Nest heats up interest in the Internet of things with a new thermostat

by The Star Online, Sept. 02, 2015 – 

After LG unveiled a new range of sensors that can make existing appliances like the washing machine and the fridge a little smarter in a bid to reignite interest in the connected home, Nest, the first Internet of Things poster child, has taken the wraps off its third-generation smart thermostat - a device that could well succeed in getting consumers to take notice.

The new model is more slender looking thanks to a thinner profile yet has a larger, easier-to-read display that can sense people moving near it and in doing so automatically display information such as temperature or settings.

With the second-generation device, the user needed to be within a meter before it would wake up, but now it can spring into action when someone on the other side of the room makes a move and thanks to a brighter, bigger screen, the information should be easier to see from a distance.

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