The Non-Hysterical Smoke Detector
Article from Yahoo’s David Pogue. Sharing because I really like this idea.
The Non-Hysterical Smoke Detector
“Many of the features in the Nest Protect smoke detector ($130) could have been Pogie-award nominees in their own right. The calm voice that says, “There’s smoke in the bedroom” instead of blasting out a shrieking alarm. The night light that comes on automatically to light your way when you walk by. The friendly, verbal advice that your batteries are running down — again, without wailing in the middle of the night. The way you can hush a false-positive alarm (shower steam, bacon smoke) by waving your arm four times instead of hunting for a ladder or a mop handle.
But the biggest idea is the wireless connection. Nest Protects talk to each other in your house (even if you don’t have a home WiFi network), so you’re alerted whenever there’s smoke or carbon monoxide in a different room. They’re also online, so your cellphone lets you know about anything amiss, too, wherever you may be. Because after all, a smoke alarm going off without your knowledge is like not having a smoke alarm at all.”
David Pogue
