consumer

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  Smart pool trial aims to slash power usage

  Sydney startup wins ARENA grant.
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  Home security device 'listens' for burglars

  Cocoon uses sub-sonic sound detection and machine learning.
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  Coming soon: verbal tweets while you drive

  ASX-listed company develops in-car tech for accessing short audio posts.
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  Aussie invention ‘enhances’ your intuition

  Wearable “taps into the anticipatory predictive capabilities of the subconscious”.
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  AI-driven robot makes ‘perfect’ flatbread

  An early example of how we will cook meals in the future?
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  Origin Energy launches AI smart home controller

  Investment in People Power pays off.
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  The stranger danger from connected toys

  Consumer body demonstrates how easily they can be hacked.
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  Best practice guide to consumer IoT services launched

  But will all providers comply with the IoTAA’s principles?
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  Smart glasses to offer subtitles

  Trial with Epson’s Moverio BT-300 for the hearing impaired.
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  New smart home hub can control 27,000 devices

  B.One Hub launches in Australia.
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  Aussie drone maker wins US marketing deal

  IoT Group signs an agreement with Spring.
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  Telstra now supports eSIMs for wearables

  Embedded SIMs tipped to fundamentally change market.
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  Privacy flaws of smart home devices revealed

  Meta data and traffic patterns enough capture very private details, researchers say.
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  More Aussies willing to pay via connected devices

  Survey results suggest the Internet of payment things may be coming faster than expected.
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  Australian consumers 'not ready for IoT' say security companies

  Kaspersky and Symantec sound warnings.
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  Australians unaware their homes are already smart

  But don't worry, it's the same around the world.
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  How Elanation built a child-friendly wearable

  Australian start-up combines technology, physical activity and online gaming.
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  Telstra launches smart home product range

  Marks the first foray by an Australian telco into smart home technology.
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  'Touch-free' smartphone controlled with head movements

  Sesame Enable combines computer vision, voice recognition and algorithms.
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  Consumer concerns in an IoT world

  The ACCAN aims to keep consumers' concerns at the forefront.