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28 November 2023
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Ikea’s New Affordable Zigbee Sensors and Smart Home Strategy

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Ikea, a key player in the smart home industry, continues its commitment to democratizing the smart home with the introduction of three new Zigbee sensors. These sensors, Parasoll, Vallhorn, and Badring, aim to provide affordable options for users looking to enhance their home automation setups.They’ll all be priced less than $10 when they go on sale globally in the first half of next year.

Parasoll stands out as a versatile and discreet sensor designed for doors and windows, enabling smart home automations triggered by open/close events. What sets Parasoll apart is its seamless integration with Ikea light bulbs, allowing direct pairing without the need for an extra smart hub, emphasizing simplicity in setup. Priced affordably at €9.99 in Europe and poised to maintain global cost-effectiveness, Parasoll aligns with Ikea’s commitment to democratizing smart home technology.

Parasoll (Door and Window Sensor)

It’s important to note that Parasoll, along with the Badring sensor, requires the newer Dirigera hub for compatibility, showcasing Ikea’s dedication to staying technologically current. With a staggered international release starting in January and a subsequent US launch in April, Parasoll demonstrates Ikea’s strategic approach to ensuring a smooth, accessible rollout of this innovative and budget-friendly smart sensor.

Vallhorn represents a dynamic addition to Ikea’s smart home lineup, functioning as a versatile motion sensor suitable for both indoor and outdoor use with IP44 splash protection. Capable of activating up to 10 Ikea smart bulbs out of the box, Vallhorn, priced at €7.99, offers an affordable solution with extended sensing capabilities compared to its smaller indoor-only counterpart.

Vallhorn (Motion Sensor)

Its design, powered by three AAA batteries, emphasizes practicality for users seeking efficient and cost-effective smart home solutions. While Vallhorn shares compatibility requirements with the Dirigera hub, reinforcing Ikea’s commitment to technological advancement, its global availability, starting in select countries in January 2024, underlines Ikea’s strategic approach to delivering accessible and innovative smart home products on a global scale.

Badring emerges as a crucial component in Ikea’s smart home arsenal, specifically designed to detect water leaks and prevent potential damages. Priced at €9.99, Badring not only includes a built-in siren for immediate alerts but also integrates with the Ikea Home smart app, providing mobile notifications for users with the Ikea Dirigera hub ($69.99) installed.

Badrink (Water Leakage Sensor)

This proactive approach to water damage prevention aligns with Ikea’s commitment to practical and affordable solutions for homeowners. It’s essential to note that, like Parasoll, Badring requires the newer Dirigera hub for compatibility. Scheduled to commence retail sales in April in select countries and arriving in the US in July, Badring’s staggered release underscores Ikea’s commitment to a methodical and globally accessible deployment of its innovative and cost-effective smart sensors.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/28/23977693/ikea-sensors-door-window-water-motion-price-date-specs

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/product-guides/ikea-home-smart-system/

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/299186/20231128/ikea-unveils-affordable-smart-home-sensors-enhanced-security-efficiency.htm

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ikea-smart-home-kit-reviewed-and-rated

https://www.ikea.com/nl/en/product-guides/ikea-home-smart-system/

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1 December 2018
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IKEA going into industry of self-driving cars

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat comes to yours mind when you think about IKEA? A worldwide network of shops with scandinavian furniture, which are almost in every house, probably. Was it autonomic self-driving car? Probably not. Ikea is constantly growing, now even more than earlier, the company changes its purpose and from only furniture seller broadens its horizons on the other industries, changing itself into innovative and technologically advanced company. 

Fully autonomous vehicles are becoming more and more advanced and are near to becoming common on daily basis. Once cars will be driving itself people will have great amount of time to use. With the solution to this comes the newest project of IKEA developed in their Space10 lab, it is called „Space on Wheels”. It changes the perspective of thinking about a car as only mean of transport. 

They provide different variants of using vehicle as an office, medical or coffee point. The research lab came up with various shapes and interior design for this autonomous cars. Till know it consists of 7 different solutions. Interior design is without major changes, it is typically minimalistic as the concept of IKEA .

IKEA car office would allow you to work during your journey. Not only it would save time but what is more it would increased efficiency of working during the day. For many people it could simplify their lives as many of them is working far away from home and spends approximately 60 minutes in traffics. 

Medical Center car could simplify doing periodic reviews. Moreover, it would increase effectiveness of transporting professionals to people in need, which would allow to save more lives without concerning extra help, as the car drives itself. 

However IKEA does not plan to construct the car itself, it mainly focuses only on design inside of it. The concept of interior will be constantly developed as with every minute we are a step closer to fully autonomous vehicles. Whether this cars will be our reality someday or not, for now we can only imagine the comfortability it would gave us.

 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90237224/ikea-is-now-interested-in-self-driving-cars
https://www.entrepreneur.com/video/320283
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612125/ikea-designs-future-autonomous-cars-that-work-as-hotels-stores-and-meeting-rooms/
https://space10.io/spaces-on-wheels-exploring-a-driverless-future/

 

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22 October 2017
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Augmented Reality – new gateway for E-commerce

Reading Time: 3 minutesMany were exposed to augmented reality in 2016 with hit game Pokemon GO, which placed gaming animations within in the real world scenario through a smart camera lens. Augmented reality isn’t just for gaming. Over in the next few years, you will see it expand into other industries like healthcare, books, and of course augmented reality e-commerce.

With the launch of iPhone X and ARkit, Now apple can be involved in the world of augmented reality. Google has similarly been experimenting with smartphone AR  since it showed off Project TAngo in 2014.  After three years company has some great technology but very little in the way of actual users.Google is signaling a reactionary shift in its strategy by releasing a developer preview of ARCore. Google’s ARCore is the answer to   Apple’s ARKit.

So what does it mean? ARCore and ARKit are the ways independent programmers and companies can create an augmented reality for your smartphone. They are not “the apps,” but they are how one would “create the apps.”

Both Apple and Google are making AR central to their mobile experience. That means companies creating new digital customer experiences can start thinking about how to harness AR for e-commerce purposes. Brands can extend the interactive and transnational experience to customers wherever they are as long as they have a mobile device in hand.

Augmented reality eCommerce can personalize the shopping experience for your customers. AR is arranged in such a way that it will increase sales by allowing customers to try before buying and, in turn, reduce returns by removing the initial guesswork. Customers want to know what they’re purchasing and AR is helping customers become more confident in their buying decisions while providing quantifiable differences for online merchants.

Overtime there will be tools that will change fashion industry . Which will allow customers to see what clothes look like on them or that show the actual size of the furniture in your space. Instead of an online store showing models wearing clothing, Customers may even able too see themselves in all of the outfits to know which will look on them and this will bring out huge revolution in online retail industry.

 

So to sum up AR has the potential to deliver these personalizes services to masses. it will change the perspective of online stores that we see today by giving a personalized shopping experience , guided by a knowledgeable curator who knows an individual shoppers style ,sizes and preferences which paves way to a new world of eCommerce

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Augmented Reality for Ecommerce

https://www.oberlo.com/blog/best-augmented-reality-ecommerceexamples

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