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Savant taught the house to choose what stays on
Hardware · Consumer · Climate

Savant taught the house to choose what stays on

The company that put luxury homes on an app has moved into the electrical panel. Its next proposition is practical: when power is scarce, your house should know what matters.

smart-home · home-automationRead →
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The Home-Theater Company That Built Its Best Room Inside a Bank Vault
Hardware · Consumer · Enterprise

The Home-Theater Company That Built Its Best Room Inside a Bank Vault

A former GM operating-systems engineer turned an old Boca Raton bank into a smart-home laboratory - vault theater included - and now sells the finished picture before the first cable is run.

home-automation · smart-homeRead →
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The 45-Year-Old Satellite Shop That Turned Coastal Virginia Homes Into One Big Remote Control
Consumer · Hardware · Media

The 45-Year-Old Satellite Shop That Turned Coastal Virginia Homes Into One Big Remote Control

Two brothers started Domes in 1980 selling satellite dishes the size of a kiddie pool. Forty-five years later the family is still wiring Coastal Virginia's living rooms - just with a lot fewer visible wires.

home-automation · smart-homeRead →
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The Speaker Company That Hides in Your Ceiling
Hardware · Consumer · Ecommerce

The Speaker Company That Hides in Your Ceiling

A tiny Riverside outfit run by industry lifers keeps inventing speaker categories the big brands never bothered to build - starting with a soundbar that lives in your ceiling.

architectural-audio · in-ceiling-speakersRead →
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The Bernardsville Shop That Makes Your Smart Home Actually Work
Hardware · Consumer · Enterprise

The Bernardsville Shop That Makes Your Smart Home Actually Work

A musician started a mobile recording business in 2005. Twenty years later, Tim Manning runs one of North Jersey's go-to smart-home shops - and the pitch is still 'it's not about us, it's about you.'

home-automation · smart-homeRead →
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The Company That Hides the Tech So Your House Just Works
Hardware · Consumer · Enterprise

The Company That Hides the Tech So Your House Just Works

A 20-year-old Greenville integrator built a business on a simple bet: the best home technology is the kind you forget is there. The hard part isn't the gadgets - it's the wiring, the calibration, and the phone that still gets answered a year later.

home-automation · smart-homeRead →
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The Company That Sells MicroLED by Refusing to Sell You Too Much of It
Hardware · Consumer · Media

The Company That Sells MicroLED by Refusing to Sell You Too Much of It

An integrator-built microLED brand bet that the way to win the display business was to make it boringly easy to spec, ship, and install. So far, 400-plus walls say the bet is working.

microled · video-wallRead →