also adds the next level of intelligence that seems to be missing in many of the current systems," explains Schuld.

    Having fulfilled most of the orders from Kickstarter, SmartThings is beginning general sales, and already there's a wait list. The next move for Hawkinson and crew? Let more devices work on their platform and offer more granular controls. So, while users can currently automate the temperature in their homes, Hawkinson wants to be able to control the air vents, so users can change the climate room-by-room and pots can track the health of plants, including the water, lighting, and acidity levels.

    A home connected down to each plant pot? That's dare we say it, smart.