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How SmartThings CEO Alex Hawkinson Is Growing The Internet Of Things

Alex Hawkinson is the founder of one of the leading Internet of Things startups. Here he tells us how he plans to make your home smarter.

How SmartThings CEO Alex Hawkinson Is Growing The Internet Of Things

SmartThings Revamps Its Apps To Make Your Smart Home Even Smarter

How Ninja Sphere Is Making The Internet Of Things Less Dumb

A Kickstarter project is trying to marry home automation and the Internet of Things. You’ll want one.

How Ninja Sphere Is Making The Internet Of Things Less Dumb

SmartThings Opens A Shop So You Can Bring Your Internet Of Things Home

SmartThings is opening an online store where you can mix and match the devices and sensors you’ll need to hook up your connected dream home of the future.

SmartThings Opens A Shop So You Can Bring Your Internet Of Things Home

The Kickstarter Way To Trick Out, Automate Your Home

In the 1960s we were told that the future was all about automated homes. (Also: jetpacks, flying cars, robot maids, etc.) The idea has since languished. But a few Kickstarter projects may yet prove the future is now.

The Kickstarter Way To Trick Out, Automate Your Home

Innovation By Design

A Cheap, Easy Gadget For Automating Your Home

SmartThings aims to bring home automation to the smartphone-wielding mainstream.

A Cheap, Easy Gadget For Automating Your Home

Impact

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Creativity

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Co.Design

These architecture students redesigned Harry Potter’s world, and it’s magic

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Google’s latest pet project uses design to toy with your brain

Work Life

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The bias against pretty women at work

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